Basic Terms of Shinto 神道基本用語集

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1 Miyaza,Tônin,Tôya 宮座,頭人,当人,頭屋,当屋 An organization in which a group of ujiko or parishioners of a certain shrine participate by turns in religious ceremonies for the ujigami . Also, the persons belonging to such an organization. Also called tôya or tônin .
2 Mizugaki Tamagaki see → Tamagaki
3 Mizugori Misogi see → Misogi
4 Mono Tama2 see → Tama2
5 Monoimi Saikai see → Saikai
6 Motoori Norinaga 本居宣長 Motoori, Norinaga (1730-1801). One of the four great scholars of the movement known as Restoration Shinto (Fukko Shintô). A student of Kamo no Mabuchi, Motoori raised the study of National Learning ( kokugaku ) to a high level, spending much of his life in writing the Kojiki-d...
7 Musubi no kami Musubi see → Musubi
8 Musubi,Amenominakanushi no kami,Kamimusubi no mikoto,Musubi no kami,Takamimusubi no kami,Zôka no sanshin むすび,アメノミナカヌシノカミ,カキムスビノミコト,ムスビノカミ,タカミムスビノカミ,造化三神 The spirit of birth and becoming. Birth, accomplishment, combination. The creating and harmonizing powers. The working of musubi has fundamental significance in Shinto, because creative development forms the basis of the Shinto world view. There are numerous deities connecte...
9 Nagare-zukuri 流造 A style of shrine architecture represented by the honden of the two Kamo shrines of Kyoto. The most widespread style today, it is thought to be a development of the Nara period under the influence of Continental culture.
10 Naishôten 内掌典 A priestess belonging to the Board of Ceremonies in the Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichô). Naishôten attend exclusively to religious ceremonies in the shrines of the imperial palace.
11 Nakatomi no harae Harae see → Harae
12 Naobi no kami 直毘神 Deities who restore conditions to normal. They remove all sin, pollution, and disaster to bring back the pure, bright, correct, and straightforward world of the gods. Ô-naobi-no-kami means "Great Naobi God." Kan-naobi-no-kami means "Sacred Naobi God.&...
13 Naorai Matsuri see → Matsuri
14 Natsu matsuri 夏祭り Summer festival. Summer is the season when pestilences, insect damage to crops, and unexpected disasters such as storms and floods are most likely to occur; summer festivals characteristically are held to pray for protection against such calamities. Major summer festivals in Ja...
15 Negi Shinshoku see → Shinshoku
16 Nenchû gyôji 年中行事 The cycle of annual events traditionally observed by a family, a village, or on a national scale. Includes observances such as New Year's celebrations, the Doll Festival on March 3, Children's Day on May 5, tanabata , bon matsuri , moon-viewing on the 15th of the eighth lunar ...
17 Ne no kuni 根国 Also called ne no kuni soko no kuni . The subterranean world. Often thought to be the same as Yomi.
18 Nihongi Nihon shoki see → Nihon shoki
19 Nihon shoki,Nihongi 日本書紀,日本紀 The Chronicles of Japan, a classical Japanese history written in Chinese. Compiled at the imperial court in 720 under the influence of continental culture, it indicates the development of a national consciousness. Thirty volumes of historical narratives cover the time from the a...
20 Niinamesai Aki matsuri see → Aki matsuri