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Saishu |
祭主 |
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Supreme Priest/Priestess. The highest religious officiant at Ise no Jingû ranking above the daigûji and devoting him/herself entirely to religious ceremonies. From the Heian to the Meiji periods, a male representative from the governmental Bureau of Divinities (Jingikan) hel... |
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Saiten |
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Matsuri |
see → Matsuri |
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Sakimitama |
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Tama2 |
see → Tama2 |
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Sanbô |
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Saikigu |
see → Saikigu |
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Sanja Matsuri |
三社祭 |
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Festival of the Three Shrines, celebrated annually on May 17 and 18 at Asakusa Jinja in Tokyo. Asakusa Jinja was formerly called Sanja Daigongen Sha or Sanja Myôjin Sha, and was the tutelary shrine of Asakusa in the Edo period. This brilliant festival is famous for its performa... |
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Sanja Takusen |
三社託宣 |
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Oracles of the three deities Amaterasu ômikami, Hachiman Daibosatsu, and Kasuga Daimyôjin. According to legend, the oracles appeared on the surface of the pond at Tôdaiji in Nara during the Shôô era (1288-1292). The oracles came to form the basis ... |
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Sanjûbanshin |
三十番神 |
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Thirty gods. In the late Heian period, the Tendai sect of Buddhism instituted the practice of choosing thirty prominent native Japanese gods and assigning one as the tutelary deity of each day of the month. |
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Sankei,O-mairi |
参詣,お参り |
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Regular or irregular visits to a shrine to pray. Visits may be paid to one's own ujigami or to other shrines. Even after moving away from his or her birthplace, a person may return on the occasion of the local ujigami festival or may request a representative to attend in his or her pla... |
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Sanku |
散供 |
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The practice of scattering offerings such as rice, sake , pieces of cotton cloth, or money as offerings to a deity, particularly at celebrations honoring local or household gods. The offerings are usually scattered in the four corners and center of the ritual site. Rice and sake are s... |
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Sannô |
山王 |
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Mountain King, a popular name for the deity ôyamagui no kami, enshrined at Hie Jinja in Shiga Prefecture and in Hie shrines throughout the country. The term originated among the Buddhist priests at Enryakuji on Mt Hiei, who worshiped the god of the mountain as their tutelary de... |
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Sannô ichijitsu Shintô |
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Tendai Shintô |
see → Tendai Shintô |
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Sannô Matsuri |
山王祭 |
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A festival celebrated annually on June 14 and 15 at Hie Jinja in Tokyo. In the Edo period, the Kanda Matsuri was the festival for the townspeople, while the Sannô Matsuri was celebrated to entertain the shôgun . This official festival or goyôsai was a ceremonial af... |
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Sanshu no Shinki |
三種の神器 |
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The three imperial Regalia. Three sacred treasures symbolizing the legitimacy of the imperial throne. In the past, possession of the status of Emperor was proven by the transmission of these three treasures. (1) The mirror, called the Yata no Kagami, is preserved as the manifestat... |
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Satomiya |
里宮 |
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Literally, "village shrine." In cases of a dual shrine complex, the one of the pair most easily accessible, located generally in or near a village. Long believed to have originated as yohaijo to facilitate worship of a main shrine located higher or deeper in a mountain are... |
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Seimei,Akaki kiyoki kokoro |
清明,明浄心 |
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Purity and cheerfulness of heart. Together with shôjiki (honesty), one of the most prized virtues in Shinto, and considered the spiritual aspect of purification ( harae ). A pure, cheerful spirit is called akaki kiyoki kokoro . |
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Sendai kuji hongi |
先代旧事本紀 |
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Also called Kujiki or Kuji hongi . Originally thought to have been compiled during the reign of Empress Suiko (r. 692-728) but later judged to be a production of the ninth century. Its ten volumes detail the history of Japan from the age of the gods until the reign of Empress Suiko. Many o... |
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Sendatsu |
先達 |
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Originally a Buddhist term meaning leader or guide, especially a leader of ascetic practices. However, in the late Heian period, the practice of visiting Shinto shrines such as Kumano and Yoshino became popular, and the term sendatsu came to be used to refer to guides for such pilgri... |
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Sengû |
遷宮 |
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The transfer of a deity to a new shrine building. In ancient times, shrines were constructed simply and may have been rebuilt annually. On these occassions, ceremonies were held to pray for the deity's blessing. See also shikinen sengû . |
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Sessha |
摂社 |
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A subordinate shrine, located within the precincts of a larger shrine but generally dedicated to a minor deity. |
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Shaden |
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Jinja |
see → Jinja |
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