Mount Iozen

A mountain on the border between Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures. It is on the border between Kanazawa City and Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. It is made up of a mountain group including Shirahageyama and Okuioyama (939m), with Okuioyama being the highest peak. On the Ishikawa side, Shirahageyama is usually called Ioyama. At the top of the mountain, there are rhyolite rock peaks, Lake Onuma, Sanjagataki waterfall, and many kinds of medicinal herbs. Yakushi Nyorai is enshrined on the peak of Okuioyama, and the mountain's name comes from this. It is said that Taicho, the founder of Mt. Hakusan, moved to a cave here, and temples and temples of Hakusan faith were built and flourished here. On the Toyama side, a forest road leads to just below the summit of Mt. Shirahage. Buses run from the Ishikawa side, and the mountain is popular for climbing, hiking, skiing, etc. Although the mountain is less than 1000 meters high, it is steep and there is a risk of getting lost, so caution is required.

[Takao Yagasaki]

"The Nature of Medical Kings" edited by Masatoshi Morita et al. (1965, Fukumitsu Town Board of Education)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

石川・富山県境にある山。金沢市と、富山県南砺市(なんとし)との境にある。白兀山(しらはげやま)、奥医王山（939メートル）などの山群からなり、最高峰は奥医王山。石川県側では普通、白兀山を医王山という。山頂部では尾根に流紋岩の岩峰や、大沼、三蛇(さんじゃ)ヶ滝などがあり、多種の薬草に富む。奥医王山頂に薬師如来(やくしにょらい)を祀(まつ)り、山名もこれに由来する。白山(はくさん)の開祖泰澄(たいちょう)がここの岩窟(がんくつ)に移り住んだと伝え、白山信仰の寺や坊が建ち栄えたこともあった。富山県側は林道が白兀山頂直下まで通じている。石川県側からはバスが運行し、登山、ハイキング、スキーなどでにぎわう。1000メートルに足りない山であるが、険阻なため、遭難のおそれがあり注意を要する。

［矢ヶ崎孝雄］

『森田正敏他編『医王の自然』（1965・福光町教育委員会）』

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