| Pilgrimages to the Kumano-sanzan in particular became popular and many people visited them; the spectacle of their advancing on a narrow mountain trail in a row was called 'ari no kumano-mode' (ants' pilgrimages to the Kumano-sanzan). |
特に熊野詣は人気となって多くの人が参詣し、狭い山道を人々が列をなして行く様は「蟻の熊野詣」と呼ばれた。 |