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Shichigosan |
A celebration for three-, five-, and seven-year-old children. Generally, on November 15th boys aged three and five and girls aged three and seven are dressed in their best clothes and taken on a pilgrimage ( sankei ) to their ujigami (clan or tutelary kami ) to express gratitude and pr... |
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Shichijūgo musubi matsuri |
"Bound seventy-five times festival." An annual festival held September 16 at Togakushi Shrine (also known as Kuzuryū Daimyōjin) in Wara Village, Gujō District, Gifu Prefecture. On the day of the festival, two large floats known as ōyamayatai (see dashi ) are decorate... |
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Shichishitō |
A sword passed down as a divine treasure ( shinpō ) in the treasury of Isonokami Jingū. Originally housed in the shrine and treated as an object of worship, the sword was displayed in the shrine's sacred procession ( shinkōsai ) called the "Sacred Procession of Swords" held ... |
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Shidaidō |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Nagahashi Yasuhiko (1895-1981). Its foundation dates from 1931, when Yasuhiko met the spiritualist Matsushita Matsuzō (1873-1947) who was active at the time in Kumamoto. It is said that Yasuhiko had already experienced the gift of clairv... |
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Shidaisetsu |
A comprehensive term for the four main national holidays of the prewar period: New Years, Kigensetsu , Tenchōsetsu , and Meijisetsu , After the Meiji restoration observances such as shihōhai , chōga , shinnen enkai were amalgamated into a protracted New Year's celebration, to whic... |
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Shide |
One type of heihaku , formed by attaching flowing strips of paper or cloth (particularly yū , rough cloth made from the bast fibers of paper mulberry) to a sprig of sakaki , a staff, or a sacred border rope ( shimenawa ). It is usually rendered with a single character 垂 but can also be writte... |
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Shikaura shinji |
"Deer divination rite." A rite held December 8 at Ichinomiya Nukisaki Shrine in Tomioka City, Gunma Prefecture. Participants burn deer bones to divine whether there will be fires in the region. The shrine, in its capacity as the highest ranked shrine ( ichi no miya ) for th... |
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Shikibushoku |
(the Board of Ceremonies) The Board of Ceremonies was created and attached to the Kunaishō (Imperial Household Ministry) in 1884, replacing the original Board of Ceremonies. The original Board was established in 1871 and was responsible for rites and rituals held in the Imperial P... |
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Shikida Toshiharu |
(1817-192) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the late Edo and Meiji periods. Born on the twentieth day of the seventh month of 1817 in the village of Shikida in Buzen Province's Usa District (present-day Usa City, Oita Prefecture), he was the second son of the Shinto priest M... |
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Shikigami |
Kami invoked as familiar spirits within the cult of Onmyōdō. Also read as shikijin , or shiki no kami . The shikigami are believed to have originated in the twelve monthly tutelary deities (Chōmei, Kakai, Jūkai, Densō, Shōkichi, Shōsen, Taiichi, Tenkō, Daishō, Kōsō, Daikichi, and S... |
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Shikinaisha |
Shrines listed in the Register of Deities ( Jinmyōchō ) of Engishiki ( Procedures of the Engi Era ), which was promulgated in 967. In the ancient period, the Jingikan (Council of State) compiled a list of official shrines. This list is commonly called Kanshachō (Register of Official ... |
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Shikinensai |
Rites held in prescribed years. Rites of this type are broadly divided into those held at shrines and those held for the imperial ancestors at the palace. Shikinensai held at the palace are conducted according to the Ordinance of Imperial Household Rites ( Kōshitsu saishirei ) of 190... |
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Shikinensengū |
The transfer of the deity to a newly constructed shrine ( sengū ) in prescribed years ( shikinen ). Also referred to as Shōsengū , this major traditional project involves building anew the Main Sanctuary ( shōden ) and other buildings of Ise Jingū, renewing all vestments ( shōzoku ) and ... |
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Shimenawa |
A straw rope hung before or around a site to demarcate sacred or pure space, such as in front of the inner sanctuary of a shrine, at the entrance to the shrine precinct, or at the ritual site. Numerous orthographic character combinations are used with the reading shimenawa , including 一... |
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Shimotsuki matsuri |
A folk harvest festival held in the eleventh month of the old (lunar) calendar. There is a court harvest festival called the niinamesai in which the emperor dedicates the new grain on the "day of the rabbit" ( u no hi ) in the eleventh month, but the date of the commoners' shimo... |
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Shin Nihon Shūkyō Dantai Rengōkai |
(Abr. Shinshūren) Federation of New Religious Organizations of Japan , a legally incorporated organization founded by and for new Japanese religious movements. Established in 1951 with a membership of twenty-four groups, the Shinshūren includes new religions derived from bot... |
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Shin'i, Shinkai |
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Shin'yo |
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Shin-nō |
Divine nō theatre. A type of kagura dance. Part of the repertoire of the Izumo line of kagura , found in the classical Chūgoku region provinces of Izumo, Iwami, Bitchū, Bingo, and so forth (that is, the area bounded by Okayama Prefecture to the east and Shimane Prefecture to the west). U... |
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Shinane matsuri |
A festival held August 24–25 at Tosa Shrine in Kōchi City, Kōchi Prefecture. The festival had once been known as the Tosa Boat Festival ( Tosa ofune asobi ). After a ceremony, the portable shrine ( shin'yo ) is taken to the temporary resting spot ( otabisho ) located in front of the shrine... |
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