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*''Japanese''': 富士講 ''（Fuji kou)''
''Fuji-kô'' were commoner associations which emerged in the [[Edo period]], dedicated to folk religious worship of the [[kami|gods]] of [[Mt. Fuji]]. As many could not afford to travel to Fuji, or in the case of women or certain others were not permitted to climb Fuji, many of these Fuji-kô contributed to the construction, maintenance, or simply the use of miniature Fujis - locations within the city of [[Edo]], or elsewhere in the archipelago, where Fuji could be worshiped by proxy.
Two such sites lay in the Meguro neighborhood of [[Tokyo]] alone. "Meguro Fuji" was built in [[1812]], and features a [[Sengen Shrine]] at its peak, some 12 meters above street level. The site was leveled in [[1878]], and stone markers associated with the Sengen Shrine were relocated to [[Hikawa Shrine]], nearby.
Festivals continued to be observed on the site for some time, and in 1977 "Meguro Fuji" was restored.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Meguro Fuji.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/8600008592/sizes/l][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/8598909719/sizes/l]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Shinto]]
''Fuji-kô'' were commoner associations which emerged in the [[Edo period]], dedicated to folk religious worship of the [[kami|gods]] of [[Mt. Fuji]]. As many could not afford to travel to Fuji, or in the case of women or certain others were not permitted to climb Fuji, many of these Fuji-kô contributed to the construction, maintenance, or simply the use of miniature Fujis - locations within the city of [[Edo]], or elsewhere in the archipelago, where Fuji could be worshiped by proxy.
Two such sites lay in the Meguro neighborhood of [[Tokyo]] alone. "Meguro Fuji" was built in [[1812]], and features a [[Sengen Shrine]] at its peak, some 12 meters above street level. The site was leveled in [[1878]], and stone markers associated with the Sengen Shrine were relocated to [[Hikawa Shrine]], nearby.
Festivals continued to be observed on the site for some time, and in 1977 "Meguro Fuji" was restored.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Meguro Fuji.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/8600008592/sizes/l][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/8598909719/sizes/l]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Shinto]]