Katsuragi Shugen

…The Katsuragi mountain area is home to many legends that maintained religious power in opposition to the ancient Yamato Imperial Court, such as the legend of En no Ozunu, the founder of Shugendo, being exiled to Izu, the legend of the rebellion of the Tsuchigumo spiders as recorded in the Kojiki and Nihonshoki, and the legend of Ichinotonushi no Kami being exiled to Tosa. The Katsuragi Shugen, based at Kongo Mountain and Inunaki Mountain Shippo-ryu Temple, established 28 lodgings from Tomogashima to Kamese, which are related to the 28 chapters of the Lotus Sutra, and continued to practice mainly by copying and offering sutras. Later, it became an important training site for the Honzan Shugen. Many of the 36 great pioneers of this sect belong to the Katsuragi mountain range. …

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

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…葛城山一帯は修験道の開祖役小角（えんのおづぬ）の伊豆配流伝承をはじめ，記紀の伝える土蜘蛛反抗伝承，一言主神の土佐配流伝承など，古代大和朝廷に敵対し宗教的威勢を保持した伝承が伝えられている。金剛山，犬鳴山七宝滝（しつぽうりゆう）寺を拠点とした葛城修験は，友ヶ島から亀瀬宿に至る《法華経》二十八品ゆかりの28宿を設け，写経，納経を主とした修行が続けられ，後には本山派修験にとっても重要な修行地とされた。当山派三十六正大先達のうち葛城山系に属するものも多い。…

※「葛城修験」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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