Faith of the God of Kumano was in great
vogue from the middle of the Heian period
to the first years of the Kamakura period
. Many people from the Emperor and the aristocracy
to the common made a pilgrimage visit to
the Kumano Shrine . It could be called "
Arino kumano moude ", for pilgrimage
visit to the Kumano Shrine was like a procession
of aunts . People crossing the Yodogawa river
from Kyoto landed at Kubotsu ( Hakkenya,
Chuo-ku, Osaka ) and continued to walk ,
through the Uemachi table land, dropping
in some dotted places on their way called
Oji where they worshipped the Shrine from
a distance and took a break , to the three
Kumano mountains (Wakayama Prefecture ).
The Abe Ojijinja is a site of Oji that remains
only in Osaka . The old Kumano Road is running
in front of the shrine . Not only this area
but also the west side of the Mandai ike
, the Orionocho and its vicinity reminds
us of the vestige of its former Road . The
manifestation of the Road is being made lately
.
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