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Kurozumikyō |
One of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto, Kurozumikyō is considered one of the earliest Shinto-derived new religions. Its founder, Kurozumi Munetada (1780-1850), was born as the third son of a senior Shinto priest ( negi ) at a shrine in Bizen (present-day Okayama Prefecture). Fr... |
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Kusakado Nobutaka |
(1818-69) Member of the Shinto priesthood ( shinshoku ) and scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the late Edo period. His common name was Kageyu. Born in the fourth month of 1818 in Hoi District in the province of Mikawa (present-day Aichi Prefecture), Kusakado Nobutaka was th... |
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Kushimitama |
The wondrous soul. Within conceptions of the soul, the kushimitama is a type of soul that brings about mysterious manifestations in human beings through supernatural power. It appears in conjunction with the sakimitama , the providing soul, which is the power behind the harvest. I... |
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Kushinadahime |
[Kushinada hime](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Kushi inada hime( Nihongi ) The daughter of Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi. About to be devoured by the serpent Yamata no orochi, Kushinadahime was saved by Susanoo in exchange for becoming his wife. Susanoo transformed the girl into a c... |
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Kuwafuri shinji |
"Hoe-swinging rite." An annual festival held April 24 at Nakayama Shrine in Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture. Before the shin'yo (portable shrine) departs, a shishimai (lion dance) is performed in the shrine's front courtyard near the gate in the mizugaki (a fence enc... |
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Kuzuryū Taisha |
A This is a Shinto-derived new religion founded by Ōnishi Masajirō (1913-88). Ōnishi began his religious activities after receiving a dreamn oracle from the deity Benzaiten (Skt, Sarasvati) during a dream in 1954. With a his teaching encapsulated in the words "let us give tha... |
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Kyoto Kokugakuin |
A normal training institute for Shinto priests (see also Shrine Priest Training Institutes) authorized by the Jinja honchō (Association of Shintō Shrines) and operated by the Kyōto koten kōkyūsho Kyōto Kokugakuin, a registered educational charity. This is the oldest of the norm... |
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Kyōha Shintō Rengōkai |
A prewar federation of movements of sect Shinto. Its predecessor was the Shintō Dōshikai (lit: "Society of Shinto Collegues"), which was organized in 1895. When established, the Dōshikai was composed of the eight sects Kurozumikyō, Jingūkyō, Taishakyō (now known as I... |
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Kyūchū sanden |
(Inner Sanctuary of the Imperial Palace) Kyūchū sanden (Inner Sanctuary) refers to the three Imperial Palace buildings located in the southeastern part of Fukiage Park (Fukiage Gyōen): the Kashikodokoro, the Kōreiden, and the Shinden. The Kashikodokoro houses the sacred mirro... |
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Kyūseishukyō |
A movement established through the merging of four branches of Sekai Kyūseikyō that had split from that organization. It began its activities in 1955 after the death of the founder of Sekai Kyūseikyō, Okada Mōkichi (1882-1955). A year before Okada's death, Maki Kinosuke (1894-196... |
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Kō |
This term indicates a group of people holding similar beliefs, but as in the manner of a mutual financing business or loan association, the group is also diverted toward economic goals. The origin of kō lies in the name of Heian period Buddhist text reading and study ( kōdoku ) conducte... |
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Kōgakkan University |
A Shinto university established in response to the destruction of antiquities in the midst of the civilization and enlightenment ( bunmei kaika ) movement of the Meiji period. Its founding principle was the exposition of an ethics and a learning rooted in Japanese history, the prom... |
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Kōikeishō |
The imperial succession. Prior to the Taika era (645-650 CE) the process is unclear, but from the Ōjin era (270-310AD), agnatic succession (fraternal succession, not stem patrilineal succession) was dominant. According to current scholarship, the succession passed to the elde... |
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Kōjin |
Literally "rough deity," the Buddhist tutelary Kōjin is usually depicted with six arms and three faces displaying angry expressions, and is known as guardian of the "three treasures" of Buddhism-the Buddha, the Dharma, and the sangha or congregation of mon... |
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Kōno Seizō |
(1882-1963) Shinto priest ( shinshoku ) and scholar from the Meiji to the Showa eras. Professor of literature (D.Lit), his epistolary name was Shiun. Born in 1882 as the second son of Kōno Rokurō, Chief Priest ( gūji ) of the small shrine Tamashiki Jinja located in the town of Kisai, Kit... |
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Kōnojisatabumi |
Record of Discourse on the Character "Kō." A record of the disputes that occurred between the two Ise Shrines on the use of the character "kō" (皇, "imperial;" "august"). Two fascicles. The disputes began in the second lunar month of 1296... |
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Kōnomachi zamondō |
An ancient provincial sōja (a shrine for several kami ) festival held May 5 at Rokusho Shrine in the town of Ōiso, Naka District, Kanagawa Prefecture. Mikoshi (portable shrines, see shin'yo ) for the five great shrines ( taisha gosha ) in Sagami Province (covering parts of present-da... |
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Kōnomiya hadaka matsuri |
"Kōnomiya naked festival." Commonly known as the Kōnomiya no hadaka matsuri ("naked festival of the chief provincial shrine"), this festival is held on the 13th day of the 1st month of the lunar calendar at the Ōwari Ōkunitama Shrine in Inazawa City, Aichi Pre... |
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Kōrei saishi |
A group of rites of ancestor worship directed at the spirits of former emperors and members of the imperial family. The rites that form part of the kōrei saishi are performed by the imperial family at imperial mausoleums and the Kōreiden (Hall of Imperial Ancestral Spirits), one of th... |
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Kōshin shinkō |
A day on which the 7th "stem" ( kō ) in the Chinese zodiacal system combines with the 9th "branch" ( shin 'monkey') is known as kōshin , when believers spend an abstemious, all-night vigil for the sake of their longevity. The custom goes back to the Chines... |
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