Iwaya Gongen

Japanese: 岩屋権現 - いわやごんげん
Iwaya Gongen

…Jozenji Temple has a 500-year-old wisteria tree, also known as Fujidera, and is visited by many people during the flowering season. At Iwaya Gongen, at the foot of Mount Fukuchi, there is a mandala of Sanskrit characters carved into a large rock. [Matsuhashi Koji]…

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…定禅(じようぜん)寺には樹齢500年というフジの老木があり,藤寺ともよばれ,花期には訪れる人が多い。また福智山山麓の岩屋権現には大岩に刻まれた梵字曼陀羅がある。【松橋 公治】。…

※「岩屋権現」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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