Mount Matsuo
{{Short description|Mountain in Hyogo prefecture, Japan}}
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| name = Mount Matsuo
| other_name = 松尾山
| photo = Mount Matsuo.jpg
| photo_caption = A View of Mt. Matsuo from Mount Shirakami
| elevation_m = 687
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| language = Japanese
| pronunciation = {{IPA|ja|matsɯ.o|}}
| location = Sasayama, Hyōgo, Japan
| range = Tamba Highland
| coordinates = {{coord|35|2|N|135|8|E|type:mountain}}
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{{nihongo|Mount Matsuo|松尾山| Matsuo-yama}} is a {{Convert|687|m|ft|adj=mid|-high|0}} mountain in Sasayama, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Another name is Mount Kosen-ji, literally, "Mountain of Kosen-ji."
Religion and History
Mount Matsuo is one of the major objects of worships for the people in this area. On this mountain, a Buddhist temple named ‘Kosen-ji’ was established in 645 by Hodo Sennin. This temple was re-established by Denkyo Taishi in the 9th century. The temple was burned by Akechi Mitsuhide in the 16th century, but re-established again by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In the Edo period, it is said that there were 28 monk houses in the mountain. Kosen-ji was also destroyed as a result of the Shinbutsu bunri, literally, Shinto-Buddhism-separation.
Sakai Castle once stood on the top of this mountain; however, it was destroyed after the decline of the Sakai clan.
Access
- Furuichi Station of Fukuchiyama Line
- Sasayamaguchi Station of Fukuchiyama Line
Gallery
Image:Kosen-ji1.jpg|Jizō statues among the ruins of Kosen-ji
Image:kosen-ji2.jpg|Other Jizō statues among the ruins of Kosen-ji
Image:kosen-ji3.jpg|Ruins of Kosen-ji
External links
- [http://watchizu.gsi.go.jp/watchizu.aspx?latitude=35.07281667&longitude=134.6512917 The Geographical Survey Institute in Japan]
- [https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?__mk_ja_JP=%83J%83%5E%83J%83i&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%82%D3%82%E9%82%B3%82%C6%95%BA%8C%C9%82T%82O%8ER ‘Shinban Furusato Hyogo 50 San’, Hyōgoken Sangaku Renmei]