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Miki |
Rice wine ( sake ) offered to the kami , a necessary part of the food offerings known as shinsen . Usually referred to as omiki , or alternately as shinshu , the term miki is a combination of two characters, the honorific mi and the character for "wine" ( ki ). As such, it original... |
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Mikiai no shinji |
" Sake distilling rite." A festival held September 9 at Susa Shrine in Sada Town, Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture. This rice-harvest thanskgiving event is based on an ancient ceremony on the occasion when Susanoo-no-mikoto took Kushinada-hime as his wife. Priest... |
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Miko |
A general term for a woman possessing the magico-religious power to receive oracles ( takusen ) from the kami in a state of spirit possession ( kamigakari ). Nowadays the term generally refers to a woman who assists shrine priests in ritual or clerical work. The word may be written with ... |
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Miko and their Dance (Urayasu no mai) |
In almost all Shinto festivals and ceremonies, there is usually the opportunity to see four women (known as miko ) dressed in white kimono, red pantaloons ( hakama ) and a special cassock ( chihaya ) with chrysanthemums adorning their hair, performing a dance known as the "Uraya... |
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Mikogami |
"Honorable-child- kami ," a term used in the context of cults of parent-child deities to refer to the offspring kami (also called byōeishin). For example, the fragmentary Tsukushinokuni fudoki describes the three-peaked mountain of Kishimayama as follows: "th... |
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Mikoto |
An honorific title affixed to the name of a kami or venerated person. While two Sino-Japanese characters 命 and 尊 have been used to express mikoto , the Nihongi states that "the character 尊 is used to extol the utmost in divine reverence, while 命 is used to refer to others. Both are re... |
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Mikotomochi |
Literally, "bearer of the honorable word." A mikotomochi was a court official dispatched to a provincial post by imperial order. Book XI of Shaku nihongi states: "According to my personal records, my mentor explained that a mikotomochi is a person who receives and ... |
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Mikumarinokami |
[Mikumari no kami] "Water-dividing kami ," tutelaries of the allocation of running water. The root kumari possesses the same significance as the modern kubari (allocate, distribute), and mi is an abbreviated form of mizu or water. Mikumari no kami are most often found e... |
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Mimashie Matsuri |
A rite held from January 1 to 3 at Kibitsu Shrine in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. Shitogi , a type of mochi made for such purposes, is offered up in a kettle left in the Mi-kama-den, the most sacred of halls. The kettle begins to whistle when the fire is lit in the hearth. The festival i... |
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Mimoronookanokami |
[Mimoro no oka no kami] (Nihongi) "The kami of Mimoro Peak." In Kojiki expressed as Mimoro no yama no he ni masu kami ("the kami enshrined upon Mount Mimoro"). After Sukunahikona went to the "eternal land" (tokoyo no kuni), the kami of Mimoro Peak was ... |
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Minakuchi Matsuri |
"Water sluice festival." A rice-field planting festival and this irrigation festival are held July 19-20 at Mononobe Shrine in Ōda City, Shimane Prefecture. Horses decorated with ritual wands are brought before the worship hall ( haiden ) after the ceremonies and led a... |
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Minige no shinji |
"Throwing the self off rite." A ritual held the night of August 14 at Izumo Shrine in Taisha Town, Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture. On the evening of August 12, priests ( shinshoku ) perform ritual ablutions ( misogi ) on the beach at Inasanohama. The night of the 13th, a ... |
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Misogi |
Ablutions. The practice of washing one's entire body and, in doing so, purifying oneself from the misfortunes, sins ( tsumi ) and pollutions ( kegare ) that have become attached to the body. According to Kojiki and Nihon shoki , the mythical origins of this practice can be found in the s... |
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Misogikyō |
One of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto and frequently regarded as a Shinto-derived new religion. The religion was founded by Inoue Masakane (1790-1849), who was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) as the son of a warrior from the feudal domain of Tatebayashi (present-day Gumma Pref... |
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Mitamakyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion whose founder was Nagata Fuku (1891-1975). Religiously devout from an early age, Nagata made a practice of visiting Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples and sacred mountains. After marrying she was taught a magical incantation for healing burns from he... |
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Mitamanofuyu |
"Spiritual blessing." This is a term used to express the ancient belief that a person continuously receives the blessings which emanate from the spiritual power of the kami and the emperors. The term mitama refers to a spirit and the term fuyu means to touch, shake or multi... |
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Mitamaya |
A place or installation for enshrining the spirits of ancestors or noble persons; also called otamaya or reibyō . Ancient domestic rites were observed with the kinensai in the fourth or second month and Niinamesai in the eleventh month. At such times, ancestral tutelaries ( ujigami ... |
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Mitana-e shinji |
"Sacred trellis rite." A rite held on January 14 at Kamowakeikazuchi Shrine in Kamigamo, Kita Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. The rite includes holding a "reading of the fish" ( uodoku ). In the past, the six shrine estates ( shinryō ) in Yamashiro Province ... |
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Mitate |
To choose and erect something (like a pillar). Alternatively, this can be used to refer specifically to the thing which has been erected. Examples of the use of mitate are found in both Kojiki and Nihon shoki during the wedding scene of Izanagi and Izanami on the island of Onogoro. It is ... |
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Mitogaku |
The term Mitogaku signfies the scholarship and academic traditions that arose in the Mito Domain, one of the Go-Sanke (the three highest ranking branches of the Tokugawa clan) of the Edo period. This academic school was also called "Suifu no gaku," and "Tenpōgaku,... |
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