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Statue of En no Gyōja, Kamakura period, c. 1300–1375, Kimbell Art Museum Statue of En no Gyōja in Goryūsonryū-in [], Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan En no Ozunu, also En no Ozuno or Otsuno (役小角) (b. 634, in Katsuragi (modern Nara Prefecture); d. c. 700–707) was a Japanese ascetic and mystic, traditionally held to be the founder of Shugendō, the path of ascetic training ...
Yamabushi (山伏, one who prostrates oneself on the mountain) are Japanese mountain ascetic hermits. [1] They are generally part of the syncretic shugendō religion, which includes Tantric Buddhism and Shinto. [2] Their origins can be traced back to the solitary Yama-bito and some hijiri (聖) (saints or holy persons) of the eighth and ninth ...
Shugendō (修験道, lit. the "Way [of] Trial [and] Practice", the "Way of Shugen, or Gen-practice") [1] is a syncretic Esoteric Buddhist religion, a body of ascetic practices that originated in the Nara Period of Japan having evolved during the 7th century from an amalgamation of beliefs, philosophies, doctrines and ritual systems drawn ...
The kaihōgyō (回峰行, circling the mountain) is an ascetic practice performed by Tendai Buddhist monks. [1] [2] [3] The practice involves repeatedly walking a route on Mount Hiei, the location of the Tendai school headquarters, all the while offering prayers at halls, shrines and other sacred places. The longest observance of this practise ...
The classic Japanese demon. It is an ogre-like creature which often has horns. Onibaba The demonic hag of Adachigahara. Onibi A demonic flame which sucks out the life of those who come too close to it. Onihitokuchi A species of one-eyed oni that kill and eat humans, large enough to devour a man in one bite. Onikuma
During the 20th century, Japanese scholars found very little evidence of self-starvation of sokushinbutsu. They rather concluded that mummification took place after the demise of the monk practising this kind of asceticism, as seen in Southeast Asian lands. [2]
In the manga and anime Sailor Moon, a character named Hino Rei uses flame magic. [dubious – discuss] In the manga and anime Kimetsu no Yaiba, there is a dance called Hinokami Kagura (lit. Dance of the Fire God), referencing Kagu-tsuchi, that is later transformed into a Breathing Style by the protagonist, Tanjiro Kamado.
Saitō Musashibō Benkei (西塔武蔵坊弁慶, 1155–1189), popularly known by the mononym Benkei, was a Japanese warrior monk who lived in the latter years of the Heian Period (794–1185). Benkei led a varied life, first becoming a monk, then a mountain ascetic, and then a rogue warrior.