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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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Monozane |
Generally, this term refers to the origin of a thing, or its material substance. In Shinto, however, monozane carries an additional significance as a term related to the process of the creation of kami . In this context, monozane is the essence from which kami are born. In Book I ( kamit... |
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Morotabune shinji |
" Morotabune rite." A festival held on December 3 at Miho Shrine in Mihonoseki Town, Yatsuka District, Shimane Prefecture, whose origins lay in the myths regarding the transfer of the land ( kuniyuzuri ) to the descendents of the heavenly kami as recorded in Kojiki and Nih... |
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Motoda Nagazane |
(1818-91) Confucian scholar of the late Edo period and early Meiji era and lecturer to the Emperor Meiji. He had the style name Shichū and epistolary names Higashino and Chayō. Born in 1818 in Higo Province (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture) as the eldest son of a retainer to the Kumam... |
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Motoori Haruniwa |
(1763-1828) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the late Edo period. His common name was Kenzō, later Kentei, and he had the epistolary name Nochisuzunoya. The eldest son of Motoori Norinaga, he was born in 1763 in his mother's birthplace, the city of Tsu in Ano District, Ise P... |
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Motoori Norinaga |
(173-181) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the late Edo period. His original lineage name was Ozu, and he was known initially by the names Yoshisada and Yashirō. After he took the family name Motoori, he was known as Norinaga, Shun'an and Chūe. His epistolary name was Suzun... |
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Motoori Ōhira |
(1756-1833) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the early modern period. His original lineage name was Inagake and his formal name was Shigeho, but he later took the name Ōhira. He was called Sōshiemon after he was adopted into the Motoori house, and his epistolary name was Fu... |
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Mozume Takami |
(1847-1928) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) and the Japanese language from the Meiji to the Taisho eras. Born on the twenty-eighth day of the fifth month of 1847 in the castle town of Kitsuki in the province of Bungo, in what is now Kitsuki City, Oita Prefecture. His father was ... |
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Mozume Takayo |
(1817-83) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) from the late Edo period to the early Meiji era. Born on the first day of the second month of 1817 in the castle town of Kitsuki in Bungo Province (now Kitsuki City, Oita Prefecture), Mozume had the epistolary name Muguraya. A dedicate... |
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Mukakusha |
Unranked shrines. This is a category in the Meiji shrine ranking system of shrines entirely without rank. They do not even possess the rank of sonsha (village shrines). Among all shrines, these had the absolute lowest status. Shrines of this sort were also referred to as zassha , or &q... |
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Munakata Shinkō |
The faith related to Munakata Jinja, The faith has elements of guarding the nation and protecting the imperial house, as well as safety at sea and ensuring fishermen a bountiful catch. Munakata can also be written with the characters 胸形 or 宗形. The Jinmyōchō section of the Engishiki re... |
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Munchū |
A type of patrilinear group found primarily on the main island of Okinawa, based on the recognition of a common ancestor. Munchū emerged out of the late 17th century drive by the Ryūkyū kingdom to strengthen the class system among the gentry, which led in 1689 to the creation of the stat... |
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Murata Harumi |
(1746-1811) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the mid-Edo period, and disciple of Kamo no Mabuchi. Born the second son of Murata Harumichi, a dried sardine merchant in the Nihonbashi district of Edo, his original lineage name was Taira. His common names were Heishirō, Jih... |
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