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Kagami |
Also written 鑑. Mirror. A device that reflects an image using the reflective properties of its surface. Mirrors may be made of copper, silver, iron, jewels, or glass, and can be found in many different styles, including round, square, elliptical, "eight-petal hollyhock&quo... |
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Kagura |
A ritual performance made as an offering to the kami. Most are performed only once a year or once every few years. The kami are invited (see kanjō ) to occupy the sacred area and worshiped with performances of music, song, and dance. The prevailing theory regarding the etymology of kagu... |
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Kaguraden |
A pavilion or stage used for the offering of sacred dance ( kagura ). Also called maidono . Permanent structures for the performance of ritual dance appeared from the late Heian period and spread widely during the subsequent Kamakura period. In some cases, one part of another shrine s... |
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Kagutsuchi |
[Kagutsuchi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Kagutsuchi no mikoto, Hinoyagihayao no kami, Hinokagabiko no kami ( Kojiki ), Ho musuhi ( Nihongi ). The kami of fire or hi no kami. According to Kojiki and an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , Izanami suffered mortal ... |
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Kaibara Ekiken |
(163-1714) Confucian scholar of the early Edo period. Known also as a herbalist and educator of commoners. A retainer of the Fukuoka Domain in Chikuzen Province (present-day Fukuoka Prefecture), Kaibara's. His formal name was Atsunobu, his style was Shisei, and his common name was... |
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Kaichō |
Lit., "opening the curtain," the temporary special exhibition of images of kami and buddhas, or other shrine and temple treasures that are normally kept hidden. The practice of kaichō can be found as far back as the Heian period, but the practice spread nationwide in the e... |
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Kajishin |
A kami of smithing and of metal forging enshrined by people who work in those industries. In premodern times, blacksmiths ( kaji ) included both those living sedentary lives in towns, and those who, together with bellows-makers ( tatarashi ) and metal casters ( imoji ), would join iti... |
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Kakei Katsuhiko |
(1872-1961) A Shinto intellectual and scholar of public law from the Meiji to the Showa eras. Born on the twenty-eighth day of the eleventh month of 1872 in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University's School of Law, he studied administrative law in Ge... |
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Kakitsusai |
A rite held from October tenth to twelfth at Danzan Jinja on Tōnomine, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture. This shrine venerates Fujiwara Kamatari. Tradition says that this festival began in the first year of the Kakitsu era (1441) on the occasion of the shrine's rebuilding after its des... |
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Kakurigoto |
Hidden matters. Also read kamigoto. Kakurigoto appears in one writing in Nihongi , being used as the opposite of arawanikoto (that which is visible, apparent, manifest), and as a synonym for kamigoto (" kami affairs"). It signifies the invisible actions of the kami , tho... |
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Kakuriyo |
The hidden realm. The antonym of utsushiyo (顕世、現世). The same as Yāmei, Meifu and Yomi, it is the realm where kami and spirits are considered to dwell eternally and pursue their activities. It is a supernatural, supersensory realm not easily discerned from this world, generally unde... |
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Kakushin Shūkyō Nipponkyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion. The group's origins go back to 1940, when the "Father-deity Kotoshironushi no ōkami" descended upon Chitose Makami (1879-1986), revealing her previous lives and imparting divine powers to her. For the next ten years, Chitose prepared h... |
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Kamado matsuri |
"Cauldron festival." The main annual festival held July 10 at Shiogama Shrine, Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture. In what is called the asamairi-no-gi (morning veneration rite), sea water is drawn at high tide that day and the new water is used to replace the water in the c... |
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Kamadogami |
" Kami of the oven." A household tutelary enshrined at the cooking stove, fireplace, or other place within the home where fires are normally tended, and generally considered to be the " kami of fire" ( hi no kami ). Frequently, a domestic Shinto altar ( kamidana ) ... |
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Kamei Koremi |
(1825-85) Lord of Tsuwano Domain in Iwami Province (present-day Shimane Prefecture) in the late Edo and early Meiji eras. Son of Arima Yorinori, lord of Kurume Domain in Chikugo Province (present-day Fukuoka Prefecture), Kamei was born in 1825 in the domain's Edo residence. He was ... |
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Kami |
This " kami ," which is written 神人, is not to be confused with kami in general (神, see kami , § Definitions and Typology ). The kami here is considered to mean a kami with a human nature, but it is also used to refer to " kami and human beings." There is no fixed interpret... |
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Kami and Healing |
Today, accounting for illness and healing is the singular role of modern medicine. However, there are still cases in which humans are not necessarily satisfied by medical explanations alone. When confronted with an undiagnosable illness, or an illness which is malignant in natur... |
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Kamiari matsuri |
" Kami are present festival." A rite held on the 10th through 17th days of the 10th month of the lunar calendar at Izumo Shrine in the town of Taisha, Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture. Generally, October is referred to as kannazuki (the month when kami are not present). H... |
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Kamidana |
A household Shinto altar, a facility for the conduct of family rites at home, in which amulets of the kami , an "apportioned spirit" ( bunrei ) of the kami , and similar items may be enshrined. The place chosen for installation of the kamidana should be clean, bright, and quie... |
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Kamigakari, takusen |
Kamigakari refers to the possession of a person by a kami or other spirit. It is often followed by takusen , whereby the possessed person serves as a "medium" ( yorimashi ) to communicate the divine will or message of that kami or spirit. Also included in the category of takus... |
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