"Kinpusen Mountain" was not a name for a single mountain ridge but comprehensively referred to a sacred area in the mountains covering Mt. Yoshino (Yoshino-cho, Yoshino County, Nara Prefecture) and Mt. Sanjogatake (Amakawa Mura, Yoshino County, Nara Prefecture), a mountain located twenty kilometers south of Mt. Yoshino and belonging to the system of Mt. Omine.
「金峯山」とは、単独の峰の呼称ではなく、吉野山（奈良県吉野郡吉野町）と、その南方20数キロの大峯山系に位置する山上ヶ岳（奈良県吉野郡天川村）を含む山岳霊場を包括した名称であった。