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Ishinkyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Hashiguchi Reizui (1879-1963). Hashiguchi was born in Kagoshima City and worked as an official in the post and telegraphic services. Following the case of high treason revolving around socialist and anarchist Kōtoku Shūsui in 1910, he beg... |
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Ishizuchi Shinkō |
Beliefs and practices related to Mt Ishizuchi (1982 m.) in Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku. Nihon ryōiki (ca 823) by Keikai, speaks of a practitioner called Jakusen who trained there, while Montoku jitsuroku (879) tells how Jōsen (上仙), a follower of the priest Shakusen, practiced there ... |
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Isotakeru |
[Isotakeru no kami] (Nihongi) Other names: Itakeru( Nihongi ) A name found only in Nihongi ; in Kojiki , the same kami appears under the name Ōyabiko no kami. An offspring of Susanoo, Isotakeru descended with his father to the Korean kingdom of Silla bearing tree seeds, but he did not pl... |
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Isukeyorihime |
Hime tatara isuke yori hime(Kojiki) Other names: Hime tatara isuzuhime no mikoto ( Nihongi ) Consort of Emperor Jinmu. According to Kojiki , the kami Ōmononushi of Miwa saw Seyadatarahime, daughter of Mizokui of Mishima, and immediately fell in love with her. While the girl was reli... |
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Itsuku |
To serve, and perform rites for, the kami , having purified the body and mind and exorcised all polluting influences ( kegare ). According to Motoori Norinaga, itsu means the bright and pure, all dirt and pollution having been washed away. Though itsuku came to be used later as a term of ... |
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Itsukushima Shinkō |
Due to belief in the "Three Female Kami " ( sanjoshin ) of Munakata at Itsukushima Jinja, the Itsukushima kami was worshipped as a protector of fishermen and boats. Itsukushima is also known as a "military kami " ( gunshin ), as seen in this passage from the Ryōjin ... |
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Itsunochiwaki |
The Parting Ways of Power . Commentary on the "Divine Age" and "Jinmu" chapters of Nihon shoki . Written by the late Edo period National Learning ( kokugaku ) scholar Tachibana Moribe. Twelve fascicles. Fascicles one and two are devoted to general theoretical ... |
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Itō Rokurobei |
(1829-94) Founder of the new religion Maruyamakyō. Born on the fifteenth day of the seventh month of 1829 in Noborito Village, Tachibana District in the province of Musashi (present-day Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture). The second son of Kiyomiya Genroku, Rokurobei was adopt... |
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Iwakura |
A formation of rocks considered to be sacred to which a kami is invited to descend for worship. Together with ishigami (stone- kami ) and iwasaka , such forms of worship represent a type of rock-worshiping cult. As rites are repeated, the rocks themselves are worshipped as divine ston... |
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Iwakura Tomomi |
(1825-83) Courtier and politician of the late Tokugawa and early Meiji eras. Born on the fifteenth day of the ninth month of 1825 in Kyoto as the second child of court noble Horikawa Yasuchika, he was adopted by Iwakura Tomoyasu. Tomomi was active behind the scenes in the Imperial Cour... |
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Iwanagahime |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) A daughter of Ōyamatsumi. Ōyamatsumi offered both his beautiful daughter Konohana Sakuyahime and her older sister Iwanagahime in marriage to Ninigi. Ninigi, however, could not bear Iwanagahime's unattractive appearance and returned her to her father. Acco... |
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Iwaoshiwakunoko |
[Iwaoshiwaku no ko] (Kojiki) A kunitsukami (earthly kami ) that appeared during Jinmu's eastern campaign from Kumano to Yoshino, and became his ally. Both Kojiki and Nihongi describe Iwaoshiwakunoko as having a tail, and as appearing by pushing aside the boulders in order to meet t... |
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Iwasaka |
A stone altar or cairn erected in ancient times for the purpose of invoking the kami during worship. According to an "alternative tradition" describing the episode of the "Descent of the Heavenly Grandchild" ( tenson kōrin ) in the Nihongi , Takamimusubi erec... |
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Iwasaku, Nesaku |
[Iwatsutsunoo no kami.Iwatsutsunome no mikoto] (Kojiki) Two kami produced as Izanagi killed the fire kami Kagutsuchi. When Izanami gave birth to Kagutsuchi, she suffered mortal burns. Enraged, her consort Izanagi drew his sword and beheaded Kagutsuchi. The blood that dripped f... |
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Iwatsutsunoo, Iwatsutsunome |
[Iwatsutsunome no mikoto] (Kojiki) According to Kojiki , one (or one pair) of three kami which came into existence from the blood adhering to the sword with which Izanagi killed the fire deity Kagutsuchi (see also Iwasaku, Nesaku). According to an "alternate writing" de... |
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Iwau |
Written 祝う or 斎う. To maintain taboos or to physically abstain in order to seek the auspicious. It has the meaning of a period of abstinence ( kessai ), maintaining physical purity as a prerequisite for serving the kami . Later it came to be used to mean both praying for auspicious things a... |
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Izaihō |
A festival held on Kudaka Island, Okinawa Prefecture, during the year of the horse (once every 12 years) from the 15th to the 18th of the 11th lunar month. Prayers ( ugandate ) are begun a month before the festival so that it can take place without hindrance or impediment, and when they ar... |
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Izanagi |
[Izanagi no mikoto] According to Kojiki and Nihongi , one of the two kami (together with his consort Izanami) principally responsible for the formation of the world. Various theories have been proposed to explain the name, but it is usually assumed that iza means "invite"... |
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Izanami |
[Izanami no mikoto] Consort of the kami Izanagi. The name Izanami has been understood in various ways, but most interpretations agree that iza means "invite" ( izanau ), while mi means "female." As the kami responsible for the birth of various other kami repre... |
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Izasawake |
[Izasawake no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Izasawake no ōkami no mikoto, Kehi no ōkami( Kojiki ), Kehi no ō kami ( Nihongi ). A kami of Koshi Province (Echizen) with whom then-crown-prince Ōjin exchanged names. Also, the deity of the shrine Kehi Jingū. Legends regarding the deity's or... |
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