Hikosan School - Hikosan

Japanese: 彦山派 - ひこさんは

It is a branch of Shugendo practiced by a group of mountain ascetics based at Hikosan Gongensha Reisenji Temple in Kyushu (present-day Hikosan Shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture). Since the Middle Ages, it has had parishioners throughout Kyushu, and in 1696 (Genroku 9), the Edo Shogunate officially recognized it as a branch head temple of Tendai Shugendo. There are various legends about its history, including its founding by the Northern Wei monk Zensho and a hunter (in the 25th year of the Keitai era), its revival by Horen of Usa, its founding by En no Gyoja and Jugen, and the founding of the Matsue Shinto ritual by Masukage (917-1006). From 1333 (Ganko 3), the lineage of the head priest Sukeari, said to be the son of Emperor Go-Fushimi, controlled the entire mountain, which continued until the Meiji Restoration.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

九州の彦山権現社霊仙寺(現在の福岡県英彦山（ひこさん）神宮)を本拠とした山伏集団による修験道の一派。中世以来九州全域に檀那を持ち，1696年(元禄9)に江戸幕府は〈天台修験別本山〉として公認した。沿革については北魏の僧善正と猟師による開創(継体25)と宇佐の法蓮による中興，役小角(役行者（えんのぎようじや）)や寿元の開山，増慶(917‐1006)による松会神事の創始などの伝承がある。1333年(元弘3)より後伏見天皇の皇子と伝える助有座主の血脈が一山を統轄して明治維新まで続いた。

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