|
Title |
Text |
|
| 1 |
Gyogyōshin |
A general term for tutelaries of fishing invoked by fishermen in hopes of abundant catches and safety on the seas. A wide variety of kami serve as the centers of cults to fishing deities, including funadama (the guardian spirit of a ship), Ebisu, Ōdama, and Ryūjin (dragon kami ). The fu... |
|
| 2 |
Gyokusenshū |
(Tamaki Masahide) Collection of the Jewelled Bamboo Slips . Eight fascicles. A record of secret transmissions of Suika Shintō teachings by Tamaki Masahide, a Suika Shintō scholar who was also deeply versed in Kikke Shintō. This work is believed to have been completed between 1725 a... |
|
| 3 |
Gyō |
Gyō is a category of religious practices that can be found in every religion and can be broadly grouped into spiritual practices and physical practices. Though influenced by the religious practices of other Asian religions, Shintō practices can be regarded as having developed the... |
|
| 4 |
Gyōji sahō |
Often used to refer to general protocol of shrine rituals, the term in its narrow sense designates the detailed regulations governing their performance. Shrine rites ( gyōji ) consist of a combination of basic actions performed by priests ( shinshoku ), which are referred to as &quo... |
|
| 5 |
Gōsha |
Rural District Shrines. A shrine rank instituted in the modern shrine ranking system. The modern shrine ranking system was divided into the two general categories of kansha (state shrines) and shosha (assorted shrines). Gōsha were included in the latter category below the munici... |
|
| 6 |
Gūji |
One rank in the hierarchy of shrine priests ( shinshoku ). The chief priest among those serving at a particular shrine. At most shrines today, the gūji ordinarily serves as head ritualist, as well as being responsible for the shrine's maintenance and financial management, and gener... |
|
| 7 |
Hachidai Ryūō Daishizen Aishinkyōdan |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Ishikawa Sen (1886-1961). Born in Hokkaido, Ishikawa established various businesses, including a restaurant and clothing store. While undergoing abdominal surgery in 1930, Ishikawa became possessed ( kamigakari ) by a spirit that comm... |
|
| 8 |
Hachidai Ryūōjin Hakkō Seidan |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Demura Ryūsei (1926-). Born in Hokkaido, Demura was devout from an early age and regularly used to clean the Inari and other small shrines in his area. It is reported that from the age of ten he developed spiritual powers and began to deliver var... |
|
| 9 |
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... |
|
| 10 |
Hachiman gudōkun |
This two-volume work, also called Hachiman gudōki , which details the miracles of the kami Hachiman, and is written in a style that even children of the time could understand. Concerning the formation of the this two volume set— kōhon (Book A) and otsubon (Book B)—there are theories t... |
|
| 11 |
Hachiman'usagū gotakusenshū |
#N/A |
|
| 12 |
Hachirakukai Kyōdan |
A Shinto-derived new religious movement started by Ogawa Kōichirō (1919-80). It is said that Ogawa had been gripped by nebulous fears of death since early childhood due to the various misfortunes that had befallen successive generations of his family. For these reasons he came int... |
|
| 13 |
Hafuri |
A term for Shinto priests ( shinshoku ), usually a rank beneath kannushi and negi . The etymology of the term is unclear, but according to Tanigawa Kotosuga's Wakun no shiori , it refers to shaking a garment to quell disaster or catastrophe. Motoori Norinaga explained it as being relat... |
|
| 14 |
Hafuribe |
A type of priestly rank established under the ancient Ritsuryō system. The " hafuri " in hafuribe derives from a quote found in Jōgen's commentary on the Book of Rites ( Raiki ) reading "one associated with the kami ." The " be " is said to have been attac... |
|
| 15 |
Haga Yaichi |
(1867-1927) Scholar of Japanese literature in the Meiji and Taisho eras, born on the fourteenth day of the fifth month of 1867 in the castle town of Fukui. Haga's father Masaki had studied National Learning ( kokugaku ) under Hirata Kanetane and Japanese poetry ( waka ) with Tachibana ... |
|
| 16 |
Hagiwara Kaneyori |
(1588-166) (The characters of his given name can also be read Kanetsugu.) A proponent of Yoshida Shintō in the early Edo period. Born in 1588 as the eldest son of Yoshida Kaneharu, then Superintendant of Divinities ( jingi kanrei , the highest ranking priest in Yoshida Shintō). At the ... |
|
| 17 |
Haibutsukishaku |
This term signifies a particular school of thought that espoused the idea of shunning and expelling Buddhism. It also refers to the historic movement that based on this type of thought eventually destroyed Buddhist temples, halls, images, and ritual implements and forcibly laici... |
|
| 18 |
Haiden |
The haiden is the building provided for the performance of ceremonies and for worshipping the shrine's kami . Normally located in the foreground of the shrine's sanctuary ( honden ), the haiden is usually built on a somewhat larger scale than the honden , and tends to be the st... |
|
| 19 |
Haishi |
The practice of enshrining kami as joint tutelaries alongside a shrine's primary object of worship ( shushin or shusaijin ); also, the kami so enshrined. Also called haisai or haikyō when referring to the practice, and haishishin or haishin when referring to the kami involved. The p... |
|
| 20 |
Hakke Shintō |
The Shintō tradition transmitted by the Shirakawa Hakuō House, traditionally in charge of the post of superintendent ( haku or kami ) of the Ministry of Deities (Jingikan). Also called Shirakawa Shintō. Originally, the post of superintendent of the Jingikan was often held by the Na... |
|
