Kojima Goryu

Japanese: 児島五流 - こじまごりゅう

Based in Shin-Kumano Gongen (Hayashi, Kurashiki City) on the Kojima Peninsula in Okayama Prefecture, Kumano-style Shugen was influential in the Middle Ages and early modern times. At the end of the Heian period, Kojima was home to the Kumano Shrine, where Kumano Gongen was enshrined and became the base of Kumano Yamabushi. Later, during the Jokyu War, Emperor Gotoba's son, Prince Yorihito, was exiled to this area, and his five sons established five schools: Sontakuin, Taihoin, Kentokuin, Denpoin, and Hoonin. The descendants of these five schools were active around Shin-Kumano Gongen, and were known as the Kojima Goryu, Goryu Shugen, and Kugyo Yamabushi.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

岡山県の児島半島の新（いま）熊野権現(倉敷市林)を拠点として，中世，近世期に勢力を持った熊野系修験。平安時代末ころ児島には熊野神領があり，熊野権現が勧請され，熊野山伏の拠点となっていた。その後承久の乱のとき，後鳥羽上皇の皇子頼仁親王がこの地に配流され，その5人の皇子が尊滝院，太法院，建徳院，伝法院，報恩院の5家をたてた。この5家の子孫が新熊野権現を中心として活躍したので児島五流，五流修験，公卿山伏といわれた。

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