Yamabushi
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Italic title". Script error: No such module "Nihongo". are Japanese mountain ascetic hermits.[1] They are generally part of the syncretic Script error: No such module "lang". religion, which includes Tantric Buddhism and Shinto.[2]
Their origins can be traced back to the solitary Yama-bito and some Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (saints or holy persons) of the eighth and ninth centuries.[3]
According to American writer Frederik L. Schodt:
Clothing and items
The Yamabushi usually wear and bring the following clothes and items with them:[4][5][6]
- Yuigesa (Script error: No such module "Lang".), a harness or sash adorned with pom-poms
- Kyahan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), sandals made from straw
- Tokin (Script error: No such module "Lang".) which is a small hat-like adornment worn at the front of the head
- Shakujō (Script error: No such module "Lang".), a metal rod, held in their hands
- Oi (Script error: No such module "Lang".), backpack
- Horagai (Script error: No such module "Lang".), a conch shell, which they blow like a horn to bind evil spirits
See also
Further reading
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References
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