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Masuho Zankō |
(1655-1742) Shintoist of the mid-Edo period. His original lineage name was Takenaka, and he was given the posthumous name Monaka. He had the common names Yamato and Yamatai, and the epistolary names Taigyōō, Jisetsusai, and Chisoku Ippyōraku. Born in 1655 in Oita District in the pr... |
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Mato-bakai |
"Scramble for the target." An archery rite held on January 15 at Shioji Shrine in Nagasu Town, Tamana District, Kumamoto Prefecture. Bakau means "to scramble" or "to struggle" for something. Following ceremonies that take place on the morning of ... |
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Matsu-no-o Matsuri |
A portable shrine procession ( shinkō ) festival held from the last day of the rabbit in the fourth month to the first day of the bird in the fifth of the old lunar calendar at Matsu-no-o Shrine in Nishikyō Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. Nowadays, the festival begins the fourth Sund... |
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Matsuki Tomohiko |
(1679-1752) A priest of the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū) of the mid-Edo period. His original lineage name was Watarai, and his epistolary name was Tokugetsu. Matsuki was appointed to the rank of Provisional Suppliant Priest ( gon-negi ) of the Outer Shrine (Gekū) already at the ag... |
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Matsuno Isao |
(1852-93) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) and educator in the early Meiji era. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture's Mihara as the second son of Matsuno Hisayuki, a posthumous disciple of Hirata Atsutane. From early childhood Matsuno studied the Japanese and Chinese classics, ... |
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Matsuoka Mitsugi |
(183-194) Shinto priest ( shinshoku ) and scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the late Tokugawa and Meiji periods. Born in the province of Sanuki (present-day Kagawa Prefecture), Matsuoka was the son of Takamatsu samurai Sano Eiji, he became the heir to the hereditary pries... |
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Matsuoka Yūen |
(171-83) Proponent of Suika Shintō of the mid-Edo period. The characters of his given name are also read as Obuchi. His style was Chūryō, and his formal names were Fumio, Sadanao, and Yūen. He had the common names Ryōan and others, and went by numerous epistolary names, including Ryōz... |
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Me-kari shinji |
A wakame (a type of seaweed) harvesting rite held on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar at Mekari (the characters mean " wakame harvest") Shrine in Moji Ward, Kita-Kyūshū City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Before dawn on the old New Year's Day, a shrine priest ( sh... |
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Meiji Kokka Saishi: State Rites of the Meiji Period |
This system of state rites followed the tradition of state rituals as practiced in the era of the ritsuryō legal code of the seventh to ninth centuries and the imperial court polity of the tenth to twelfth centuries, revived and reorganized during the Meiji Restoration and early year... |
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Meiji setsu |
"Meiji Emperor Observance." From the beginning of the Showa era to just after the end of World War II, Meijisetsu was a national holidaycelebrated on the Meiji emperor's birthday to commemorate his virtues. In 1927, at the behest of the Imperial Diet, the Meiji Emperor's ... |
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Miare shinji, Mikage matsuri |
"Divine manifestation rite" and the Mikage Festival. A joint festival of the Kamowakeikazuchi (aka Kamigamo) and Kamomioya (aka Shimogamo) shrines, both located in Kita Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. On May 15 there is a festival known as the Aoi ("hollyhoc... |
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Michiae no matsuri |
"Festival of the Road Gods". A ceremony performed in the ancient period, as stipulated by the Divinities Prescriptions ( Jingiryō ). Intended to prevent evil spirits such as demons and epidemic gods ( ekishin ) from entering the capital, it was performed on the roads ( ōji ... |
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Michinonagachiha |
[Michi no nagachiha no kami] (Kojiki) A kami produced from the belt discarded by Izanagi in preparation for performing ablutions. According to Kojiki , Izanagi cast away the belt as he fled from the polluted underworld of Yomi and arrived at "Awakihara by the Strait of Tachiban... |
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Mihotsuhime |
(Nihongi) According to an "alternative writing" transmitted by Nihongi , Mihotsuhime was the daughter of Takamimusuhi no mikoto, given in marriage to Ōmononushi (see Ōkuninushi no kami). In the episode known as the "transfer of the land" ( kuniyuzuri ), Tak... |
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Miitsu |
Miitsu can also written 威霊.The term refers to the powerful authority of a kami or an emperor, or to a divine spirit that possesses such power. As recorded in Bizen no kuni fudoki , Takeokumi was sent by Emperor Sujin on a punitive expedition against the Tsuchigumo of Bizen province, but ... |
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Mikahayahi, Hihayahi |
[Mikahayahi no kami.Hihayahi no kami] (Kojiki) According to Kojiki , when Izanami died as a result of giving birth to the fire kami Kagutsuchi, her consort Izanagi was enraged and beheaded Kagutsuchi with his "ten-span sword." Blood falling on the rocks from the near end ... |
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Mikakushi shinji |
"Body hiding rite." A festival held on May 3 at Yaegaki Shrine in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. The enshrined kami are Susanoo-no-mikoto (see Susanoo) and Kushinadahime. The rite is associated with the story of Kushinadahime having hidden herself in the inner sanct... |
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Mikamagi shinji |
"Firewood rite." A rite held on December 10 at Kumano Hongū Shrine in Hongū Town, Muro District, Wakayama Prefecture. The youths among the shrine's local parishioners ( ujiko ) present all the firewood needed for preparing one year's worth of food offerings ( shinsen ) a... |
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Mikannagi Kiyonao |
(1812-1894) Shinto priest ( shinshoku ) and scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) from the late Tokugawa period to the Meiji era. His common names were Shizuma and Shōsho, and he had the epistolary name of Bōen. Born on the fifteenth day of the second month of 1812 in the town of Yamad... |
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Mikari shinji |
" Kami hunt rite." Held from December 26 to January 4 at Awa Shrine in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture. There is a uniqueness to the food offerings ( shinsen ) in this rite. The morning offering comes with white rice and the evening offering features sekihan (rice mixed with ... |
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