Katsuragi 28 Shuku

The Katsuragi 28 Shuku, or the Katsuragi 28 Shuku Kyōzuka, is a series of twenty-eight sutra mounds 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 Gyoja, the mythical 7th-century founder of Shugendō.

List of sutra mounds

Note that for the following table of the sutra mounds, there are two potential sites for mounds 14 and 28, which are designated as 14A, 14B, 28A, and 28B, respectively.

No.	Image	Sutra mound	GSI map	Google Maps	Coordinates	Lotus Sutra chapter
1		Torajima, Tomogashima – Tomogashima Johon				Introduction
2		Ruins of Jinpuku-ji – Hobenhon				Skillful Means
3		Mount Daifuku/Unzan – Hiyuhon				A Parable
4		Sakura Jizo – Shingehon				Willing Acceptance
5		Mount Kuratani – Yakuso-yuhon				Herbs
6		Shino-toge Pass – Jukihon				Prediction
7		Nakatsugawa – Kejo-yuhon				The Apparitional City
8		Inunakisan Shipporyu-ji Reishogatake – Gohyakudeshi-jukihon				The 500 Disciples Receive Their Predictions
9		Mine no Ryu-o – Jugaku-mugaku-ninkihon				The Predictions for Those Who Still Have More to Learn and for Those Who Do Not
10		Dai-itoku-ji – Hosshihon				The Expounder of the Dharma
11		Nanakoshi-toge Pass Kyozukayama – Kenhotohon				The Appearance of a Jeweled Stupa
12		Goma no Tawa Hodome – Daiba-dattahon				Devadatta
13		Mukai Tawa – Kanjihon				Perseverance
14A		Kotakiji Temple Buttokutawa – Anrakugyohon				Ease in Practice
14B		Mount Minami-Katsuragi Kagami no Shuku – Anrakugyohon, at Ipponsugi Buttoku Tawa				Ease in Practice
15		Mount Iwawaki – Jujiyu-juppon				Bodhisattvas Emerging from the Earth
16		Nagaredani Kongodoji – Nyorai-juryobon				The Lifespan of the Tathāgata
17		Amami Fudo – Funbetsu-kudokuhon				Description of Merits
18		Iwaze Kyozukayama – Zuiki-kudokuhon / Sainokami Valley				The Merits of Joyful Acceptance
19		Jinpukuyama – Hosshi-kudokuhon				The Benefits Obtained by an Expounder of the Dharma
20		Ruins of Ishi-dera – Jofukyo Bosatsuhon				Bodhisattva Sadāparibhūta
21		Kongo-san – Nyorai-jinrikihon				The Transcendent Powers of the Tathāgata
22		Mizukoshi-tawa – Zokuruihon				Entrustment
23		Kushira – Yakuo Bosatsu Honjihon				Ancient Accounts of Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja
24		Hiraishi-toge Pass – Myo-on Bosatsuhon				Bodhisattva Gadgadasvara
25		Koki-ji Temple Kogebata – Kanzeon Bosatsu Fumonhon				The Gateway to Every Direction
26		Mount Nijo – Daranihon				Dhāraṇī
27		Ousaka – Myoshogon-no-honjihon				Ancient Accounts of King Śubhavyūha
28A		Kameno-o-shuku – Fugen Bosatsu Kanbotsuhon				Encouragement of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra
28B		Mount Myojin – Fugen Bosatsu Kanbotsuhon				Encouragement of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra