Mount Takakuma
mountain in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Mount Takakuma (高熊山, Takakuma-yama) (lit. 'tall bear mountain') is a sacred mountain in Anao (穴太), Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. According to signs on the mountain, it is located between the peaks of Mount Chōzuka (丁塚山, Chōzuka-yama) and Mount Oku (奥山, Oku-yama), although some maps and sources identify Mount Takakuma with Mount Chōzuka.
History
According to Chapter 1 in Volume 1 of the Reikai Monogatari by Onisaburo Deguchi:
Mt. Takakuma (高熊山 "High Bear") was originally named Mt. Takamikura (高御座山 "Imperial Throne") in ancient times and later called Mt. Takakura (高座 "High Throne") or Mt. Takakura (高倉 "High Storehouse") and finally corrupted to Mt. Takakuma (高熊山 "High Bear"). It is a hill in the mountain recesses of Anao 穴太, a village in the Tamba region of Kyoto, and in olden days was the former site of Obata Shrine 小幡神社 dedicated to Emperor Kaika with its status officially recognized in the Engi-shiki. It is also a sacred mount with village seniors' legend that when Emperor Buretsu tried to pick his successor, the Prince of Anao hid himself in Mt.
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