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Shugendo n
relig. The traditional religious system followed by orders of mountain-based magico-religious ascetics called yamabushi Shugendo incorporated Buddhist, Taoist and kami-based beliefs and practices. It was severely damaged by shinbutsu bunri from 1868 but survives in some parts of Japan A Popular Dictionary of Shinto (Brian Bocking)