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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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Kuebiko |
(Kojiki) Other names: Yamada no Sohodo ( Kojiki ) A kami incapable of walking but possessing broad knowledge of things in the world. According to Kojiki , a kami arrived from across the ocean at Cape Miho in Izumo, where the kami Ōkuninushi was residing. Since no one knew the identity of ... |
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Kujihongiengi |
(Jihen) Deep Significances in the Kuji hongi . Written by Jihen. Ten fascicles (however, only fascicles one, three, four, five, and nine are extant). Completed in 1332. Also known as Shintō shoki engi . Commissioned by Watarai (Higaki) Tsuneyoshi of Ise, the work aims at clarifying ... |
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Kujikongen |
(Ichijō Kaneyoshi) Sources of Official Matters. Description and explanation of the origins of Muromachi period court ceremonies. Also referred to as Kanabun nenjū gyōji ( Annual Observances Written in the Kana Syllabary ). One fascicle, written by Ichijō Kaneyoshi. One theory h... |
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Kukatachi |
"The Japanese characters are also read kugatachi . This ritual is a type of trial by divine will used to judge the legitimacy or veracity of a person's claim. After the person about whom there are suspicions is forced to swear an oath to the kami , their hand is plunged in boiling wat... |
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Kukunochi |
[Kukunochi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Ki no kami ( Kojiki, Nihongi ) The kami of trees, called "spirit of trees" ( kodama ) in Engishiki . According to Kojiki , Kukunochi was born after Izanagi and Izanami finished giving birth to the land (see kuniumi ). Nihongi likewis... |
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Kukurihime |
[Kukurihime no kami] (Nihongi) A kami of mediation and negotiation. According to an account transmitted by Nihongi , following the death of his wife Izanami, Izanagi went to the underworld (Yomi) to retrieve her; breaking the taboo ( kinki ) against viewing his dead wife, Izanagi wa... |
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Kumano Shinkō |
The cult that worships Kishū's "Three Mountains of Kumano" (Kumano sanzan ): Hongū, Shingū, and Nachi. The Nihonshoki relates that Izanagi is buried at Hana no iwaya in Kumano's Arima Village, indicating that belief in the Kumano region's mystical connec... |
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