Fujizuka
Fujizuka ( Japanese 富士 塚 , dt. "Fuji hill"), rarely also Sengenzuka ( 浅 間 塚 ), describes imitations of Mount Fuji in miniature format .
The Fuji is already since ancient worship subject of Japanese culture and the Buddhism and in particular the related thereto Shugendō -Bergkult target of ascents. In order to be able to offer everyone a (symbolic) pilgrimage to the summit of Mount Fuji without the hassle of traveling or climbing to 3776 m, the Shugendō-influenced religious group Fuji-kō established during the Edo period (1603-1867) in and around the capital Edo (now Tokyo ) miniatures of Fuji. This had special practical reasons for the Fuji-kō, since the climbing season ( お 山 開 き , oyamabiraki or 初 山 , hatsuyama ) began on the last day of the 6th month of the Japanese calendar , and on this day Fuji was shown his homage The believers went to the Fujizuka with white robes, pilgrim staff and purification verses while reciting .
For the construction of the Fujizuka rocks and plants from Fuji were used, as well as soil from its summit, which was placed on the tops of the hills. After all, there were more than 200 such mounds at their peak, 56 of which still exist today, the last of which were built in the 1930s.
They should not be confused with the Fujimizaka ( 富士 見 坂 , "Fujischau Hills"), which were created to allow a better view of the Fuji from their elevated position.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Suzuki Masataka: "Fuji shinkō" . In: Encyclopedia of Shinto. Kokugaku-in , November 11, 2006 (English)
- ↑ a b c Ted Taylor: Mount Fuji has long been an icon. In: The Japan Times. June 23, 2013, accessed June 25, 2013 .