Suzukake - Suzukake

Japanese: 鈴懸 - すずかけ

Also written as shinokake. A nine-cloth top and eight-pleated hakama are worn over a white robe, unique to Shugendo. The top is likened to the nine associations of the Vajrayana realm and the hakama to the eight-leaf mandala of the Garbha realm, signifying the microcosm of the inseparable Golden Womb. This represents the Shugendo practitioner having the same qualities as Acala and Dainichi Nyorai. This robe is similar to the hitatare worn by laypeople, and fits the intention of Shugendo, which places secular life at its core. In Konohagoromo, an introductory book to Shugendo written by Gyōchi in the late Edo period, the meaning of shinokake is that a bamboo leaf is hung on the head during mountain training.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

篠懸とも書く。修験道独自の法衣で，九布の上衣と八つの襞（ひだ）のある袴を白衣の上から着する。上衣を金剛界九会，袴を胎蔵界八葉の曼荼羅（まんだら）に擬し，金胎不二の小宇宙であることを示す。これは，不動明王や大日如来と同一性質を修験者がもつことを表している。この衣は，俗人の直垂（ひたたれ）と類似し，俗体を本義とする修験の意図にかなっている。江戸後期に行智の著した，修験道入門書ともいうべき《木葉衣（このはごろも）》に，鈴(篠)懸の語義は，山岳修行で篠（ささ）が掛かる意だとある。

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