View of the Marugame Plain
I moved to the "隅櫓 = Sumi yagura" in the southwest of the "本丸 = Hon maru" of Marugame castle.
The mountain in the center, that name is 大麻山 = Oo-asa mountain (琴平山 = Kotohira mountain, 金毘羅山 = Kon-pira-yama), the mountain where there is a guardian goddess "金毘羅 = Kon-pi-ra" shrine of Buddhism.
Kinpira shrine is on the left side of this mountain.
In the Edo period etc, the custom called '金毘羅参り = Kon-pi-ra-mai-ri' comes from all over Japan, and many people had a pilgrimage this mountain shrine.
Guardian goddess "金毘羅 = Kon-pi-ra".....I think that it will be "Archangel Michael".
He is the leader in the "十二神将 = Jyu-ni-shin-shou" who protect Buddhism.
The original name of this mountain is "象頭山 - Zou-zu-mountain", its meaning is "a mountain resembling the elephant's head".However, ancient Japanese people have never seen the shape of an elephant.....
In "Buddhism", this "象頭山 - Zou-zu-mountain" is "伽耶山 - Ga-ya-mountain trained by Buddha", this mountain becomes a sacred mountain.
And the official name of 金毘羅大社(Kon-pi-ra Tai-sha) is "象頭山(Zou-zu-mountain) -普門院( Fu-mon-in) - 松尾寺(Matsu-o-ji) - 金光院(Kon-ko-in)".
Similarly, The shrine in Mie prefecture, pilgrimage to the god of the ancestor of the Japanese Emperor was also flourishing as "伊勢参り - I-se-mai-ri".
Many people who pilgrim to "金毘羅 = Kon-pi-ra" landed from Marugame Port near Marugame Castle, and went to "金毘羅 = Kon-pi-ra" while watching Marugame Castle.
It was until the Edo period that what was called "金毘羅 = Kon-pi-ra" ...
It was forcibly changed from a Buddhist temple to a shrine by the "divine Buddhist separation ordinance" in the early Meiji era, which was called "金毘羅 = Kon-pi-ra" to "金刀比羅宮 - Ko-to-hi-ra-gu Shrine) ".
It is my Japanese page, but ...Please take a look at the representative pilgrimage areas in Japan.
"金毘羅 = Kon-pi-ra (金刀比羅宮 - Ko-to-hi-ra-gu Shrine)" and its inner back Shrine
http://kameyamachikusei.wa-sanbon.com/konpira.html
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隅櫓 = Sumi yagura(Corner tower)
本丸 = Hon maru(Main defensive facilities)
金毘羅参り = Kon-pi-ra-mai-ri(Pilgrimage to guardian goddess "金毘羅 = Kon-pi-ra")
十二神将 = Jyu-ni-shin-shou(Twelve Guardian goddess)
象頭山 - Zou-zu-mountain(A Mountain resembling the elephant's head)
象頭山 - Zou-zu-mountain(= 伽耶山 - Ga-ya-mountain trained by Buddha)
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I do not explain in order because I follow the order of description on my homepage.
It is a page of Japanese.
If you like, please see the photos on the website below.
Currently 4 pages are listed.
Marugame castle
http://kameyamachikusei.wa-sanbon.com/marugamecastle.html
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