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Konpira Shinkō |
This is the faith concerning the shrine Konpira Jinja. As well as being a guardian kami of seafarers and fishermen, Konpira is believed to be a "thunder kami " ( raijin ), a water kami ( suijin ), an agricultural kami ( nōkōjin ), and a guardian kami who keeps watch while other k... |
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Kukatachi |
"The Japanese characters are also read kugatachi . This ritual is a type of trial by divine will used to judge the legitimacy or veracity of a person's claim. After the person about whom there are suspicions is forced to swear an oath to the kami , their hand is plunged in boiling wat... |
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Kumano Shinkō |
The cult that worships Kishū's "Three Mountains of Kumano" (Kumano sanzan ): Hongū, Shingū, and Nachi. The Nihonshoki relates that Izanagi is buried at Hana no iwaya in Kumano's Arima Village, indicating that belief in the Kumano region's mystical connec... |
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Kō |
This term indicates a group of people holding similar beliefs, but as in the manner of a mutual financing business or loan association, the group is also diverted toward economic goals. The origin of kō lies in the name of Heian period Buddhist text reading and study ( kōdoku ) conducte... |
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Kōshin shinkō |
A day on which the 7th "stem" ( kō ) in the Chinese zodiacal system combines with the 9th "branch" ( shin 'monkey') is known as kōshin , when believers spend an abstemious, all-night vigil for the sake of their longevity. The custom goes back to the Chines... |
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Miyaza |
The specially empowered festival group in the village concerned with shrine festivities. The words " za " and " zashū " can be seen in historical data from the eleventh century; however, the word miyaza cannot be found in historical data which can be verified to ... |
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Momodayū/Shiradayū Shinkō |
Momodayū is also called Hyakudayū. The name Momodayū appears as the kami worshipped by courtesans ( yūjo ) of Eguchi and Kanzaki in Ōe no Masafusa's Yujoki , and Masafusa also wrote in his Kairaishiki that Kugutsu worshipped "the hundred kami " ( hyakushin ). The Ryōjin his... |
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Munakata Shinkō |
The faith related to Munakata Jinja, The faith has elements of guarding the nation and protecting the imperial house, as well as safety at sea and ensuring fishermen a bountiful catch. Munakata can also be written with the characters 胸形 or 宗形. The Jinmyōchō section of the Engishiki re... |
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Myōken shinkō |
Worship of the bodhisattva Myōken, who is the deification of the North Star and Ursa Major (the Big Dipper). The bodhisattva Myōken is also referred to as Myōken Daishi, Sonshōō, and the bodhisattva Hokushin. She is prized as the protector of the nation, the suppressor of calamity, a... |
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Nikkōsan shinkō |
Beliefs and practices associated with the mountains of Nikkō, the composite name given to the mountains Nantai (2484 m.), Nyohō (2464 m.) and Tarō (2368 m.), situated in the north-western part of Tochigi Prefecture. The founder is said to be Shōdō Shōnin, who built Shihonryūji ther... |
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Nukemairi |
The practice of leaving one's place residence or occupation without permission in order to make pilgrimage (see sankei ) to a shrine or temple. The term was applied particularly to the custom of making pilgrimages to the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū) by young serving men or women wh... |
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Ohyakudo |
Ohyakudo ("one hundred times"), also called hyakudo-mairi ("one-hundred-times pilgrimage"), is a form of pilgrimage to shrines and temples for the purpose of praying to kami and buddhas. The term ohyakudo refers to the act of visiting certain shrines and t... |
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Okagemairi |
"Thanks pilgrimages" or "blessing pilgrimages," a term referring to periodic mass pilgrimages to the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū) in the Edo period, undertaken against the backdrop of the spread of the Ise cult ( Ise shinkō ) from the middle ages and the gen... |
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Ontake Shinkō |
Beliefs and practices associated with Mt Ontake in Kiso (Nagano Prefecture). It is a mountain cult chiefly supported by confraternities ( kō ) and religious organizations ( kyōkai ). It is not clear when Ontake began to be considered a sacred mountain but from the fact that it was of ol... |
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Oshi |
Religious functionaries attached to specific shrines and temples who guide visitors ( sankei ) through that shrine or temple and accommodate them by providing prayer ( kitō ), lodgings, and the like. They are called this because of a shortening of the original term okitōshi . They fi... |
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Ryūjin shinkō |
Ryūjin ("dragon kami ") faith is a form of religious thought and practice associated with dragons, a mythical sacred animal of ancient China. Although Japanese ryūjin worship was influenced by China, the Japanese dragon as an object of faith was a deified snake, a symbol ... |
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Saimon |
Saimon , also pronounced saibun , is a written proclamation that is read to the spirit of one or more kami . In days of old, "imperial proclamations" ( senmyō ) were also called saimon . At the Grand Shrine of Ise ( Ise jingū ), saimon refers to a report from the emperor presented ... |
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Sangaku shinkō |
Veneration of mountains founded on the view that they are sacred, as places to which the kami are considered to descend and dwell, and as places where the spirits of the ancestors ( sorei ) exist, including beliefs and the rites carried out in their context. Sacred mountains have been k... |
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Saniwa |
An abbreviation for sayaniwa, saniwa is commonly regarded as having originally referred to a purified site called saniwa (沙庭) where a deity was worshipped and its "divine message" ( takusen ) was revealed. As a result, saniwa later came to signify "a person who rece... |
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Sankei |
A general term for "pilgrimage," the travel to a shrine or temple for the purpose of worship. In the ancient period, most worship was limited to the so-called "clan deity" ( ujigami ) of each locality, but from the Heian period, the object of such worship expande... |
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