On Kimpusen Mountain, Esoteric Buddhism, Mappo-shiso (the "end of the world" belief), and Jodo-shinko (the Pure Land faith) started to merge into mountain worship around this period, attracting people's religious belief.
この頃から金峯山は山岳信仰に密教、末法思想、浄土信仰などが融合して信仰を集めた。