Mount Nantai - Mount Nantai

Japanese: 男体山 - なんたいさん
Mount Nantai - Mount Nantai

A mountain that rises to the northeast of Lake Chuzenji in Nikko City, western Tochigi Prefecture. It is also called Mt. Kurokami, and was also shown as Mt. Futarasan on early 1:50,000 topographical maps. At 2,486 meters above sea level, it is the second highest of the Nikko volcanoes, second only to Mt. Shirane, among which are Mt. Nyoho and Mt. Akanagi. It is a stratovolcano made of pyroxene andesite and dacite, and as a whole the original form of the volcano has been well preserved, presenting a beautiful mountain shape, forming the core of Nikko National Park. At the summit there is a crater about 800 meters in diameter, from which crater rapids open out to the north. Erosion valleys such as Onagi, Kannonnagi, and Furunagi radiate out from the mountainside, and the erosion steps are still in their infancy. In recent years, erosion control dams have been built like the teeth of a comb on the mountainside, giving it a rather painful appearance. Lake Chuzenji was formed when lava from Mt. Nantai dammed the Daiya River, and a hiking trail leads straight from Futarasan Shrine on the lakeside to the summit. On the opening day of the mountain on August 1st, climbers who had gathered the day before all begin their late-night climb, and a week-long festival is held until August 7th. In 782 (Enryaku 1), Shodo Shonin opened up the mountain, and the Shugendo Zencho-ro (a path for ascetic training) continued through Shizu on the northern foot of the mountain to Mt. Omanago. Surveys of the mountaintop ruins in 1924 (Taisho 13) and other times unearthed mirrors, esoteric Buddhist ritual implements, old coins and other ritual relics from the Nara to Edo periods, which have been designated as Important Cultural Properties by the nation. The view from the summit is magnificent.

[Mitsue Hirayama]

Mount Nantai
Together with Lake Chuzenji (in the foreground of the photo), this mountain forms the core of Nikko National Park. It has been revered as a sacred place of mountain worship since ancient times. The inner shrine of Futarasan Shrine is located on the summit. Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture ©Shogakukan ">

Mount Nantai


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

栃木県西部、日光市にある、中禅寺湖の北東にそびえる山。黒髪山(くろかみやま)ともいい、初期の5万分の1地形図には二荒山(ふたらさん)とも記載されている。標高2486メートルは女峰(にょほう)山、赤薙(あかなぎ)山などの日光諸火山中、白根(しらね)山に次ぐ。輝石安山岩、石英安山岩からなる成層火山で、全体として火山の原形がよく保存されて美しい山容を呈し、日光国立公園の中核をなす。山頂に径約800メートルの火口があり、ここから北に火口瀬が開く。山腹には大薙(おおなぎ)、観音(かんのん)薙、古薙などの侵食谷が放射状に発し、侵食の階梯(かいてい)としては幼年期にある。近年、山腹の薙に櫛(くし)の歯のように砂防堰堤(えんてい)が築造され、むしろ痛々しい感を与えている。中禅寺湖は男体山溶岩が大谷(だいや)川をせき止めた結果生成した湖で、湖畔の二荒山神社から登山路がまっすぐ山頂に向かい、8月1日の山開きには前日から集まった登山客が一斉に深夜の登山を繰り広げ、8月7日までの1週間登拝祭が行われる。782年(延暦1)勝道上人(しょうどうしょうにん)がこの山を開き、修験(しゅげん)の禅頂路(入峰(にゅうぶ)修行の路)が北麓(ほくろく)の志津を経て大真名子(おおまなご)山へと続いていた。1924年(大正13)などの山頂遺跡調査により、鏡鑑、密教法具、古銭など奈良時代から江戸時代に及ぶ祭祀(さいし)遺品が発掘され、これらは国の重要文化財に指定されている。山頂からの眺望はすばらしい。

[平山光衛]

男体山
中禅寺湖(写真手前)とともに日光国立公園の中核をなす山。古くから山岳信仰の聖地として崇められてきた。山頂には二荒山神社奥宮が鎮座する。栃木県日光市©Shogakukan">

男体山


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