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Komainu |
[Koma inu] Literally, "Korean lions," paired figures of lion tutelaries found at the entryway to shrine buildings, or alongside their torii or approachways. Also written 高麗犬 or 胡麻犬. Most are made of stone, although bronze, iron, wood, and ceramic examples can also be f... |
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Komo |
Also called aragomo or makomo . A fabric mat woven from the husks of wild rice ( makomo ) and used in ritual, normally as a mat under an offering table ( shinsen an ) or tamagushi table ( tamagushi an ). Such mats may also be used to form a carpeted path during the removal ( sengyo ) of a shrine's ... |
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Konjin |
"Tutelary of metal," an itinerant kami originating within the cult of Onmyōdō (Yin-Yang divination), associated with varying compass directions in space, and believed to change position in accordance with the year, lunar month, and the season. Konjin's current loca... |
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Konkō Daijin |
(1814-83) Founder of Konkō-kyō. His childhood name was Genshichi, and he is also known as Akazawa Bunji. Born in the village of Urami in Bicchū Province (in present-day Okayama Prefecture) as the second son of the Kandori farming family. At age twelve, he was adopted into the Kawate h... |
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Konkōkyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion and one of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto. Founded by Konkō Daijin (1814-83) (original name, Akazawa Bunji), who was born into a farming household in present-day Okayama Prefecture. After experiencing a succession of disasters and personal ill... |
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Konohanasakuyahime |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Konohana no sakuya hime ( Kojiki ), Konohana sakuya hime no mikoto( Nihongi ), Kamuatatsu hime, Kamu toyoatatsu hime, Kamu atakaashitsu hime ( Nihongi ) The daughter of Ōyamatsumi (according to the main text of Nihongi , the offspring of Ōyamatsumi a... |
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Konpaku |
A Sinic term that refers to the soul. In ancient China kon was related to yang (of yin-yang dualism) and to the dimension of mental activity, while haku was related to yin and the somatic, physiological dimension. Thus, the soul had a two-layered structure. Accordingly, when a person ... |
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Konpira Shinkō |
This is the faith concerning the shrine Konpira Jinja. As well as being a guardian kami of seafarers and fishermen, Konpira is believed to be a "thunder kami " ( raijin ), a water kami ( suijin ), an agricultural kami ( nōkōjin ), and a guardian kami who keeps watch while other k... |
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Korenshū |
(Watarai Ieyuki) The Sacred Vessel Collection . Outline of Watarai Shintō teachings. Five fascicles. Compiled by the negi (Suppliant Priest) of the Outer Shrine, Watarai Ieyuki , between the Gen'ō and Engen eras (1319-40). The work explains such matters as the origins of the cosmo... |
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Korōkujitsuden |
(Watarai Yukitada) This is a collection of notes recording ancient practices to which the officials at the Outer Shrine of the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū) were suppose to adhere. It was compiled around 1299 in one volume by Watarai Yukitada , a suppliant priest ( negi ) at the Outer ... |
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Koshichōkaidaiki |
(Hirata Atsutane) Essays on Sources from Ancient Histories. By Hirata Atsutane . One fascicle in four volumes with a one-volume appendix. Completed in 1819. Koshi chō ( Sources from Ancient Histories ) was originally entitled, Koshi wakumon ( Doubts Regarding Ancient Histories )... |
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Koshiden |
(Hirata Atsutane) Exegesis of Ancient Histories . A work by Hirata Atsutane . Thirty-seven fascicles. Inspired by Motoori Norinaga's Kojiki-den , this work takes Atsutane's own Koshi seibun and, dividing it into sections, provides a detailed commentary on it. This work serves as ... |
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Koshintō Senpōkyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Masai Yoshimitsu (1907-1970), and known for its claim to be related to the tradition of "ancient Shinto" (Koshintō) disseminated by Hirata Atsutane. It was Miyaji Suii (also known as Kakiwa, 1852-1904) who established a system ... |
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Koshiseibun |
(Hirata Atsutane) Texts Generated from Ancient Histories. By Hirata Atsutane . Three fascicles, published from an original plan of fifteen fascicles. Manuscript completed in 1811; published 1818. The original project called for fifteen fascicles to extend up to the reign of Fem... |
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Kotoamatsukami |
"Separate heavenly kami ," a name referring to the first five kami appearing in the Kojiki . The five include the "three kami of creation" ( zōka sanshin ), namely Amenominakanushi no kami, Takamimusuhi, and Kamimusuhi no kami, together with Umashiashikabih... |
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Kotodama |
Kotodama refers to the spiritual power that is contained within words, but also refers to the conception that spiritual power can be manifested through the intonation of words. This is explained as an aspect of animism, or alternatively is explained from the perspective of its func... |
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Kotokatsukunikatsunagasa |
[Kotokatsu kunikatsunagasa no mikoto] (Nihongi) A local kami who greeted the heavenly grandchild Ninigi upon his arrival at Kasasa of Ata no Nagaya (in Kagoshima Prefecture) after his descent from heaven ( tenson kōrin ). Nihongi states that the kami made a free-will offering of th... |
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Kotoshironushi |
[Kotoshironushi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Kotoshironushi no mikoto( Nihongi ), Yae kotoshironushi no kami ( Kojiki ) Offspring of the kami Ōkuninushi. As part of the pacification of the "Central Land of Reed Plains" (Ashihara no Nakatsukuni), Takemikazuchi, env... |
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Koyasugami |
A tutelary of pregnancy, safe childbirth, and the healthy growth and development of children. According to the ancient historical work Sandai jitsuroku , a shrine called Koyasu Jinja was found in the province of Mino in ancient times, and a number of shrines by the same name can still ... |
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Kubo Sueshige |
(183-86) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the late Tokugawa and early Meiji periods. Born in 1830 to a court physician of the Tokugawa clan, Kubo was interested in the study of Japanese classics from an early age and began his studies under the kokugaku scholar Tsurumine Sh... |
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