yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō
itinerant Buddhist monk
山伏が峰入りの修行に出かけた。
The yamabushi set off on an ascetic training in the mountains.
白装束の山伏が山道を歩く姿を見た。
I saw the sight of a yamabushi in white robes walking along a mountain path.
山伏の修行は厳しい自然の中で行われる伝統的な霊的訓練だ。
Yamabushi training is a traditional spiritual practice carried out in harsh natural surroundings.