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Yamabushi (山伏, one who
prostrates himself on the mountain) are ****anese
mountain ascetic hermits. They are
generally part of the
syncretic shugendō religion...
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through steep mountain ranges.
Practitioners are
called Shugenja (修験者) or
Yamabushi (山伏,
literally "Mountain Prostrator"). The
mountains where shugenja is...
- (頭襟、兜巾、頭巾、ときん) is a small, black, box-shaped hat
traditional to ****an,
which yamabushi (mountain
ascetic hermits) of shugendō wear on
their foreheads. The tokin...
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lapidation (death by stoning). It has
traditionally been ****ociated with the
yamabushi,
hermetic practitioners of the Shugendō religion,
because they
often used...
- Shugendō, and they are
usually depicted in the garb of its followers, the
yamabushi. The
tengu in art
appears in a
variety of shapes. It
usually falls somewhere...
- Musō was Chinese-born ****anese
martial artist, ninja, swordsman, and
Yamabushi. He
belonged to
Hitoyoshi Domain as ninja. He was
thought to be the head...
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perceived as a form of
syncretism of Shintô 神道,
religion and Buddhism. The
Yamabushi 山伏, literally : "the men who
sleep in the Mountain" (men who practice...
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specific type of
tengu called daitengu and has the
appearance of a
yamabushi, a ****anese
mountain hermit.
Daitengu have a
primarily human form with...
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particularly expert at
travelling in disguise. A
mountain ascetic's (
yamabushi)
attire facilitated travel, as they were
common and
could travel freely...
- ****an as yamabu****ake (Kanji: 山伏茸, Katakana: ヤマブシタケ) in
reference to the
yamabushi or
mountain ascetics of the
syncretistic religion known as Shugendo; while...
