Seichisan

The holy mountain of Seichisan (聖地山) is the spiritual representation of the Eternal Pillar of Earth, and is the largest mountain of the Tenchisanmyaku (天地山脈), or the Mountain Range of Heaven and Earth (Tenchisan, for short) that shields Amatsu-Kyo from the south. It is known as the Imperial Range, and while not the highest range in Kuniumi, is the most central, and thus, the most important. It is also considered the most beautiful mountain range, and the most sturdy, as even the Tenpenchii did not uproot nor move these most holy of mountains.

Geography
The peak of Seichisan rests about 50 miles southeast of Amatsu-Kyo, but is visible from most anywhere in that city due to the largely flat land between them. The forest of Shizumori rests at the mountain's base, and the river Midokawa flows from the mountain's slopes, through Shizumori, and past Amatasu-Kyo into the Bay of Dragons.

Art Inspiration
While the slopes of Seichisan are rather gentle and usually snowy, the mountains surrounding it were not untouched by the Tenpenchii, even if they largely remained stationary and intact. Thus, the slopes of many of the surrounding peaks are actually an assembly of sheer, conical, smaller peaks that grow higher and higher as the mountain proper ascends, with trees growing from said peaks however they can, lending them a kind of green, mossy appearance. The mountains are furthermore enshrouded by mist, which catches and gently diffuses the light of the sun, casting an array of cool colors across the bare, pale cliff faces. It lends the mountains an enchanting, watercolor sort of vista, and appears like thousand attendants in court around the Imperial Seichisan.

Places of Interest
The temple of Toutoichi Jinjya rests midway up the slope of the mountain, rather spectacularly nestled against a cliff-face. The monks there maintain a path from the mountain's base to its peak, upon which the physical embodiment of the Eternal Pillar of Earth is said to rest. Only those vetted by the Temple's Grand Abbot are allowed to make the full ascent.