New Kumano Gongen - New Kumano Gongen

Japanese: 新熊野権現 - いまくまのごんげん
New Kumano Gongen - New Kumano Gongen

…The Kumano-based Shugendo sect was influential in the Middle Ages and early modern times, with its base in Ima Kumano Gongen (Hayashi, Kurashiki City) on the Kojima Peninsula in Okayama Prefecture. At the end of the Heian period, Kojima was the site of the Kumano Shrine, where Kumano Gongen was enshrined, and it became the base of Kumano mountain ascetics. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Shin Kumano Gongen" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…岡山県の児島半島の新(いま)熊野権現(倉敷市林)を拠点として,中世,近世期に勢力を持った熊野系修験。平安時代末ころ児島には熊野神領があり,熊野権現が勧請され,熊野山伏の拠点となっていた。…

※「新熊野権現」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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