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‘ “Shu” means painful observation and rigorous asceticism, and “Gen” is the embodiment of virtue.

In other words, enter deep mountains and valleys without paths,

“Dou” is the way to embody the virtue by accumulating the merits of painful and rigorous training.’

Roppo-kai Shugen Honbo, Kubotesan Houchiin, Hatanaka Takumyo

The practitioners chant in turn the Sutra, “Prajñā-pāramitā-hṛdaya”, day and night without changing clothes for five days. They abstain from eating, cut off from the secular world, place themselves in the withered mountains in winter, and spend their time introspection and contemplation.

This is a collection of documentary works in which Masuura, who became the first photographer to be allowed to take pictures during this ritual called “Discipline that no one has ever seen” on Mt. Hiko in Fukuoka.

First edition published: October 31, 2006
Publisher: Arton Co., Ltd. (Japan/Tokyo)

hard cover
Size: 303×220×15mm
List price: 3,800 yen (+ tax)