Annual Events of Tozan - Tozan Annual Events of Tozan

Japanese: 当山年中行事条々 - とうざんねんちゅうぎょうじじょうじょう

This is a record of the annual events of the various halls and shrines on Mount Kamijo and Mount Kinpu in Yamato, a sacred site of Shugendo. It is owned by Yoshinosan Chikurin-in Temple. The first half of the book contains the "Annual Events of the Mountain," which records the annual events of the various halls and shrines by date, and the second half supplements this with the "Records of Annual Practical Activities at Mount Kinpu" and the "Diary of the Flower Offerings by the Head Priest." Since the era names of Oei, Eikyo, and Kyotoku can be seen in the text, it seems to have been compiled shortly thereafter (around the mid-15th century). The colophon at the end of the book suggests that the editor was Kinpusan Senjyuin Ryuhen. In addition to the Shushou-e ceremony of the various halls and shrines, the Hakko lectures on the Lotus Sutra, and the rice-planting rituals, it also contains valuable information on events unique to Shugendo, such as the Oi-watashi ceremony, Genkurabe, and the Miekou ceremony of En no Gyoja.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

修験道の霊場，大和金峰山（きんぷせん）の山上下山諸堂社の年中行事記。吉野山竹林院に所蔵される。前半に諸堂社の年中行事を月日を追って記した〈当山年中行事〉を掲げ，後半に〈金峯山年中勤行等記録〉〈御花供正頭所役日記〉を収めてこれを補っている。文中，応永，永享，享徳等の年号が見えるので，その直後(15世紀中ごろ)あたりに編集されたもののようである。編者は，巻末の奥書により，金峰山千手院隆遍と思われる。諸堂社の修正会（しゆしようえ），法華八講，御田植神事等のほか，山上の出峰山伏笈渡（おいわたし），験競べ（げんくらべ），役行者御影供（みえく）など，修験道独自の行事もうかがわれて貴重である。

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