In 1907, Yoshitaro Shibasaki and a team of army surveyors reached the summit of Mount Tsurugi, the final "unconquered" peak in the Japanese Alps.
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In 1907, Yoshitaro Shibasaki and a team of army surveyors reached the summit of Mount Tsurugi, the final "unconquered" peak in the Japanese Alps.
However, their triumph was short-lived: hidden in the grass, they discovered a rusted iron sword and the copper head of a priest’s staff.
Further analysis revealed the relics belonged to shugenja, mountain ascetics, who had scaled the dangerous peak over 1,000 years earlier during the Heian period.
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In 1907, Yoshitaro Shibasaki and a team of army surveyors reached the summit of Mount Tsurugi, the final "unconquered" peak in the Japanese Alps.
However, their triumph was short-lived: hidden in the grass, they discovered a rusted iron sword and the copper head of a priest’s staff.
Further analysis revealed the relics belonged to shugenja, mountain ascetics, who had scaled the dangerous peak over 1,000 years earlier during the Heian period.
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