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SACRED K¯YASAN

PHILIP L. NICOLOFF

SACRED

K¯YASAN

A Pilgrimage to the Mountain Temple of

Saint Kōbō Daishi

and the

Great Sun Buddha

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS

COVER : A class of seminary students chant in veneration of the Five Buddhas

enshrined in Kōyasan’s Western Stūpa. Photo by author .

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Nicoloff, Philip, 1926-

Sacred Kōyasan : a pilgrimage to the mountain temple of Saint Kōbō Daishi and the

Great Sun Buddha / Philip L. Nicoloff.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-7914-7259-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7914-7260-6 (pbk. :

alk. paper) 1. Koyasan Monasteries (Japan) 2. Kukai, 774–835. I. Title.

BQ6353.K7N53 2008

294.3'435095219--dc22

2007002070

10987654321