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Yamabushi and Sohei do not appear to be exact synonyms. See for example this page:

Others were warrior priests (Sohei) and ascetic mountain priest (Yamabushi). It is important to know deference between them. Yamabushi were a member of religious sect Shugendo (mix of Buddhism and Shinto). They were practicing Chinese mystical and magical methods, long pilgrimage in mountain, sitting under waterfalls etc. to be enlightened. Because of their dress to easy hidden weapons, ninja often used to be disguised as Yamabushi. Sohei were others, formatting a private army to protect the Buddhist centre in Nara and Kyoto.

--Iustinus 06:46, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Okay, this is true. Now that I've gone and actually done the research and written the Sohei article, I see that the armies of Mount Hiei are not the same as the IkkoIkki, which are not the same as the Yamabushi. However, it appears, in the page history, that there is nothing in the Yamabushi page except a redirect here. If you desire to write a page on it, go right ahead. And feel free to undo the redirect...

LordAmeth 13:32, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Actually I ended up here posting this comment precisely because someone put the redirect in. I've been monitoring the yamabushi page because I was hoping someone else would write the article (I know nothing about this subject). --Iustinus 05:38, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do... I'll post at least a very basic stub of an article, and come back to it later... LordAmeth 15:16, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

That's a lot more than a basic stub. Thanks a lot! --Iustinus 16:02, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)