Pilgrimage to Kumano - Kumano-mude

Japanese: 熊野詣 - くまのもうで

Pilgrimages to the Kumano Sanzan (three shrines of Kumano) based on Kumano faith. From Emperor Uda to Emperor Kameyama, the Imperial Court made about 100 visits, with Goshirakawa making 34 visits and Gotoba making 28 visits being particularly famous. However, there were no imperial visits. In the Kamakura period, this practice spread rapidly among warriors and ordinary people, and the Kii and Ise routes were opened. The Kii route was a round trip of 170 ri from Kyoto, taking about a month, and pilgrims were required to undergo strict abstinence and purification, dressed as mountain ascetics. On the way, they held poetry contests at various Oji shrines (the 99 Oji shrines), which were subordinate shrines of the Kumano shrines (Kumano Kaishi). During the Muromachi period, this practice declined due to the popularity of pilgrimages to Ise, but there were still a considerable number of pilgrims until the early Edo period.
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Japanese:

熊野信仰に基づき，熊野三山に参詣(さんけい)すること。朝廷では宇多(うだ)法皇〜亀山上皇までおよそ100回，特に後白河の34回，後鳥羽の28回の御幸(ごこう)が有名。なお天皇の行幸はなかった。鎌倉時代には武士，庶民間に急速に広まり，紀伊路と伊勢路が開けた。紀伊路は京から往復170里，約１ヵ月の旅程で，参詣者は厳重な精進潔斎(しょうじんけっさい)を要し，山伏姿で詣でた。途中，熊野社の末社たる各地の王子社（九十九王子）で歌合などをした（熊野懐紙）。室町時代には伊勢参りの流行で衰微したが，江戸初期まではかなりの参詣者があった。
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