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Akiha Shinkō |
Akiha shinkō originated at the shrine Akihasan Hongū Akiha Jinja in Shūchigun, Shizuoka Prefecture and is known as a fire protection cult. It is thought that Shugendō practitioners were already spreading the faith in the medieval period. In 1685 during the Edo Period, the " mi... |
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Atago Shinkō |
This is the cult that originated at the shrine Atago Jinja on the peak of Atago Mountain in Kyōto. Ascetic practitioners have been using the mountain since ancient times. During the Heian Period Atago was counted among the "seven high mountains" ( shichi kōsan ) of the Kink... |
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Atsuta Shinkō |
The cult of the shrine Atsuta Jingū and its approximately 2000 "emanation shrines" ( bunsha ) spread widely throughout the country, but worshippers are especially numerous in the Tōkai region. The tradition that the Kusanagi sacred sword, one of the "the three sac... |
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Awashima Shinkō |
Devotion to the Awashima kami based on beliefs about the kami 's efficacy in curing female ailments, helping to conceive children, and ensuring safe childbirth. Kada Jinja, the head shrine among the Awashima shrines throughout the country, is in Wakayama Prefecture's Kaisōgun co... |
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Fuji/Sengen Shinkō |
The cult of Mount Fuji/Mount Sengen. The old reading of the characters 浅間 is asama . (they can also be read sengen ). One theory as to why Mount Fuji was called Asama is based on the fact that the words "asa" and "aso" mean a volcano or a volcanic eruption, but there is ... |
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Gion/Tsushima Shinkō |
This faith takes Gozutennō and Susanoo as "enshrined deities" ( saijin ). The kami Gozutennō is a conflation of the Indian guardian deity of Gion Shōja ( Jetavanavihāra monasteries) and Chinese Onmyōdō , which was further combined with Susanoo in Japan. Whilst the cult of... |
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Hachiman Shinkō |
The faith of Hachiman began at Usa Hachimangū and the location of this shrine and five other Hachiman shrines ( gosho betsugū ) in the Kyūshū area (the five shrines are Chikuzen's Daibu Hachiman, Hizen's Chiriku Hachiman, Higo's Fujisaki Hachiman, Satsuma's Nitt... |
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Hakusan Shinkō |
Hakusan is the collective name given to the three mountains Gozenpō, Ōnanjimine, and Bessan located at the intersection of the regions Kaga, Echizen, and Mino. Hakusan shinkō is the faith based on the deification of these mountains. Local farmers believed that Hakusan was a mounta... |
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Inari Shinkō |
The cult connected to the kami Inari and Inari's retinue. In addition to its relationship to food or agriculture, Inari faith takes a variety of other forms including "estate kami" ( yashikigami ) and others. Inari faith is widespread and shrines devoted to Inari number m... |
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Ise Shinkō |
Because Amaterasu ōmikami, the principal kami ( saijin ) at Ise Jingū, is considered an ancestral kami of the imperial house, Ise Shrine is the location of imperial devotion. Moreover, since ancient times it has attracted widespread popular faith as a sacred site. Personal offerin... |
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Itsukushima Shinkō |
Due to belief in the "Three Female Kami " ( sanjoshin ) of Munakata at Itsukushima Jinja, the Itsukushima kami was worshipped as a protector of fishermen and boats. Itsukushima is also known as a "military kami " ( gunshin ), as seen in this passage from the Ryōjin ... |
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Izumo Shinkō |
Izumo Shinkō is the faith centered around the shrine Izumo Taisha in Taishamachi, Shimane Prefecture. The "enshrined kami " ( saijin ) Ōkuninushi has many variant names or titles modifying those names, and from these we know that he was worshipped as, among other things, ... |
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Kashima Shinkō |
It is possible to think of Kashima faith as the sect based at Kashima Jingū in Kashima-machi, Ibaraki Prefecture, but it can broadly be divided into beliefs related to water, "tutelary of roads" ( sae no kami ), and Kashima shrines. Many regions and shrines bear the name &qu... |
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Kasuga Shinkō |
Kasuga cult. Kasuga Shrine (Kasuga Taisha) is a shrine located in the foothills of Mt. Mikasa that venerates the divided spirits ( kanjō ) of the kami worshipped at Kashima, Katori, and Hiraoka shrines ( saijin ). Because those kami were the clan deities ( ujigami ) of the Fujiwara fami... |
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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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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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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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Sannō Shinkō |
The cult that began at Hiyoshi Taisha (Hiesha) at the foot of Mount Hiei. Originally, Sannō was the "mountain kami " ( yama no kami ) of Mount Hiei, but came to be worshipped as the protective kami of the Tendai (Chi. T'ient'ai) sect and of the temple Enryakuji. After the mid-H... |
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Sumiyoshi Shinkō |
The faith related to the shrine Sumiyoshi Jinja, which includes guardianship over safe sea travel, waka poetry, agriculture, and fishing. The Nihonshoki records that "Sokodsutsunoo no mikoto, Nakadsutsunoo no mikoto, and Uwadsutsunoo no mikoto are Sumiyoshi no ōkami&qu... |
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