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*''Japanese'': 高野山 ''(Kouya-san)''
Mt. Kôya is a sacred mountain in [[Wakayama prefecture]] ([[Kii province]]); the chief headquarters of [[Shingon]] [[Buddhism]] in Japan, Mt. Kôya is also home to one of the world's largest cemeteries, which includes the graves of a great many prominent historical figures. The mountain's sacred spaces are considered a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]], alongside [[Yoshino]], [[Omine]], and [[Kumano Sanzan]], as part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range."
The Shingon temple on Mt. Kôya was established in the 9th century by [[Kukai|Kûkai]], who is said to remain alive, and in a deep meditative state, atop the mountain.
In [[1130]], the monk [[Kakuban]] established a temple called Denhô-in on the mountain. This was later moved to the Negoro region, becoming the temple of [[Negoro-ji]].<ref>Gallery labels, "Negorodera Tahôtô mokei" (Negorodera treasure tower model), National Museum of Japanese History.</ref>
Kôya-san may have been the site of some of the earliest stone ''gorintô'' grave markers in Japan, erected in the late 12th or early 13th century.<ref>Hank Glassman, "Remembering the Dead in Medieval Japan: On the Origins of Stone Grave Markers," talk given at University of California, Santa Barbara, 7 May 2015.</ref>
In the medieval period, Kôya was a common destination for exile. Figures exiled to Mt. Kôya have included [[Sakuma Nobumori]] and his son [[Sakuma Masakatsu]] in [[1580]], [[Hojo Ujinao|Hôjô Ujinao]] and his wife Tokuhime in [[1591]], [[Toyotomi Hidetsugu]] in [[1595]], and [[Sanada Masayuki]] and [[Sanada Yukimura]] in [[1600]].
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Mt. Kôya is a sacred mountain in [[Wakayama prefecture]] ([[Kii province]]); the chief headquarters of [[Shingon]] [[Buddhism]] in Japan, Mt. Kôya is also home to one of the world's largest cemeteries, which includes the graves of a great many prominent historical figures. The mountain's sacred spaces are considered a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]], alongside [[Yoshino]], [[Omine]], and [[Kumano Sanzan]], as part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range."
The Shingon temple on Mt. Kôya was established in the 9th century by [[Kukai|Kûkai]], who is said to remain alive, and in a deep meditative state, atop the mountain.
In [[1130]], the monk [[Kakuban]] established a temple called Denhô-in on the mountain. This was later moved to the Negoro region, becoming the temple of [[Negoro-ji]].<ref>Gallery labels, "Negorodera Tahôtô mokei" (Negorodera treasure tower model), National Museum of Japanese History.</ref>
Kôya-san may have been the site of some of the earliest stone ''gorintô'' grave markers in Japan, erected in the late 12th or early 13th century.<ref>Hank Glassman, "Remembering the Dead in Medieval Japan: On the Origins of Stone Grave Markers," talk given at University of California, Santa Barbara, 7 May 2015.</ref>
In the medieval period, Kôya was a common destination for exile. Figures exiled to Mt. Kôya have included [[Sakuma Nobumori]] and his son [[Sakuma Masakatsu]] in [[1580]], [[Hojo Ujinao|Hôjô Ujinao]] and his wife Tokuhime in [[1591]], [[Toyotomi Hidetsugu]] in [[1595]], and [[Sanada Masayuki]] and [[Sanada Yukimura]] in [[1600]].
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==References==
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[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
[[Category:Temples]]