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3 unusual facts about Mount Hiei


Kamo no Chōmei

He spent the next five years in Ohara, at the foot of Mount Hiei, but considered his time here as a failure, and so he moved to Hino, in the hills southeast of the capital, where he spent the rest of his life.

Kō no Morofuyu

He fought many battles all over the country, including 1336's attack to Mount Hiei.

Prince Mochihito

Learning of this, Kiyomori sent men after Mochihito, who retreated to Miidera, at the foot of Mount Hiei, but discovered that the warrior monks of Miidera, for various political reasons, could not rely on the support of any other monasteries.



see also

Hiezan

Enryaku-ji (Mount Hiei or Hieizan Temple and Monastery) in Japan