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Ushihaku |
Ruling a territory as lord. Motoori Norinaga interpreted it as "possessing a certain place as one's own." In the section in Kojiki concerning the "transfer of the land" ( kuniyuzuri ), it says: "The Central Land of the Reed Plains (Ashihara no nakatsukun... |
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Utsushiyo |
Utsushiyo refers to this actual world, according to the Shinto worldview ( sekaikan ). It is the "unconcealed" or "apparent" realm in contrast to the "concealed" realm ( kakuriyo ). Nakatomi no yorigito (in Engishiki ) speaks of "adding the w... |
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Utsushiyo |
Also written as 顕世. Neither reading is found as such in the classical texts such as Nihongi and the Kojiki , but utsushiyo (顕世, that is, 現世) appears to have been used in the Nihongi as the world where "open matters" ( arawanigoto 顕事) are carried out, as opposed to the "con... |
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View of the other world (takaikan) |
This term refers, in general, to the notion of a space that is different from this real world. It is difficult to clearly distinguish a Shinto view of the Other World from that held by Japanese religions at large. The world of everyday life is called "present world," "v... |
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Yamato |
An alternate name for the country of Japan. Yamato is also written 日本, 山跡, 倭, and 夜麻登. Originally, this was the place name for the area around the present day city of Tenri in Nara Prefecture, but it later became the name for one of the five kingdoms of the Kinai region. (Yamato Province, a... |
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Yamato damashii |
Literally, "Japanese spirit."Alternately written 日本魂 or 大和魂. This term is often contrasted with "Chinese Learning" ( karasae ), that is, knowledge and scholarship imported to Japan from China. Yamato damashii refers to an inherent faculty of common-sens... |
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Yomi |
The underworld which appears in Kojiki and Nihon shoki . Also called Yomotsukuni. It is the world that Izanami went to after her death. The appearance and characteristics of this world are not always clearly defined. In Kojiki , the inside of the palace of the Yomigami ( kami of the unde... |
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Zen-aku |
The term can also be read as " yoshi-ashi ." It is a value-oriented pair of opposing words. The content of this oppositional pair of concepts is explained as referring to good or bad luck, right or wrong, pure or impure, beauty or ugliness, superiority or inferiority and sim... |
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meijōseichoku |
Literally, brightness, purity, sincerity and uprightness. In Shinto, this term is used to express the ideal state of one's heart. Meijōseichoku incorporates the ideas of a true heart, a sincere heart, an upright heart, and a readiness to serve the kami . When appearing in the imperi... |
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Ōmikokoro |
The mind or will of the emperor. In particular the disinterested mind that embodies the divine words ( shinchoku ) of Amaterasu. To the honorific prefix mi , which indicates a term of respect for kami or the emperor, the superlative prefix ō is added, and the conjunction of the two expre... |
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Ōmitakara |
An ancient expression referring to the emperor's subjects. Similar compounds include kōmin, tami, minsho, hyakushō, jinmin, shomin, shojin, banmin, himin, okuchō, shūsho, reimin, reisho, reigen, ryōjin, kyojin, kokō, ninpu, jinbutsu, motomotosōsei, gyōgyōkenshu . Origin... |
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Ōyashima |
Literally, "Great Eight Islands," it actually means "Great Myriad Islands," and is another name for Japan. The word is also an abbreviation of Ōyashima no kuni, or the "Great Country of Myriad Islands." According to the legends in Kojiki and Nihon... |
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