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The 6 pages that link to Mount Kōya, each with the reason it gives.

• Shingon BuddhismBroader topic: Kūkai established its central monastic complex there.

• Kii PeninsulaBroader topic: It is one of the peninsula’s defining religious centers.

• Oku no HosomichiRelated: Bashō’s wider pilgrimage culture helps explain the work’s attention to sacred places and memorials.

• KūkaiBroader topic: Kūkai established a monastic center there with imperial permission.

• SaigyōRelated: Saigyō spent periods of retreat in this sacred mountain landscape.

• Wakayama PrefectureBroader topic: Its temple settlements and cemetery anchor the prefecture’s best-known religious landscape.