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Kawatsura Bonji |
(1862-1929) Founder of the religious foundation Miitsukai, focused on the practice of misogi or ablutions in water. His formal name was Tsuneji, and he also went by the family name Hasuike. He used the epistolary names Denzan and Kaorinoya, and went by the name Renge Hōin while a disc... |
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Kayanohime |
[Kaya no hime no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Nozuchi no kami( Kojiki ), Nozuchi, Itsu no nozuchi( Nihongi ) A kami of field and grasses produced by Izanagi and Izanami. According to Nihongi , after giving birth to the land, seas, rivers and mountains, Izanagi and Izanami gave birth to t... |
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Kayu'ura |
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Kaza-matsuri |
A village communal invocation event conducted around the two-hundred and tenth day of the year, or around " hatsusaku " (first day of the eighth month by the old calendar), to ward off damaging winds. Also referred to as kazahimachi . The two hundred and tenth day is counted ... |
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Kazenokami |
[Kaze no kami] " kami of wind," also known as fūjin . Japan's geographic setting, in an area exposed to strong seasonal winds, makes the wind an important factor in everyday life, farming, and maritime industries. As a result, Japan has been home to beliefs in tutelaries of ... |
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Kegare |
A polluted and evil condition; a concept opposite of purity. A condition of taboo in Shinto. From ancient times transgressions ( tsumi ) have been understood as the result of human behavior, but kegare is seen as the result of naturally occurring phenomena. It was thought that when th... |
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Keichū |
(164-171) Buddhist monk of the Shingon sect and pioneer of the early modern school of National Learning ( kokugaku ). Born in Amagasaki, Settsu Province (present-day Hyōgo Prefecture) as the second son of Shimogawa Motoyoshi, a retainer to Lord Aoyama, castellan of Amagasaki Cast... |
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Keidaichi |
Land on which a shrine located. The term shrine encompasses in this case the immediate shrine buildings as well as other constructions and edifices located on its grounds. Furthermore, shrines require land and space to maintain the shrine's dignity and places to perform rites and f... |
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Keihitsu |
A call made by the priest and other festival participants, used when invoking the kami ( kōshin ), when opening and closing sanctuary doors or during divine processions as part of various rituals and ceremonies. It is addressed to the kami as well as to those in attendance, urging them ... |
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Keikōin Seijun |
(d. 1566) Buddhist nun of the Warring Provinces ( sengoku ) period (ca. 1467-1568). Born in Kumano (present-day Wakayama Prefecture), Seijun was third matriarch of the Buddhist convent Keisōin in Uji, Ise Province (present-day Mie Prefecture), and the Dharma-heir of Chikei Shōn... |
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Keikōin Shūyō |
( d. 1611) Buddhist nun of the Azuchi-Momoyama period (ca. 1574-1600) and fourth matriarch of the Buddhist convent Keikōin in Uji, Ise Province (present-day Mie Prefecture). Lamenting the harm suffered by the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū) due to the civil wars of the period, Shūy... |
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Keishin sūso |
A set expression composed of two Sino-Japanese compounds keishin and sūso . As one of Shintō's basic concepts, the phrase means to revere and honor kami and to respect and honor one's own ancestors. At its root, this unified notion of keishi sūso is the ancient Japanese religious cons... |
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Kenchō shinji |
"Bird offering rite." Held January 1-3 at Iyahiko Shrine in the village of Iyahiko, Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture. Each evening, a decorative stand ( shimadai ) upon which wooden sculptures of birds have been mounted is placed before the kami ( shinzen ) tog... |
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Kengyō |
One who has general responsibility for the management of a shrine or temple, derived from a Chinese term meaning "to investigate and consider." The term seems to have been in use from the beginning of the Tang period in China as a word for the duties of a certain type of Buddhi... |
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Kenkoku |
To establish a country, or to establish the foundations of a country for the first time. It refers to the birth of a nation. It is the same as hatsukuni ( chōkoku ). Generally, nations in the ancient past had histories of both tribulation and glory leading up to their establishment as cou... |
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Kenmusha |
"Jointly administered shrine." A shrine lacking its own parish priest that is served by a priest belonging to another shrine. This system is an inevitable result of the fact that the number of Shinto shrines far outstrips the number of available professional priests, an... |
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Kenpeishi |
Introduced after World War II, kenpeishi are emissaries sent by the Association of Shinto Shrines ( Jinja Honchō ) to its affiliated shrines to present offerings ( heihaku ) on behalf of the Association. The money for the offerings ( heihakuryou ) is provided by the Association on the ... |
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Kessai |
The same as saikai (purification through abstinence) and monoimi (abstinence). It is the purification of body and mind prior to a rite through the avoidance of contact with ritual pollution ( kegare ); this is done in order to perfect the qualifications of the person who serves as the ... |
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Ki matsuri |
"Tree festival." Held on the first Sunday in April at Itakiso Shrine in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture. The saijin (the main kami worshipped at the shrine) of Itakiso is Itakerunomikoto, son of Susanoonomikoto. It is said that in ancient time he descended to this pla... |
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Kiboku |
"Tortoise-shell divination" ( kiboku ) is an oracular method practiced since archaic times, whereby a tortoise shell is heated then the outcome of future events is foretold by interpreting the pattern of cracking on the shell. It is also called kizei or kitaku . A popular ... |
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