tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307422765401467501.post6126018511771627742..comments2023-03-26T01:07:36.752-10:00Comments on In the Pines: Losing faith on the mountain: a changing vision of Ontake-sanTaintushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12700101879034654343noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307422765401467501.post-10658014087604514792009-12-14T14:36:56.653-10:002009-12-14T14:36:56.653-10:00Taking another look at this interesting post, I re...Taking another look at this interesting post, I read how (according to Karen Wigen) " the rise of academic geography in Japan ... took as one of its projects a conceptual mapping of the archipelago's major mountain chains as grand geographical elements of the newly emerged nation. These geographers used Western alpinism as their tool..." That might be true on a macro scale, but at Project Hyakumeizanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260637418886330553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307422765401467501.post-87132557872754249082009-06-11T11:27:02.873-10:002009-06-11T11:27:02.873-10:00Many thanks for these very interesting thoughts on...Many thanks for these very interesting thoughts on how mountains come to lose their mystical or religious status in the glare of modernism. (And thanks also for linking to the One Hundred Mountains post!) Fukada Kyuya also has some sharp things to say about the 'de-sanctification' of Japan's mountains in his afterword to Nihon Hyakumeizan. Here's the passage:-<br /><br />"A Project Hyakumeizanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260637418886330553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307422765401467501.post-1561490208087452352009-04-23T22:17:00.000-10:002009-04-23T22:17:00.000-10:00Chris,
Thanks for the comment.
Sorry, I think ...Chris,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. <br /><br />Sorry, I think my argument is a bit convoluted. . .I must admit I use the blog as a place to work some of these ideas out. <br /><br />I don't know if I would use the term "overwhelming"; perhaps "prevailing" attitude--of course this may be little more than semantic preference. <br /><br />I tried to note the difficulty with attempting to Taintushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700101879034654343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307422765401467501.post-87929812494817592672009-04-23T21:17:00.000-10:002009-04-23T21:17:00.000-10:00Sounds like a fascinating lecture by Tj-san. You'r...Sounds like a fascinating lecture by Tj-san. You're lucky to have such a font of local wisdom.<br /><br />I spent a lot of time this winter in the Kiso area, and quite fell in love with it. Although I have not yet been to Ontake-san, it continually graced the vistas I had from the more southerly peaks of the region.<br /><br />I admit, though, I wasn't entirely sure of the argument you were Chris (i-cjw.com)http://www.i-cjw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307422765401467501.post-49803057741121904222009-04-22T20:37:00.000-10:002009-04-22T20:37:00.000-10:00we do have some sugi..... I think the mountains of...we do have some sugi..... I think the mountains of Chugoku are not particularly high, but steep :)we do have lots of concreted mountains :(Ojisanjakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506748719638540152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307422765401467501.post-41266116768145289132009-04-22T18:10:00.000-10:002009-04-22T18:10:00.000-10:00Thank you Ojisanjake for your always interesting c...Thank you Ojisanjake for your always interesting comments. I'd like to come see some of those sacred mountains. I especially like the idea of their lack of the ubiquitous Japanese sugi. <br /><br />Best,<br /><br />EricTaintushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700101879034654343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307422765401467501.post-39193686706661625002009-04-22T15:43:00.000-10:002009-04-22T15:43:00.000-10:00The concept of Kannabi, a mountain where the kami ...The concept of Kannabi, a mountain where the kami dwells within, rather than descends upon, would seem to come from Izumo. The Fudoki lists dozens in Izumo. The kannabi that exist in the kansai area are all ones that Izumo Kami moved to when Izumo ceded to Yamato.<br />We are lucky in my area as we have many sacred mountains, but almost no recreational use of them, and the tree farms of sugi are Ojisanjakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506748719638540152noreply@blogger.com