Mount Miminashi

A mountain in Kashihara City, northern Nara Prefecture. It is also written as Miminashiyama, and until recently it was called Tenjinyama by locals because Tenjin Shrine (Minamiyamaguchi Shrine) is located at the northeastern foot of the mountain. It is 140 meters above sea level. It is made of pomegranate-containing andesite and has the shape of a bell-shaped volcano, but the main part of the mountain is thought to be buried in alluvial deposits. It is known as one of the Yamato Sanzan (three mountains of Yamato), along with Unebiyama and Amenokaguyama, and is often mentioned in poems such as the Manyoshu. To the south is the special historic site of the Fujiwara Palace ruins.

[Ichiro Kikuchi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

奈良県北部、橿原(かしはら)市にある山。耳梨山(みみなしやま)とも書き、地元では北東麓(ろく)に天神社（耳成山口神社）が鎮座するので最近まで天神山とよんでいた。標高140メートル。含柘榴(ざくろ)石安山岩からなり、鐘状火山の形をしているが、山体の主部は沖積層に埋積されていると考えられる。畝傍山(うねびやま)、天香久山(あめのかぐやま)とともに大和三山(やまとさんざん)の一つとして知られ、『万葉集』などに多く詠まれている。南方に特別史跡藤原宮跡がある。

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