Mt. Kannon - Mt. Kannon

...A mountain in the northwest of Kumamoto Prefecture. It straddles the cities of Arao and Tamana and the town of Nankan. The mountain is divided into two peaks, Tsutsugatake (501m) and Kannondake (473m), made of granite. On the western foot of the mountain, on the hills of the Paleogene layer with coal-bearing layers, there are remains of kilns and ironworks from ancient and medieval times. Tsutsugatake in the north was where the medieval land lord Ojiro of Nohara Manor built his mountain castle, and the mountain's name is derived from this.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kannon-dake" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…熊本県北西部にある山。荒尾･玉名両市と南関（なんかん）町にまたがり，山上は花コウ岩質の筒ヶ岳(501m)と観音岳(473m)の2峰に分かれ，西麓に続く含炭層を伴う古第三紀層の丘陵地に，古代･中世の窯跡や製鉄跡がある。北部の筒ヶ岳は中世野原荘の地頭小代氏が山城を構えたところで，山名もこれにちなむ。…

※「観音岳」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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