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Fudoki |
Fudoki is a general title given to a set of documents compiled in the Nara period according to a specific form and composition—a gazetteer composed of publicly reported documents. The title was likely modeled after the titles Chinese works like Zhou chu feng tu ji or Ji zhou feng tu ji , ... |
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Jinjaengi |
This is a type of record dealing with the origins a shrine and of its connection with the deity enshrined at that shrine ( saijin ), and the relation of the festival surrounding that deity as well as supernatural stories related to the shrine and its deity. There are some records that als... |
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Kogoshūi |
This work, in one volume, was produced and presented to the court by Inbe no Hironari on the thirteenth day of the second month of 807. Hironari was a member of the Inbe, who, along with the Nakatomi, was in charge of festival rites at court from ancient times. Hironari—along with old tra... |
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Man'yōshū |
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Nakatominoharae |
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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Norito |
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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Sendaikujihonki |
A history in ten books arranged in chronological format, mainly centering around events from the beginning of the "age of the kami " down to the reign of Emperor Suiko, with other sections such as Kokuzō hongi appended. The title of this work is also occasionally abbreviat... |
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Senmyō |
This refers to edicts written down in a Japanese phonetic script. Originally this referred to the verbal proclamations of the emperor, but later this term came to specifically refer to the written records of these proclamations. Compared with promulgations written in classical C... |
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Shinsen shōjiroku |
This is a record of the genealogy of the ancient families living in the capital (Heian-kyō) and the five inner provinces. It was compiled near the beginning of the Heian period. It is also known variously as Shōjiroku and Shinsen shōjiroku-shō . It consists of thirty books. The comple... |
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Shinto and Literature |
Shintō and literature. There are many ways that Shintō and literature intersect, but among this confluence, the influence of legends in the records of the shrines ( engi setsuwa ) is considerable. There are an abundant number of medieval legends influenced by kenmitsu bukkyō (exot... |
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Shintōkōshaku |
This is the act of expounding on the Shinto classics and Shinto doctrine to people in plain and easy to understand language, and thus educating and enlightening the masses. Shintō kōshaku is also occasionally referred to as Shintō kōdan . Tachibana Mitsuyoshi, Masuho Zankō, Tamada ... |
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§An Overview of Shintō Texts and of Trends in Research |
Since the early modern period, the mainstream of Shintō studies has consisted largely of the analysis and explication of relevant texts. Those texts purported to record the essence of Shintō are referred to as "Shintō classics" ( Shinto koten or simply shinten ). There e... |
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