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Tsûzoku Shintô |
通俗神道 |
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Popular Shinto, a form of Shinto movement which spread among the populace in the eighteenth century, and involved practical religious and ethical education. At the same time kokugaku (National Learning) scholars were reviving an academic form of Shinto focused on the classics, p... |
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Ubusuna no Kami |
産土神 |
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The tutelary deity of one's birthplace. A newly born child is taken for a first visit to the shrine of this deity, who is believed to protect the person throughout life. People who move to other areas later still return to their native homes to participate in festivals for their ubu... |
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Ujigami |
氏神 |
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Ancient ancestral or tutelary deity of a clan or family. Since the middle ages, the ujigami has come to be viewed as the tutelary deity of a geographical area such as a village. In Japan, the history of migration by clans is a complex one, leading to variations in the meaning of ujigami , b... |
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Ujiko |
氏子 |
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A patron of a shrine living within traditional parish boundaries. While the term originally referred to any member of a clan claiming a common ancestral god or ujigami , the meaning of the word ujigami changed in time from a lineage to a more territorially related concept, and the term ... |
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Ujiko kai |
氏子会 |
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An organization of ujiko for the purpose of shrine upkeep. Usually joined by all residents of the parish. Governed by election from the membership of a committee and an ujiko sôdai or group of parish representatives. |
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Umi no kami |
海の神 |
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God of the sea. The deity ruling the ocean, in fact considered to be three deities called Watatsumi no Kami. In popular belief, the dragon-god ( ryûjin ) is thought of as god of the sea and is worshiped at a festival around June. Among groups with ocean-related occupations, many t... |
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Utsushiyo |
現世 |
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The actual world inhabited by living human beings. The manifest world in contrast to the hidden world ( kakuriyo ), heaven (Takama no Hara), the eternal land ( tokoyo ,) and the land of the dead (Yomi). Although utsushiyo is considered to have been originally imperfect in comparison w... |
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Uyamau |
敬う |
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A world also called iyamau in ancient Japanese. Iya means actions showing respect, etiquette or ceremonial behavior. Originally, iyamau meant to show respect by appropriate formal behavior, but today it means also to hold a mental attitude of respect. It is an attitude toward the g... |
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Wakamiya |
若宮 |
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A shrine dedicated to a divided or "apportioned" spirit ( go-bunrei ). Three types of wakamiya include (1) those established to console the go-bunrei of a deity enshrined in a main shrine; (2) those established to console the go-bunrei of the offspring of the main god; (3) ... |
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Watarai Nobuyoshi |
度会延佳 |
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Watarai Nobuyoshi (1615-1691). A hereditary priest at Ise no Jingû who was instrumental in the development of so-called "later Ise Shintô" (see Ise Shintô). Watarai rejected the Buddhist tendencies in Ise Shintô, introduced Confucian ele... |
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Watarai Shintô |
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Ise Shintô |
see → Ise Shintô |
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Wazawai |
わざわい |
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Disaster. In ancient times, wazawai was regarded as a type of fault ( tsumi ) to be removed by harae . It was thought that anyone who had been exposed to disaster should undergo physical and spiritual purification in order to return to the community of those participating in religious r... |
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Yabusame |
流鏑馬 |
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Horseback archery, in which a rider draws and shoots blunt arrows as his horse races past three square wooden targets. Performed originally by warriors at shrines for the purpose of divining the outcome of the year's harvest. The Tsurugaoka Hachimangû yabusame festiva... |
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Yamaboko |
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Dashi |
see → Dashi |
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Yamamiya |
山宮 |
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Mountain shrine. In Shinto, when a mountain is considered an object of worship, a yamamiya may be established at the summit or on the side of the mountain, as at Sengen Jinja on Mt Fuji. In some cases, the yamamiya may be regarded as an "interior shrine" ( okumiya ) in contrast ... |
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Yama no kami |
山の神 |
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(1) A god of the mountains who is worshiped by hunters, charcoal-burners, and woodcutters. The deity enshrined is Ôyamatsumi no mikoto or Konohanasakuyahime. There are various traditions connected with the worship of this yama no kami , but the practice of offering an ocean ... |
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Yamato-mai |
大和舞 |
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Dance of Yamato. Originated in the Yamato region around the present Nara Prefecture. Performed at court as early as the fourth century and at festivals such as the Daijôsai and chinkonsai . Also a part of the kagura repertoire. Various Yamato-mai songs were employed in the fes... |
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Yamazaki Ansai |
山崎闇斎 |
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Yamazaki Ansai (1618-1682). Neo-Confucian scholar and founder of Suika Shintô. Yamazaki venerated in particular the portion of the Nihon shoki describing the age of the gods and the norito called the Nakatomi no ôbarae no kotoba (see Ôbarae no kotoba). Yamaza... |
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Yashikigami |
屋敷神 |
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House deity, the worship of which is closely connected with ancestor worship. In some areas, a yashikigami may be found worshiped at each house in a village; in others, it is found in only one influential home in the community; this latter form is believed to be the earlier of the two. Fr... |
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Yogoto |
寿詞 |
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A kind of norito . A formula of blessing for the continuity of the imperial reign. Classic yogoto include the Nakatomi no yogoto , which is pronounced on the day of the emperor's accession to the throne, and the yogoto pronounced by the kuni no miyatsuko of Izumo at the beginning of a ... |
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