Basic Terms of Shinto 神道基本用語集

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1 Shagô 社号 Names of types of shrines, such as daijingû , jingû , gû , taisha , and sha . In a few exceptional cases, the name of the deity enshrined is used as a shagô . The title of jingû is the highest appellation; it includes Ise no Jingû and other special shr...
2 Shakaku seido 社格制度 System of ranking shrines. Until the end of the second world war, Shinto shrines received government support. Different shrines were accorded different treatment on the basis of factors such as circumstances of foundation, the importance of the shrine's location, and the degree ...
3 Shaku An accessory held by formally attired court officials in ancient times and part of the Shinto priest's formal costume today. Said to have originated in China as a prompter used during official ceremonies.
4 Shamusho 社務所 The administrative offices of a shrine. At Ise no Jingû this office is called the Jingû Shichô, while at Atsuta Jingû it is called the Gûchô.
5 Shichi-go-san 七五三 Seven-five-three festival, held on November 15. A rite of passage in which five-year-old boys and three- and seven-year-old girls visit the shrine of their ujigami or tutelary deity to pray for special protection. This custom is practiced widely in the Kanto area; the date coincid...
6 Shikinaisha 式内社 Shrine listed in the Jinmyôchô of the ninth and tenth volumes of the Engi shiki . These 2861 shrines (including 3,132 enshrined deities) were entitled to official state offerings at their festivals. These shrines were of two types: Kampeisha (national, imperial shrines), which re...
7 Shikinen sengû 式年遷宮 Transfer of a deity to a new shrine building once in a prescribed number of years. Most scholars believe that shrine facilities were originally rebuilt annually, at which time ceremonies were performed to renew the power of the enshrined deity. When permanent shrine buildings came ...
8 Shikon Tama2 see → Tama2
9 Shimenawa 注連縄 A sacred rope marking the presence of a god or the border of a sacred area. Zig-zag strips of paper, called shide , are hung from the rope, which is made of twisted new straw.
10 Shinbatsu,Bachi 神罰,罰 Divine retribution inflicted on someone who speaks or acts in a disrespectful, unbelieving, or impure way towards a god. Bachi is a variant form of batsu , meaning punishment.
11 Shinboku 神木 A sacred tree or grove within the precincts of a shrine. Believed originally to have been a tree to which the spirit of a deity descended. Shimenawa may be strung around the tree. Many examples exist in which a sacred tree is worshiped as the shintai or symbol of the deity in the absence of ...
12 Shinbutsu bunri 神仏分離 The separation of Shinto and Buddhism. The Meiji Restoration of 1868 was accompanied by a movement in the Shinto world to restore the purity of everything Japanese. On March 28, 1868, the government issued an order to abolish the previous custom of amalgamating Shinto and Buddhism (...
13 Shinbutsu shûgô 神仏習合 The harmonization of Shinto, the native Japanese religion, with Buddhism, which came from India via China. According to Buddhist doctrine, a person who has done good may become a deva after death, living in heaven, encouraging humans to do good, and acting as a protector of Buddhism...
14 Shinden Jinja see → Jinja
15 Shin'en Keidaichi see → Keidaichi
16 Shingaku 心学 Mind (heart) Learning. A religious and ethical movement headed by Ishida Baigan (1685-1746). While based on Shinto (special reverence was paid to Amaterasu ômikami) concepts borrowed from Zen Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism were used to preach the ethics of everyday life to the co...
17 Shingaku 神学 Theology. Originally used to refer to specifically Shinto studies, the term is now used to mean theology in general. Shinto theology begins with the oral traditions preserved by the kataribe (narrators) of ancient times. The Kojiki was compiled from accounts transmitted orally t...
18 Shingon shintô,Ryôbu shûgô Shintô 真言神道,両部習合神道 Also called Ryôbu Shintô, an interpretation of Shinto according to the doctrines of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. In the esoteric Shingon sect, the unity of the metaphysical world with the phenomenal and natural world is explained via the dualistic principles of the K...
19 Shin'i1 Mi-itsu see → Mi-itsu
20 Shin'i2 Shinkai see → Shinkai