The , or the Katsuragi 28 Shuku Kyōzuka, is a series of twenty-eight found mainly in the Kongō Range in the Kansai region of Japan. The majority of the sutra mounds lie within the Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park. According to legend, each of the sutra mounds corresponds to a chapter of the Lotus Sutra buried by En no Gyōja, the mythical 7th-century founder of Shugendō.
List of sutra mounds
Below is a list of Katsuragi 28 Shuku sutra mounds.
Note that for the following table of the sutra mounds, there are two potential sites for mounds 3, 14, and 28, which are designated as 3A, 3B, 14A, 14B, 28A, and 28B, respectively.
No.ImageSutra moundGSI mapGoogle MapsCoordinatesLotus Sutra chapter1Torajima, Tomogashima – Tomogashima Johon (友ヶ島 序品)GSI mapGoogle MapsIntroduction (序品)2Ruins of Jinpuku-ji (Ninoshuku Kannondō) – Hobenhon (神福寺跡（二之宿観音堂）方便品)GSI mapGoogle MapsSkillful Means (方便品)3AMount Daifuku – Hiyuhon (大福山 譬喩品)GSI mapGoogle MapsA Parable (譬喩品)3BMount Unzan – Hiyuhon (雲山峰 譬喩品)GSI mapGoogle MapsA Parable (譬喩品)4Sakura Jizō – Shingehon (さくら地蔵 信解品)GSI mapGoogle MapsWilling Acceptance (信解品)5Mount Kuratani – Yakusō-yuhon (倉谷山 薬草喩品)GSI mapGoogle MapsHerbs (薬草喩品)6Shino-tōge Pass – Jukihon (志野峠 授記品)GSI mapGoogle MapsPrediction (授記品)7Nakatsugawa – Kejō-yuhon (中津川 化城喩品)GSI mapGoogle MapsThe Apparitional City (化城喩品)8Inunaki-san Shippōryū-ji Reishogatake – Gohyakudeshi-jukihon (犬鳴山七宝瀧寺鈴杵ヶ嶽 五百弟子受記品)GSI mapGoogle MapsThe 500 Disciples Receive Their Predictions (五百弟子受記品)9Mine no Ryū-ō – Jugaku-mugaku-ninkihon (嶺の龍王 授学無学人記品])GSI mapGoogle MapsThe Predictions for Those Who Still Have More to Learn and for Those Who Do Not (授学無学人記品)10Dai-itoku-ji – Hosshihon (大威徳寺 法師品)GSI mapGoogle MapsThe Expounder of the Dharma (法師品)11Nanakoshi-tōge Pass Kyōzuka-yama – Kenhotohon (七越峠経塚山 見宝塔品)GSI mapGoogle MapsThe Appearance of a Jeweled Stupa (見宝塔品)12Goma no Tawa Hodome – Daiba-dattahon (護摩のたわ朴留 堤婆達多品)GSI mapGoogle MapsDevadatta (堤婆品)13Mukai Tawa – Kanjihon (向い多和 勧持品)GSI mapGoogle MapsPerseverance (勧持品)14AKōtaki-ji Temple Buttokutawa – Anrakugyōhon (光瀧寺仏徳多和 安楽行品)GSI mapGoogle MapsEase in Practice (安楽行品)14BMount Minami-Katsuragi Kagami no Shuku – Anrakugyōhon (南葛城山鏡宿 安楽行品), at Ipponsugi Buttoku Tawa (一本杉 仏徳多和)GSI mapGoogle MapsEase in Practice (安楽行品)15Mount Iwawaki – Jūjiyū-juppon (岩湧山 従地湧出品)GSI mapGoogle MapsBodhisattvas Emerging from the Earth (従地湧出品)16Nagaredani Kongōdō-ji – Nyorai-juryōbon (流谷金剛童子 如来寿量品)GSI mapGoogle MapsThe Lifespan of the Tathāgata (如来寿量品)17Amami Fudō – Funbetsu-kudokuhon (天見不動 分別功徳品)GSI mapGoogle MapsDescription of Merits (分別功徳品)18Iwaze Kyōzuka-yama – Zuiki-kudokuhon (岩瀬経塚山 随喜功徳品) / Sainokami Valley (賽ノ神谷)GSI mapGoogle MapsThe Merits of Joyful Acceptance (随喜功徳品)19Jinpuku-yama – Hosshi-kudokuhon (神福山 法師功徳品)GSI mapGoogle MapsThe Benefits Obtained by an Expounder of the Dharma (法師功徳品)20Ruins of Ishi-dera – Jōfukyō Bosatsuhon (石寺跡 常不軽菩薩品)GSI mapGoogle MapsBodhisattva Sadāparibhūta (常不軽菩薩品)21Kongō-san – Nyorai-jinrikihon (金剛山 如来神力品)GSI mapGoogle MapsThe Transcendent Powers of the Tathāgata (如来神力品)22Mizukoshi-tawa – Zokuruihon (水越多和 嘱累品)GSI mapGoogle MapsEntrustment (嘱累品)23Kushira – Yakuō Bosatsu Honjihon (倶尸羅 薬王菩薩本事品)GSI mapGoogle MapsAncient Accounts of Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja (薬王菩薩本事品)24Hiraishi-tōge Pass – Myō-on Bosatsuhon (平石峠 妙音菩薩品)GSI mapGoogle MapsBodhisattva Gadgadasvara (妙音菩薩品)25Kōki-ji Temple Kōgebata – Kanzeon Bosatsu Fumonhon (高貴寺香華畑 観世音菩薩普門品)GSI mapGoogle MapsThe Gateway to Every Direction (Manifested by Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara) (観世音菩薩普門品)26Mount Nijō – Daranihon (二上山 陀羅尼品])GSI mapGoogle MapsDhāraṇī (陀羅尼品)27Ōsaka – Myōshōgon-nō-honjihon (逢坂 妙荘厳王本事品)GSI mapGoogle MapsAncient Accounts of King Śubhavyūha (妙荘厳王本事品)28AKameno-o-shuku – Fugen Bosatsu Kanbotsuhon (亀の尾宿 普賢菩薩勧発品)GSI mapGoogle MapsEncouragement of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (普賢菩薩勧発品)28BMount Myōjin – Fugen Bosatsu Kanbotsuhon (明神山 普賢菩薩勧発品)GSI mapGoogle MapsEncouragement of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (普賢菩薩勧発品)
Pilgrimage groups The following temples and shugendō organizations regularly organize pilgrimages to the Katsuragi 28 Shuku sutra mounds. They regularly leave behind containing the organization's name and month and year of visit.
Mii-dera (三井寺) in Otsu, Shiga Seiganto-ji (青岸渡寺) in Wakayama Prefecture Tenporin-ji (転法輪寺) on Mount Kongō in Gose, Nara Tekkazan Dōjō (鉄火山道場) (known in full as Katsuragi Shugen Tekkazan Dōjō 葛城修験鉄火山道場) in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture
See also Shikoku Pilgrimage, 88-temple pilgrimage in Shikoku Chūgoku 33 Kannon, pilgrimage in the Chūgoku region Japan 100 Kannon Pilgrimage Twenty-Eight Mansions
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External links
Interactive map of Katsuragi Shugen sites