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2019年１月２６日、奈良の若草山にて山焼きを撮影いたしました。たくさんの人でにぎわっておりましたが、会場が奈良公園全体ということもあり込み合った感じはあまりありませんでした。

On the top of the third hill of Mt. Wakakusa is a keyhole-shaped tomb called Uguisuzuka Kofun.

In the past, people believed in superstitions telling that if you burn the mountain, you can repel ghosts that return from their tombs. Or, if you do not burn the mountain by the end of January in the new year period, you would suffer great misfortune. It is said that as a result, people passing the Mt. Wakakusa started to set the mountain on fire without permission.

Since then, accidents where fire from Mt. Wakakusa came close to the precincts of Todaiji Temple and Kohfukuji Temple occurred repeatedly. In December 1738, Nara Magistrate’s Office (Bugyosho) put up a notice board prohibiting people from setting fire to the mountain. However, arson by unknown people continued to occur, and the fire sometimes spread to nearby temples and shrines. To avoid such dangers, Nara city established a rule to allow people to burn the mountain with the attendance of representatives of Todaiji Temple, Kohfukuji Temple and Nara Bugyosho at the end of the Edo period.

The Yamayaki (mountain burning) festival is derived from superstitions to comfort the spirits of the dead at Uguisuzuka Kofun located at the top of mountain, so Yamayaki can also be regarded as a kind of memorial service.

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