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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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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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Mogari |
All-night vigil for a deceased person; wake. The Chinese character for mogari can also be read as agari or araki . This is the rite of placing the corpse of a deceased person in a reception room, temple, or some other place that has been specifically constructed for this purpose (i.e., a ... |
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Mohitori shinji |
"Taking the water offered to the kami rite." A rite held July 15 at the inner sanctuary ( okumiya ) of Ōkamiyama Shrine in Daisen Town, Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture. A mohi is an earthenware container of ancient times that was used to serve water. The purpose of this ... |
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Momitawara tsuri |
"Hanging straw sacks of unhusked rice." A rite held on the eve of the Festival of Prayer for Agricultural Fertility ( kinensai ) in February at Kuroshima Shrine in Ikenojiri Town, Kan'onji City, Kagawa Prefecture. A scaffold is built on the shrine grounds ( keidai ) using u... |
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Momodayū/Shiradayū Shinkō |
Momodayū is also called Hyakudayū. The name Momodayū appears as the kami worshipped by courtesans ( yūjo ) of Eguchi and Kanzaki in Ōe no Masafusa's Yujoki , and Masafusa also wrote in his Kairaishiki that Kugutsu worshipped "the hundred kami " ( hyakushin ). The Ryōjin his... |
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Momote shinji |
"The rite of the 100 hands." An archery rite held April 19 at Susa Shrine in Sada Town, Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture. The word momote ("100 hands") means to shoot arrows one hundred times (shooting two arrows at a time). The day before, a procession symbo... |
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Mono, Chi |
Mono and chi are ancient terms that express the idea of "spirit." These terms refer primarily to the spirit of "things." In fact, the modern Japanese word mono (often translated as "thing") is thought to have originally been used as an abstracted ex... |
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Monoimi |
Abstaining from contact with pollution. In order to welcome the sacred essence of the kami , those participating in Shinto rituals make a special effort to purify their bodies and minds by avoiding contact with polluting substances and behaviors (this avoidance is known as kinki ) f... |
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Mononobe Shintō |
A form of Shinto based on the text Sendai kuji hongi taiseikyō . This text exists in two versions, composed of thirty-one and seventy-two fascicles, respectively, although the date and purpose of its composition are not clear, and are the subject of debate. Most scholars, however, a... |
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