Liber XXVI · Shinto
Chapter VIII
Shugendo
8 min readKumano Sanzan and the Kumano Kodō: Japan's Sacred PilgrimageThe Kumano Sanzan shrines and Kumano Kodō pilgrimage: Kumano Gongen, imperial pilgrims, yamabushi, Kumano nuns, Nachi Falls and the Kii routes.7 min readShugendō: Yamabushi and Japan's Mountain AsceticismShugendo explained: En no Gyoja, the yamabushi mountain ascetics, sacred peaks of Yoshino, Kumano and Haguro, the ten realms practice, and the Meiji ban.