Okunoinguchi - Okunoinguchi

... Mount Koya overcame the effects of the anti-Buddhist movement around the time of the Meiji Restoration and the chaos that followed the lifting of the ban on women entering the temple in 1872 (Meiji 5), and from the end of the Meiji period onwards, the area began to be restored, with a rapid increase in town houses and merchant houses. In 1889, Koyasan Village (incorporated as a town in 1928) was established, and the management of the temple and monks was transferred to village administration by lay people.
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The entire Mount Koya is likened to a mandala world, and the seven entrances leading to it from the outside world are called the Seven Entrances of Mount Koya. The main ones are the Daimon Entrance in the west, the Fudozaka Entrance (Nyonindo Entrance) in the north, and the Okunoin Entrance in the east. At the western end of Mount Koya is the Daimon Gate, which is the main gate for the entire mountain.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　明治維新前後の廃仏毀釈の影響と，1872年(明治5)の女人禁制解除による混乱を乗り越えた高野山は，明治末期から復興が進み，町家，商家が急増し，89年に高野村(1928町制)が成立，寺院と僧侶による運営は在家による村の行政に移った。
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　高野山は全山が曼荼羅世界に擬せられたのであるが，それに外界から通じる七つの入口を〈高野七口〉と称し，主要なものは西の大門口，北の不動坂口(女人堂口)，東の奥之院口である。高野山の西端には一山全体の総門である大門がある。…

※「奥之院口」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。

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