Kakusan - Kakusan

…The origin of this shrine was when Emperor Goshirakawa, who had a deep faith in Kumano Gongen in Kishu, enshrined the Kumano Sansho Gongen near his Imperial Palace Hojujidono in the eastern part of Kyoto in 1160 (Eireki 1), and named it Shin-Kumano. The Miidera monk Kakusan, who often served as the guide for Kumano Imperial pilgrimages, inherited the position of Kumano Sanzan Kengyo, which had been selected for generations since the temple's founder Zoyo, and also became the Kengyo of this shrine, which led to remarkable prosperity. The head priest who managed it was Shosen-in (later renamed Jushin-in), who served as the Inge guide of Shogo-in, the head temple of the Shugendo Honzan school, from the Muromachi period onwards, and governed many Kasumishita and Dogyo in various provinces. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…紀州の熊野権現を深く信仰していた後白河上皇が1160年(永暦1)熊野三所権現を洛東の院の御所法住寺殿近くに勧請し，新熊野と称したのがこの社のはじまりである。熊野御幸の先達をしばしば務めた三井寺僧覚讃（かくさん）が，同寺先覚者増誉以来代々選任されてきた熊野三山検校を受け継ぐとともに，当社の検校をも兼ねることになったので，その繁栄ぶりは著しいものがあった。これを管理する別当を勝仙院(後世住心院と改称)といい，室町期以後は修験道本山派の本山聖護（しようご）院の院家（いんげ）先達を務め，諸国に多くの霞下（かすみした），同行（どうぎよう）を支配した。…

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