Mount Shosha

A mountain located in the south of Hyogo Prefecture, northwest of Himeji City. It is 371 meters above sea level. It is part of Seiban Hill Prefectural Natural Park, and is served by a city-run ropeway. The entire mountain is made up of quartz trachyte, and the vegetation is a rich variety of warm-tropical primeval forest. At the summit of the flat, elevated semi-plain lies Shoshazan Engyo-ji Temple, a famous Tendai sect temple known as the "Hieizan of the West." There are many buildings and Buddhist statues that are designated as important cultural properties by the government, and the grounds are a nationally designated historic site.

[Mamoru Otsuki]

"Mt. Shosha - Its Historical Sites and Cultural Assets" (1970), edited and published by Himeji City Educational Research Institute

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兵庫県南部、姫路市の北西にある山。標高371メートル。西播(せいばん)丘陵県立自然公園の一角にあたり、市営のロープウェーが通じる。全山石英粗面岩からなり、植生は暖帯の原始林で変化に富む。平坦(へいたん)な隆起準平原面の山頂には「西の比叡山(ひえいざん)」とよばれる天台宗の名刹(めいさつ)書写山円教寺があって、国指定重要文化財の建築、仏像が多く、境内は国指定史跡である。

［大槻　守］

『姫路市立教育研究所編・刊『書写山――その史跡と文化財』（1970）』

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