The Three Mountains of Dewa (出羽三山 Dewa Sanzan) are the three sacred mountains of Mt. Haguro (羽黒山 Haguro-san), Mt. Gassan (月山 Gassan) and Mt. Yudono (湯殿山 Yudono-san), clustered together in the ancient province of Dewa (modern-day Yamagata prefecture). Holy to the Japanese Shinto religion and especially the mountain ascetic cult of Shugendo, Dewa Sanzan are a popular pilgrimage site visited by many, including famed haiku poet Matsuo Basho. Dewa (出羽国; -no kuni) is an old province of Japan, which today composes Yamagata prefecture and Akita prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka. ... Yamagata Prefecture (山形県; Yamagata-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... A torii at Itsukushima Shrine Shinto (ç¥žé“ ShintÅ) (sometimes called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. ... Shugendo (修験é“) is an old Japanese way of studying the relationship between Man and Nature. ... A statue of BashÅ in Ogaki, Gifu. ...
The Haguro Five-story Pagoda is a national treasure. A pagoda at Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in China, Japan, Korea, and other parts of Asia. ...-1...
Dewa Sanzan (出羽三山, [1]) is in the northern Tohoku region of the main Japanese island Honshu.
Dewa Sanzan means "ThreeMountains of Dewa" and indeed comprises the three sacred mountains of Haguro-san (羽黒山), Gas-san (月山) and Yudono-san (湯殿山), clustered together in the ancient province of Dewa (modern-day Yamagata prefecture).
Holy to the Japanese Shinto religion and especially the mountain ascetic cult of Shugendo, Dewa Sanzan are a popular pilgrimage site visited by many, including famed haiku poet Matsuo Basho on his Narrow Road to the Deep North.
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