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Kōshin, shōshin |
Rites carried out with the purpose of invoking a kami to attend a festival conducted on an occasional basis outside a shrine's precincts and then of sending the kami away. Such rituals were necessary before the emergence of permanent shrine buildings, when trees and stones were rega... |
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Kōshitsu Tenpan |
(Imperial House Code) The code of the Imperial household. Although not originally made public, the Imperial House Code was implemented in 1889 and modified in 1907 and 1918. The original code was presented in 1884-5 as part of the Imperial Rules. The rules were rewritten (now called ... |
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Kōso Kōtai Jingū Amatsukyō |
A This is a Shinto-derived new religion established by Takeuchi Kiyomaro (also read Ōmaro) (1874-1965). The Takeuchi family, which was from Shinmei Village in the Nei district of Toyama Pprefecture, had in its possession an ancient text known as the "‘Takeuchi document'&q... |
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Kōtaijingū nenjūgyōji |
Annual Observances for the Imperial [Inner] Shrine . An early Kamakura period (late twelfth century) work that records the annual ceremonies and other observances at the Imperial (Inner) Shrine of Ise. Completed the sixth lunar month of 1192. Extant texts derive from a copy made by ... |
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Lineages of the deities in Kojiki and Nihon Shoki |
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Magakoto (also Magagoto) |
Maga is the opposite of naho (straight, correct) and thus means bent or evil. It is used to describe misfortunes, wicked deeds, and calamities. Shinto does not assume evil to be absolute but rather conceives it as a distorted or abnormal condition. The mythical explanation of the ide... |
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Magistrate of Temples and Shrines: Medieval (Jisha bugyō) |
The term used to denote the administrative system of Buddhist temples and Shintō shrines — which existed from the Kamakura to Edo period — and those bureaucrats in the bakufu responsible for supervising them. During the medieval period, the term jisha bugyō was used as a collective d... |
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Magistrate of Temples and Shrines: Pre-modern (Jisha bugyō) |
The position and Bakufu agency in charge of bureaucratic matters concerning shrines and temples. Under the Kamakura and Muromachi Bakufu magistrates — who were in charge of supervising temple and shrine repairs and prayers and ritual, and solving disputes — were created on an indi... |
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Maki Yasuomi |
(1813-64) Samurai retainer and advocate of the sonnō jōi (Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarian) movement of the late Edo period. Born in the town of Senoshita below Kurume Castle in Chikugo Province (part of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture), Maki Yasuomi was the eldest son of Mak... |
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Makoto |
Makoto can mean "sincerity," "earnestness" or "a heart free of falsehood." It is one of the cardinal virtues of Shinto. Great emphasis has been placed on it since ancient times, as is reflected in the words of an edict issued by Emperor Kōtoku in the s... |
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Makoto no Michi |
A Shinto-derived new religious movement started by Ogiwara Makoto (1910-81). Having experienced paranormal powers since before World War II, Ogiwara began participating as a psychic in a spiritualist research group in 1947. In time, Ogiwara and medical doctor Shioya Nobuo (190... |
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Makoto no Michikyō |
A religious movement founded by Matsumoto Jōtarō (September 1881-1944). Originally born into the Yamaoka family in a mountain village in Ehime Prefecture, Matsumoto began a rice business upon reaching adulthood but it proved a failure. He also tried his hand at a variety of other o... |
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Man'yōdaishōki |
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Man'yōshū |
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Mandara |
Transliteration of the Sanskrit mandala , objects originally of Buddhist origin created to express fundamental doctrines or ideas. Mandala in the form of pictures were used at Buddhist ritual sites, particularly as decorative depictions of the beatific scenes of Paradise. Base... |
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Mano Tokitsuna |
(1648-1717) Mid-Edo-period priest ( shinshoku ) and Shintoist. His common names included Nuinosuke and Tarōtayu, while his epistolary names included Zōroku-ō, Matsukage-tei, Shūsen-ō, and Fujinami-ō. Born 1648 in Owari Province (present-day Aichi Prefecture), Mano was the ... |
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Marebito |
Rare person. A term originally referring to a visitor. Orikuchi Shinobu defined marebito as spiritual entities that periodically visit village communities from the other world — the "everlasting world" (Tokoyo) across the sea — to bring their residents happiness and ... |
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Maruyama Sakura |
(184-99) Politician and literary figure of the Meiji period. Born on the third day of the tenth month of 1840 at the Shimabara domain residence of Matsudaira Tadakazu in the Shibamita Shikokumachi district of Edo. His father was Maruyama Masanao. In 1858 he dedicated himself as a pos... |
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Maruyamakyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Itō Rokurobei (1829-94). Born into the Kiyomiya family in Noborito village in the Tachibana district of Musashi Province (present-day Kawasaki City), Rokurobei was adopted as an heir and son-in-law by the Itō household. Thereafter he wor... |
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Marōdogami |
Guest kami . A non-indigenous kami that visits or is invited by the local community and later resides permanently within that community. The term may also refer to a kami that, although indigenous, has yielded its site of enshrinement within the shrine to a new, more powerful kami and ... |
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