When were women allowed to climb Mount Fuji?

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Mount Fuji Fog in the foreground of Mount Fuji, Japan.

Women were barred from climbing Mount Fuji until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Prior to this period, the mountain was considered a sacred site, and ascents were traditionally performed as acts of religious devotion, which included restrictions on who could participate.1