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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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Mitoshiro tanemaki shinji |
"Scattering the offering rice rite." A rite held July 1 at Ikushima Tarushima Shrine in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture. A temporary hall called the okatashiro is built on a footpath through the fields where the crop to be used for shrine offerings ( mitoshirota ) is grown; fo... |
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Mitoshiro-e shinji |
"The mitoshiro conclave rite." A rite held July 1 at Kamowakeikazuchi Shrine in Kita Ward, Kyoto City. The term mitoshiro refers to the rice fields attached to a shrine ( shinden ) used to grow the crops given as offerings to the kami . The festival is to have originated in 750 ... |
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Mitsuhanome |
[Mitsuhanome no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Itsu no Mitsuhanome no kami( Kojiki ) A kami of water. Upon giving birth to the fire kami Kagutsuchi, Izanami fell ill and the kami Mitsuhanome was produced from her urine. According to Nihongi , Mitsuhanome was produced just before Izanam... |
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Miwa-ryū Shintō |
A form of Shinto belonging to the tradition of Ryōbu Shintō that developed primarily at Byōdōji and Ōgorinji (Ōmiwadera), temples serving as the "parish temples" ( jingūji ) of Ōmiwa Shrine in Nara Prefecture. The founder of Byōdōji, Kyōen (also read Keien, 1140-1223) i... |
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Miwadaimyōjin'engi |
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Miwamonogatari |
(Kumazawa Banzan) This eight volume text was written by Kumazawa Banzan (year of completion unknown). Over the course of his lifetime, Banzan wrote many books concerning Shintō, but of these, Miwa monogatari is the key to understanding the fundamentals of his views on Shintō. The t... |
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Miyaji Izuo |
(1847-1918) Shintoist of the modern period. Born in the eighth month of 1847 in Kōchi, Tosa Province (present-day Kōchi Prefecture in Shikoku), Miyaji's original lineage name was Temasu, but he became the adopted son of Miyaji Mine. In 1872 he was conferred the Eleventh Rank in the M... |
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Miyaji Naokazu |
(1886-1949) Shinto historian. Born in January 1886 in the town of Enokuchi in Kōchi Prefecture, as the eldest son of Miyaji Naochika. Naokazu graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, where his senior thesis was entitled Hachimangū no kenkyū (Research on the Shrine Hachimangū). ... |
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Miyaji Shinsendō |
A Shinto religious movement with strong Daoist influences, founded by Miyaji Suii (originally known as Kakiwa, 1852-1904) centered in the area of Kōchi Prefecture. The traditions of the Miyaji family state that its ancestral founder was Takekai Konomiko, fourth child of the lege... |
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Miyaji Suii |
(1852-194) Founder of Miyaji Shinsendō, Suii was born on 8th day of the 1st month of 1852 to the priestly family ( shake ) of Ushioe Tenman Shrine, located in Ushioe Village, Tosa Province (present-day Kōchi Prefecture). Son of Tokiwa, Suii’s childhood name was Masae. Known also as Ma... |
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Miyaza |
The specially empowered festival group in the village concerned with shrine festivities. The words " za " and " zashū " can be seen in historical data from the eleventh century; however, the word miyaza cannot be found in historical data which can be verified to ... |
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Mizokui |
[Mishima no mizokui](Kojiki) Other names: Mizokuimimi no kami ( Nihongi ) Mother of the kami Seyatatarahime. According to Kojiki , Seyatatarahime was of such beauty that Ōmononushi fell in love with her and transformed himself into a red-lacquered arrow which struck her genitals... |
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Modern shrine ranking system |
A system introduced by the Meiji government to rank shrines. After its founding, the Restoration government sought to gain control of all shrines in the land and to that end quickly instituted a shrine survey. On the fourteenth day of the fifth month in 1871 the Dajōkan (Council of Sta... |
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