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Awasakumitama, Sokodokumitama, Tsubutatsumitama |
(Kojiki) Alternate names for the kami Sarutahiko. At the time of the Descent of the Heavenly Granchild ( tenson kōrin ), Sarutahiko met him and acted as guide; later he returned to his native land, accompanied by Amenouzume. Afterwards, he was fishing at Azaka (present day Matsuzaka... |
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Awashima Shinkō |
Devotion to the Awashima kami based on beliefs about the kami 's efficacy in curing female ailments, helping to conceive children, and ensuring safe childbirth. Kada Jinja, the head shrine among the Awashima shrines throughout the country, is in Wakayama Prefecture's Kaisōgun co... |
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Bakemono matsuri |
A costume festival held on May 24 and 25 at the Dazaifu Shrine in Shinmei Town, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. Men and women in crossdress conceal their faces with cloth hoods ( zukin ) or woven hats ( amigasa ) and parade through town. The festival traces its origins to a precedent ... |
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Bakuchi |
Gambling, or also games in which one wagers money or property and then competes over the outcome. The term can also refer to a gambler or someone who gambles for a living ( bakuchiuchi ). When written 博奕 it can also be read as bakueki or bakuyō . Can take the form of such dice amusements as su... |
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Ban Nobutomo |
(1773-1846) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) and samurai retainer of Obama Domain in Wakasa Province. His first name was Korenori, and he had the epistolary name Kotoi (written with two different sets of Sino-Chinese characters). Born in 1773 in Onyū District, Wakasa Prov... |
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Banshin |
A term referring to the ancestral kami ( sojin ) of peoples who came to Japan from foreign countries, or other deities forming the objects of their worship. Other terms which have been used to describe such "immigrant deities" include marōdokami , imaki no kami , and ebisuk... |
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Banshinkō |
(Ban Nobutomo) This one-volume text was written by Ban Nobutomo at an unknown date. Banshin literally means "foreign deities", but more specifically refers to the ancestors of immigrant families and the deities they introduced from their home countries. The text is an ... |
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Batsu |
Sanctions or punishment, chiefly of a religious or ethical nature, taken against someone who has committed a sin ( tsumi ) or ritual impurity ( kegare ). The punishment may also term take the form of legal sanction. From ancient times in Japan, those who committed tsumikegare were req... |
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Batō shin matsuri |
A long established major festival held around April 22 at the Taga Shrine ( Taga Taisha ) in Taga Town, Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture. Also called the Taga Festival. The observances comprising the festival are carried out under the leadership of the so-called batōnin , a select ... |
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Beppyō jinja |
Literally, "shrines on the exceptional list." A classification given to certain shrines by the Association of Shinto Shrines (Jinja Honchō) in consideration of the shrine's pedigree or activities. In accordance with Article 5 of the Association's Regulations for Pr... |
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Betsugū |
Literally, "detached shrine" or "separate shrine." An auxiliary shrine existing in relation to a central or main shrine ( honsha , hongū ). Also called bessha . In practice, a detached shrine and its main shrine may be related in a variety of ways, but in princip... |
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Bettō |
One term for shrine monks ( shasō ) performing Buddhist rites at shrines and jingūji (shrine-related temples) during the era of shinbutsu shūgō (the amalgamation of Shintō and Buddhism). The term bettō is usually understood to refer to the head of one institution who also serves as t... |
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Bokusen |
A method of divination for determining the divine will or foretelling the outcome of an event. Today, bokusen most often signifies divination in general which comprises an extremely complex variety of methods. In the original sense of bokusen , however, 卜 depicted the shape of crac... |
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Bonshun |
(1553-1632) Shinto practitioner and Buddhist priest of the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. He went by such epistolary names as Shinryūin and Ryūgen. Born in 1553 as the son of Yoshida Kanemigi, advocate of Yoshida Shintō, his elder brother was the Shintoist Yoshida Kanemi. ... |
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Boshijin |
"Mother-child kami ," a term used to refer to the joint enshrinement of a mother deity ( boshin ) and its child deity ( mikogami ). Also read hahakogami . The practice of such joint enshrinement is itself found widely from Eurasia through Southeast Asia and Oceania, and is th... |
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Bugaku |
Refers to the dance performed with gagaku accompaniment. Originally, it was thought that song and dance functioned not only to entertain humans, but also by being performed before the gods ( kami ) could soothe divine spirits ( shinrei ) and furthermore make manifest the communion b... |
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Bukka Shintō |
A general term referring to the various forms of Shintō developed by Buddhist thinkers. Also known as Bukke Shintō, the term refers generally to Shintō doctrines combining Buddhist and Shintō elements (known as Shinbutsu shūgō) that saw maximum diffusion during the medieval peri... |
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Bunrei |
Dividing the spirit. The term refers to entreating ( kanjō ) a deity enshrined in one location to impart the divine presence to another location. The deity of such a branch shrine ( bunshi , bunsha , niimiya , imamiya ) is a divided spirit of the enshrined deity of the main shrine. For exam... |
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Bunshi |
A branch shrine. From the main shrine, the resident deity ( saijin ) may be entreated ( kanjō ) to impart ( bunrei ) the divine presence to another location as well, through the construction and dedication of a new small shrine ( hokora ) or branch shrine. Such is also called a bunsha , niim... |
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Busha matsuri |
A sacred archery ritual performed mainly around the New Year. It can be written with the characters 歩射 or 奉射, and has many variant pronunciations including bisha and hōsha . Performed widely at shrines throughout the country. In contrast to kisha (equestrian archery), busha entail... |
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