Deity of shinbutsu shūgō (kami–buddha syncretism)
Fuji Gongen
富士権現
Fuji Gongen is the name of a faith that looks up to Mount Fuji as a sacred mountain. Shōhōin also calls it Sengen Daimyōjin and gives its honjibutsu as Dainichi Nyorai. A cultural property commentary of Shizuoka Prefecture also introduces the history of worshipping Sengen Ōkami and Sengen Daibosatsu, together with the honjibutsu Dainichi Nyorai, at the summit.
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Mount Fuji, and faith in Sengen and Dainichi
Fuji Gongen is the name of a faith that looks up to Mount Fuji as a sacred mountain. Shōhōin also calls it Sengen Daimyōjin and gives its honjibutsu as Dainichi Nyorai. A cultural property commentary of Shizuoka Prefecture also introduces the history of worshipping Sengen Ōkami and Sengen Daibosatsu, together with the honjibutsu Dainichi Nyorai, at the summit.
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院・静岡県
Circling the summit as a mandala
The peaks surrounding the crater of Mount Fuji were likened to a mandala representing the world of the buddhas, and pilgrimages around them called "Hachiyō Meguri" and "Ohachi Meguri" were made. Shugen practitioners gathered at Murayama at the foot of the mountain, and a sacred site of kami-buddha syncretism flourished. Even today, traces of that history are handed down at the Dainichidō and at Sengen Jinja.
Source: 静岡県・山梨県立富士山世界遺産センター
Related kami and buddhas
Sources (in Japanese)
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：富士権現」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：目次」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 静岡県「しずおか文化財ナビ：富士山（山頂信仰遺跡）」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 山梨県立富士山世界遺産センター「構成資産・構成要素一覧」（2026-10-15 確認）