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Hatsumiyamōde |
"First shrine visit," this term refers to the first pilgrimage to the tutelary deity ( ujigami ) after the birth of a child. It is also more simply called miyamairi . It may also be referred to as hiake , hibare , ubuake , or shimeage , terms that mean it marks the day when the tabo... |
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Hatsumōde |
A visit to a shrine or a temple ( sankei ) at the beginning of a new year. In a narrow sense it refers to the visit on New Year's Day. Today it is very often the case that people will visit shrines or temples from midnight on New Year's Eve in order to hear the temple bells ringing in the ... |
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Hatsuuma |
"First Horse Day Festival." This term refers to an event that is held in February on the first day of the horse. The custom of worshipping Inari (the harvest deity) is found all over Japan, and hatsuuma festivals are held at shrines throughout the country including Fushimi ... |
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Hatsuyuki matsuri |
A refined observance carried out on the first day of snow, at Kitano Tenmangū Shrine, in Kamigyō ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. According to a local legend, the spirit of Sugawara Michizane, a Heian-period courtier enshrined at Kitano Tenmangū as Tenjin, occasionally reveal... |
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Hattori Nakatsune |
(1757-1824) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the late Edo period. Born to a family who were members of the police force ( yoriki ) in the town of Matsusaka in Ise (present-day Mie Prefecture). His common name was Ginai, and he went by the epistolary name Suigetsu. In 1785, at t... |
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Haya-uma matsuri |
Fast Horse Festival. A festival held in the hope of ensuring an abundance of livestock. Held on the vernal equinox at Ukemochi Shrine, on the grounds of Nitta Shrine ( Nitta jinja ) in Miyauchi Town, Sendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture. Ritual wands ( gohei ) and papier-mache drums ( den... |
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Hayaakitsuhi, Hayaakitsuhime |
[Haya akitsuhi no kami.Haya akitsuhime no kami](Kojiki) Other names: Haya akitsuhiko no kami( Kojiki ), Haya akitsuhi no mikoto( Nihongi ), Minato no kami ( Kojiki ) One of the kami produced by Izanagi and Izanami in Kojiki 's account of the "birth of the land" ( kuniumi ). T... |
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Hayama shinji |
A divination rite ( toshiura ) predicting the fish catch in the coming year, held at Shishiki Shrine in Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, on November 19 and 20. A competition is held in front of the shrine between two teams of three young men each. The teams try to be the fir... |
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Hayama-gomori |
Retreat at Hayama. A festival held between the fifteenth and the eighteenth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar at Kuronuma Shrine, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture. According to a local legend, a long time ago, when the nearby hamlet of Kanisawa was being attacked b... |
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Hayarigami Shinkō |
The faddish worship of kami and buddhas that experience ephemeral popularity based on claims that they provide some concrete benefit or power. The term is sometimes written with characters meaning "momentary-flower-deity 時花神," indicating that the phenomenon sprin... |
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Hayashi Razan |
(1583-1657) Confucian scholar of the early Edo period. His formal names included Nobukatsu, and he had the style Shishin (written with two different sets of Sino-Japanese characters), together with Radō and other epistolary names. His common names included Dōshun, and he was giv... |
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Hayashi Ōen |
(1797-187) Imperial loyalist and scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the late Edo period. Born on the twenty-eighth day of the tenth month of 1797 as the third son of Hayashi Mataemon Michihide, samurai retainer of the Kumamoto Domain, in the Kumamoto castle town of Yamazaki ... |
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Hayatamanoo |
(Nihongi) The first kami appearing after Izanagi went to the underworld of Yomi and parted from his deceased spouse Izanami, according to an "alternate writing" recorded in Nihongi . Although Izanagi traveled to the underworld to visit Izanami, he broke his vow not to lo... |
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Heiden |
A shrine structure built to hold sacred offerings or heihaku , but most commonly constructed as a link between a shrine's sanctuary ( honden ) and hall of worship ( haiden ). In the architectural style called Gongen-zukuri , when the stone floor of the heiden is constructed at a level be... |
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Heihaku |
Also called mitegura or heimotsu , heihaku in its broadest sense refers to offerings made to the kami . Mitegura is said to carry the meaning of "full storehouse," but in classic works such as Kojiki , Nihongi , and Kōgoshūi we also find the term expressed as hei , shinpei , and ... |
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Hezakaru, Hetsunagisabiko, Hetsukahibera |
[Hezakaru no kami.Hetsunagisabiko no kami.Hetsukahibera no kami] (Kojiki) According to Kojiki , three kami which came into existence when Izanagi threw down armbands (bracelets decorated with pearls and jewels) from his right arm in preparation for purification after his retu... |
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Hi no Oshie |
Teaching of the Sun . A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Sakuma Nikkō (1884-1954; Nikkō means "sun-light"). An affectionate and filial son, Sakuma developed an interest in the afterlife, the existence of the soul and the reality of divine beings ( kami ) after the d... |
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Hi no mai shinji |
Fire Dance Rite. A rite featuring a fire-throwing performance, held on November 20 at Kita Shrine in Kushima City, Miyazaki Prefecture. Dancers are selected from among young parishioners ( ujiko ) and observe a period of strict abstinence ( kessai ) and purification by using a separ... |
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Hi-awase shinji |
Fire-Matching Rite. A festival held on July 14 at Chōkaizan Ōmonoimi Shrine ( Chōkaizan Ōmonoimi jinja ) in Yuza Town, Akumi District, Yamagata Prefecture. Fires are lit simultaneously at Ōmonoimi Shrine, at Omonoimi Shrine in Tobishima, Sakata City and near the top of Mt. Chōkai a... |
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Hi-kae shinji |
Fire-Exchange Rite. Held from the night of July 31 through August 1 at Sumiyoshi Shrine ( Sumiyoshi taisha ) in Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. The festival starts with the summer purification ceremonies ( nagoshi no harae ) held on the thirty-first. On August 1, the po... |
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