The shrine is located near the summit of Mount Kongo, which traverses the border between Osaka and Nara prefectures. Currently, it enshrines 38 shrines of Kuzugi, the guardian deity of Mt. Mt. Kongo has long been considered a sacred mountain of "Shintoism-Buddhism mixture" that combines and...
Buddhism is a belief system that is viewed by some as a religion and others as a philosophy. It centers on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Buddha, who lived and taught in the 500's BCE. The focus of Buddhism is enlightenment. In order to obtain this enlightenment, a...
The more positive influences of Shintoism were weakened by the samurai culture and spread of Confucianism and Buddhism in Japan. Yet, in the Heian era (950-1050 C.E.) women still held relative equity in marriage, education, and property rights. Gender difference in this period favored literate...