Yoshino cherry blossoms [Powerswood]

Yoshino cherry blossoms

The cherry blossoms of Mount Yoshino were the cherry blossoms of Yoshino, which were said to have been the work of En no Gyoja, the founder of Shugendo.
There is a legend that a statue of Zao Gongen from Kinpusenji Temple was carved onto this tree, and it has been worshiped and carefully protected as a sacred tree for approximately 1,300 years.
In spring, approximately 30,000 cherry trees bloom from Shimo Senbon to Oku Senbon, an unparalleled sight in the world. The sight is described as "Hitome Senbon" or "Senbonzakura," meaning "the splendor of seeing a thousand trees at a glance," and its beauty is also described in poems by the monk Saigyo and Matsuo Basho.
There is also an anecdote that in 1594 (the 3rd year of the Bunroku era), Toyotomi Hideyoshi visited the shrine to view the cherry blossoms, accompanied by such famous military commanders as Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, and Date Masamune, as well as tea masters and tea masters, bringing a total of 5,000 people.

There is a legend that En no Gyoja, the founder of Shugendo carved a statue of Kinpusenji Temple`s zao Gongenfrom the sakura tree of Mt. Yoshino.
Since more than about 1300years ago Yoshino Sakura has been worshiped as a sacred tree bloom in the spring, and respectfully protected.
From Shimosenbon (This is the renominations of Mt. Yoshino area) to Okusenbon, from bottom to top of the MT Yoshino, about 30.000 sakura tree bloom in the spring this soectable of cherry blossom in full bloom, on a scale unparalleled in the rest of the world, has been described by the phrases "hitomesenbon" and "senbonzakura" with meaning "the luxury of being able to see a thousand with just a glance.
"Its beauty is also sung in the poem of Saigyo Hoshi and Basho Matuo.