page_title: Shugendō
hierarchical_section_title: Shugendō
caption_attribution_description: English: Ascetic practice of Shugenja (mountain ascetic hermits) under supervision of a Buddhist monk (Shingon-shū) in the Shippōryū-Temple (Shugendōkaikan-Shiryōkan, Shippōryū-ji, Inunaki-san, Prefecture Osaka)
context_page_description: Shugendō is a highly syncretic religion that originated in Heian Japan. Practitioners are called Shugenja or Yamabushi.
context_section_description: Shugendō (修験道, literally "the way of shugen, or gen-practice") is a highly syncretic religion that originated in Heian Japan. Practitioners are called Shugenja (修験者) or Yamabushi (山伏, literally "mountain prostrate").
caption: Ascetic waterfall exercise supervised by a monk (Shippōryū-ji Temple)
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