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Kitabatake Chikafusa |
(1293-1354) Courtier of the late Kamakura and North-South Court (Nanboku) periods. Born in 1293 as the son of Kitabatake Moroshige (1270-1321) of the Murakami branch of the Genji clan. Highly trusted by Emperor Godaigo, he was appointed to the position of Major Councilor ( dainago... |
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Kitanotenjin'engi |
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Kitō |
Kitō are magico-religious invocations of the powers of a wide range of Shintō and Buddhist deities in hope of divine favor or protection. The ritual is also referred to as kinen, kigan , or kisei ; it also shares the same meaning as inori and nomi . In ancient times, invocations and offer... |
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Kiu, shiu |
Kiu refers to praying to kami for rainfall and shiu refers to praying to them for the cessation of rain. Since both are rain-related prayers or rituals, "rainmaking" ( kiu ) and "rain-halting" ( shiu ) are often grouped together. In the earliest record of court-... |
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Kiyohara Nobukata |
(1475-155) Confucianist and Shintoist of the Warring Provinces ( sengoku ) period. He used the epistolary name Kansuiken, and was given the religious name Sōyū. Born 1475 as the third son of Yoshida Kanetomo (1435-1511), he was adopted by Kiyohara Munekata. Nobukata was sequentia... |
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Kiyū |
To die and go to the hidden realm ( kakuriyo ). Ki here does not mean to return to the origin, but simply, "to go". There is a strong idea in the Shintō view of the Other Realm ( takaikan ) that after people die they become ancestral spirits that continue to protect their descenda... |
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Kodai saishi (Ancient Rituals) |
"Ancient rituals" can be divided broadly into those religious rituals that involve natural objects such as mountains and streams, rocks, and trees and rituals related to burial services. Gradually, with the advent of agriculture, we also find rituals concerned with g... |
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Koden shinjō sai |
"Old tales, new tastes festival." A ritual held November 23 at Izumo Shrine in the town of Taisha, Hikawa district, Shimane Prefecture. The gūji (chief priest) of the shrine (see Izumo kokusō ) offers a new crop of rice to the kami ; joined by the the kami of heaven and earth ( t... |
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Kogi Shintō |
A movement founded by the Shinto priest Kuwabara Yachio (1910-) after World War II. Upon graduating from Kokugakuin University in 1941, Kuwabara served as head of Ōyamatsumi Shrine, and then became a Suppliant Priest ( negi ) at Kashima Shrine and was in charge of the Kashima Nationa... |
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Kogoshūi |
This work, in one volume, was produced and presented to the court by Inbe no Hironari on the thirteenth day of the second month of 807. Hironari was a member of the Inbe, who, along with the Nakatomi, was in charge of festival rites at court from ancient times. Hironari—along with old tra... |
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Kogotomusubi |
(Nihongi) The father of Amanokoyane, ancestral kami of the Fujiwara clan. According to the "divine-age" records in Sendai kuji hongi , Kogotomusubi was identified as the mikogami (divine offspring) of Ichichimusuhi no mikoto, a kami in the lineage of another kami , Tsu... |
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Kojikiden |
(Motoori Norinaga) Exegesis of Kojiki [see Kojiki and Nihon shoki (Nihongi) ]. A commentary on Kojiki written by Motoori Norinaga . Forty-four fascicles in forty-four volumes. Completed in 1798. The first five fascicles were published in 1790 with the complete work appearing in p... |
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Kokonshingakuruihen |
(Mano Tokitsuna) Classified Editions of Shintō Studies Past and Present . An encyclopedic compendium of Shintō texts. Written by Mano Tokitsuna. Also referred to as Kokon shingaku ruijū shō ( Classified Notes on Shintō Studies Past and Present ). One hundred fascicles with a two-f... |
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Kokugaku |
The common appellation given to a branch of Edo-period scholarship and thought that had the interpretation of Japanese classics and ancient literature as its subject. At times it also displayed a discourse that aimed at restoring the classical world of ancient Japan. Analogous co... |
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Kokugakuin University |
A Shinto university established as part of the Meiji trend that bewailed the sudden inclination toward, and uncritical veneration of Western culture and sought to reaffirm Japan's traditional culture. Its founding principle was "Establishing the origin" ( moto wo ta... |
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Kokuikō |
On the Significance of the Country . Written by Kamo no Mabuchi. One fascicle. Originally " Kokui " (= kuni no kokoro "the significance of the country"), but is generally referred to as Kokui kō ( On the Significance of the Country ). One of the so-called "Fi... |
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Kokushi genzaisha |
The shrines whose names appear in the Six Official Histories ( ritsukokushi ), namely Nihon shoki , Shoku nihongi , Nihon kōki , Shoku nihon kōki , Montoku jitsuroku , and Sandai jitsuroku , are the kokushi genzaisha . Such shrines are also called kokushi shozaisha , "shrines tha... |
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Kokutai |
This can be interpreted from a legal perspective as the "form of a nation." However, it generally indicates a country's spiritual and moral aspects such as its national character, national customs, national qualities, national prestige, moral obligations ( meibun ), ... |
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Kokuyū keidaichi haraisage |
A procedure adopted to deal with problems surrounding shrine lands ( keidaichi ) arising from the differing situation of shrines before and after World War II. Following the 1871 Shajiryō jōchi rei (Ordinance regarding the Return of Shrine and Temple Lands), most shrines' keidaic... |
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Komahiki shinji |
"Horse leading rite." A rite held on October 15 at Masumida Shrine in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, to select the horses that will be used in the tōkasai (peach-blossom festival) to be held on April 3 of the following year. The festival calls for 30 official ceremonia... |
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