| Mount Nagata | |
| Elevation M: | 1,886 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Listing: | List of mountains and hills of Japan by height |
| Location: | Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Easiest Route: | Hike |
is a mountain on the island of Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. At an altitude of, it is the second highest peak of Yakushima and the Kyushu region after Mount Miyanoura.[1]
Inō Tadataka's map of Yakushima refers to Mt. Nagata as [2]
Locals have traditionally made biannual pilgrimages to the summit of Mt. Nagata in the fall and spring.[3] [4] In 1722 a hokora (a type of miniature Shinto shrine) was constructed on the mountain's summit.[3]
In the 1480s, the Buddist priest Nichizō Shōnin retreated to a cave atop Mt. Nagata where he recited the Lotus Sutra for seven days.[4] Since then, the native kami of the Shinto religion, Hikohohodemi no Mikoto, has been venerated as a manifestation of the Buddhist mountain deity Ippon Hoju Daigongen.[4] This fusion of an indigenous Shinto deity with an introduced Buddhist deity is an example of Shinbutsu-shūgō.