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Miwadaimyōjin'engi | 三輪大明神縁起 |
This one-volume collection details the legends of Ōmiwa Shrine (Miwa-sha) and its associated temple ( jingūji ), Ōgorinji. This work is generally thought to have been written by Eison of Saidaiji (1201-1290) in his later years, and revised by his disciples. In Miwa daimyōjin engi , ... |
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Miwamonogatari | 三輪物語 |
(Kumazawa Banzan) This eight volume text was written by Kumazawa Banzan (year of completion unknown). Over the course of his lifetime, Banzan wrote many books concerning Shintō, but of these, Miwa monogatari is the key to understanding the fundamentals of his views on Shintō. The t... |
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Nakatominoharae | 中臣祓 |
This refers to the ritual invocations of the ōharae (great purification ritual) which was recited on the last day of the sixth and twelfth months by the Nakatomi clan and, thus, came to be abbreviated as Nakatomi saimon (Nakatomi ritual incantations), Nakatomi harae kotoba (Nakato... |
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Nakatominoharaefūsuisō | 中臣祓風水草 |
(Yamazaki Ansai) This three volume work (also known simply as the Fūsuisō ) was written by Yamazaki Ansai in his later years. The text is a commentary on Nakatomi-no-harae which serves as both a compendium of Shinto thought and as most important text of Suika Shintō. Ansai wrote that p... |
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Nakatominoharaekikigaki | 中臣祓聞書 |
(Yoshida Kanetomo) This one volume work is the record of a lecture on the Nakatomi-no-harae given at Zenshōin by Yoshida Kanetomo, the founder of Yoshida Shintō. This particular lecture was given in 1490 (second day of the seventh month) and recorded by the Zen cleric Keijyo Shūrin (... |
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Nakatominoharaekunge | 中臣祓訓解 |
The author and year of completion of this single volume Ryōbu Shintō text are unknown. The title kunge can be also read as kunkai , or even kinge . Although it is said that this is a work by Kūkai, it is believed that the original version of the text was completed towards the end of the Heian p... |
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Nakatominoharaeshūsetsu | 中臣祓集説 |
(Tachibana Mitsuyoshi) This three volume commentary on Nakatomi-no-harae was written by the early Edo period Kitsuke Shintō storyteller, Tachibana Mitsuyoshi, and first published in 1662. The work is a compilation of various theories and the text itself is comprised of referen... |
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Naobinomitama | 直毘霊 |
(Motoori Norinaga) This is a book about the kodō (ancient Way) theory of kokugaku . It was written by Motoori Norinaga and consists of one volume. Finished in 1771, it was included in Kojikiden , vol. 1 published in 1790. This work compares the strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese a... |
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Nihonshoki sanso | 日本書紀纂疏 |
(Ichijō Kaneyoshi) This text written by Ichijō Kaneyoshi (1402-81) and completed between 1455 and 1457. It is comprised of six volumes and three books and is a commentary on the "Age of the Kami " ( jindai ) volume of Nihon shoki . A renowned scholar of his time, Kaneyoshi dra... |
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Nihonshoki tsūshaku | 日本書紀通釈 |
(Iida Takesato) This text, comprised of seventy volumes and five books, is a commentary of the entire Nihon shoki written by the National Learning ( kokugaku ) scholar Iida Takesato and published in 1892. Referring extensively to earlier Edo period commentaries such as the Shoki Sh... |
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Nihonshoki tsūshō | 日本書紀通証 |
(Tanigawa Kotosuga) This thirty-five volume, twenty-three book work is a commentary of the entire Nihon shoki written by the Suika Shintō and National Learning ( kokugaku ) scholar Tanigawa Kotosuga during the mid-Edo Period. Kotosuga finished the text in 1751, and it was publish... |
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Nihonshokiden | 日本書紀伝 |
(Suzuki Shigetane) This text, comprised of thirty volumes and one-hundred forty-seven books, is a commentary of Nihon shoki written by the National Learning ( kokugaku ) scholar Suzuki Shigetane at the end of the Tokugawa period. Through the "Tensonkōrin" chapter of t... |
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Nijūisshaki | 二十一社記 |
This one volume work was written Kitabatake Chikafusa during the Nanbokuchō period (1336-1392). The text, originally entitled Shoshaji , is a history that focuses on the shrines which held in their possession offerings made by the imperial court to the "Twenty-Two Shrines&... |
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Nijūnishachūshiki | 二十二社註式 |
This one-volume commentary concerns the Nijūnisha ("Twenty-Two Shrines") during the Muromachi period. Together with Nijūnisha narabi honchi , Shoshinki , Shosha kongenki , and Dainihonkoku Ichinomiya ki , this text is the result of research on shrines conducted by s... |
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Norito | 祝詞 |
These are liturgies or incantations, words written in a particular script that are then read by the ritual performer at certain ceremonies or festivals involving the kami . In general the classification norito is widely used to include auspicious words ( yogoto ) as well as the langu... |
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Noritokō | 祝詞考 |
(Kamo no Mabuchi) This three volume/three book work was completed by Kamo no Mabuchi in 1768. Arakida Hisaoyu titled the published version Noritogoto no kamuga he ; what is popularly known as Noritokō is a copy close to the original but without any of the diacritical marks ( kaeriten ) ... |
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Reikiki | 麗気記 |
One of the masterpieces of Ryōbu Shintō, this work contains fourteen volumes of text, and four volumes of figures and diagrams. Kūkai (the founder of the Shingon sect of Buddhism) is commonly believed to be the author, but it is also said that the text was conveyed by the dragon kami of S... |
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Ruijujingihongen | 類聚神祇本源 |
(Watarai Ieyuki) A fifteen-volume corpus of Ise Shintō thought compiled by Watarai Ieyuki (completed in 1320). Using a broad comparison of both Japanese and Chinese works, the author, a priest of the Outer Shrine of the Grand Shrines of Ise ( Ise Jingū ), attempts in this work to demon... |
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Ryōnogige | 令義解 |
An official annotation of the Yōrōryō , spanning ten volumes. At the order of Emperor Junna, the Minster of the Right, Kiyohara no Natsuno, served as the chief editor of an editorial board of twelve members which included the judge Okihara no Miniku and the legal scholar Sanuki no Naga... |
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Ryōnoshūge | 令集解 |
A thirty-volume corpus of annotations on Yōrōryō , compiled by Koremuneno Naomoto. The present version is fifty volumes of which thirty-four volumes are still extant. Among these thirty-four volumes, volumes one, twenty, and thirty-five have different styles and contents, and ... |
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