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Kojiki |
古事記 |
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A Japanese classic based on oral traditions, compiled in 712. It relates myths, legends, and historical accounts centering around the imperial court, from the age of the gods until the reign of Empress Suiko (r. 593-628). Shinto theology has developed largely through the interpre... |
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Kôjin |
荒神 |
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Rough god. Commonly believed to be the god of the hearth, but also identified in certain areas with jigami and yama no kami and enshrined out of doors. Also believed by some to be a demonic god or spirit of Japanese antiquity seeking revenge. During the middle ages, constant attempts we... |
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Kokka Shintô,Kôdô,Saisei itchi |
国家神道,皇道,祭政一致 |
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State Shinto. The prewar Japanese state distinguished the religious ceremonies of the imperial court and of the shrines from those of other religions. Shrine rites and education fell under public administration, as well as shrine administration and policy. After the second worl... |
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Kokugakuin Daigaku |
國學院大學 |
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Kokugakuin University, located in Shibuya Ward in Tokyo. In 1882, an institution called the Kôten Kôkyûsho (Research Institute for the Japanese Classics) was established to counterbalance the wholesale acceptance of modern Western thought; Prince Arisugawa Takahito was its f... |
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Koma-inu |
狛犬 |
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Korean dogs, originally a pair of sculptured animals placed in or near a shrine as guardians. Imported from the Asian continent, they later assumed decorative significance. Made of wood, stone, or metal. Also called shishi-koma-inu . |
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Kôshin |
庚申 |
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In the Chinese calendar, every sixty days and every sixty years coincides with the sign kanoe-saru . Kôshin is the name of this day and of the deity worshiped on this day. The belief originates in Taoism but is widespread throughout Japan. In some areas it has become confused wit... |
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Kôshitsu saishi |
皇室祭祀 |
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Religious ceremonies of the imperial house, also called Kôshitsu Shintô or Imperial House Shinto. These ancient ceremonies, including the most important ceremonies of state Shinto (see Kokka Shintô) find their origins in the mythological age of the gods. Am... |
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Kotodama |
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Norito |
see → Norito |
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Kujô |
宮掌 |
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Rank of shinshoku below a gon-negi . Exists in such shrines as Ise no Jingû, Atsuta Jingû, etc. |
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Kumano |
熊野 |
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Deity worshiped at the three shrines of Hongû, Shingû, and Nachi in the Kumano region of Wakayama Prefecture. Belief in Kumano became especially widespread during the middle ages. Reverence was paid by the imperial court, rites performed by the shrine priests ( oshi ) drew the commo... |
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Kumotsu |
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Shinsen |
see → Shinsen |
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Kuni no miyatsuko |
国造 |
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Local ruling families in ancient Japan which, even after becoming subservient to the Yamato Court, continued to hold political power in their own regions. With the establishment of a firm central administration, they gradually lost their political power and came to hold only nomi... |
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Kunitokodachi no mikoto |
クニトコダチノミコト |
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Eternal Spirit of the Land. According to the Nihon shoki , the first deity to appear at the time of the creation of heaven and earth. Especially revered in Ise Shinto. |
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Kushimitama |
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Tama2 |
see → Tama2 |
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Kyôha Shintô |
教派神道 |
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Sect Shinto. Religious movements which, while adhering to the mainstream of Japan's native religion, have also resulted in the formation of independent sects oriented toward individual religious experience. In the Tokugawa period, the shogunate extended official protec... |
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Magatsuhi no kami |
禍津日神 |
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Gods who bring about sin, pollution, and disaster, in other words, all evil. They belong to the land of Yomi, the nether world. Maga means confusion, complication, distortion. Magagoto means "evil things". Ômagatsuhi no kami means "Great Magatsuhi God." Ya... |
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Makoto |
まこと |
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Generally used to mean honesty, truthfulness, conscientiousness. Considered a cardinal virtue in Shinto. |
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Man'yôshû |
万葉集 |
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Collection of a Myriad Leaves. The oldest anthology of Japanese verse, compiled in the eighth century. Contains 4500 poems written from the fifth to the eighth centuries by persons of various ranks, from emperors to peasants. Noted for its straightforward expression of sentiment... |
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Massha |
末社 |
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Subordinate shrine. Similar to sessha , but generally of a simpler structure and accorded a lesser degree of reverence. |
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Matoi |
的射 |
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Target practice with bow and arrow conducted within the precincts of a shrine during the New Year season. Originally performed by marksmen chosen from the community as a means of divining the harvest yield for the coming year. In some areas, the ideograph for demon is written on the ta... |
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