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Shinshoku |
Personnel involved in the ritual activities and the maintenance of shrines. Historically, shinshoku was a comprehensive term for kuni no miyatsuko (provincial governor-ritualist), gūji (chief priest), negi (suppliant priest), hafuri (ritualist), and so forth (i.e., all tho... |
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Shinshoku no shōzoku |
Vestments worn by Shinto priests ( shinshoku ), specifically, attire worn on ceremonial or ritual occasions. In the ancient period, formal clothing styles called raifuku and chōfuku were imported from the Asian continent, but after the cessation of missions to the Tang court, dis... |
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Shinshūkyō |
One of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto, with strong characteristics of that period's sectarian Shinto ( kyōha Shintō ). Founded following the Meiji Restoration by Yoshimura Masamochi (1839-1915), a feudal retainer from Tsuyama Domain in Mimasaka Province (present-day ... |
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Shinsōsai (Shinto Funeral Rites) |
The term Shinsōsai refers to funeral rites in a Shintō as opposed to Buddhist style. During the Edo Period, the Tokugawa bakufu instituted a temple registration system ( terauke seido ) in order to suppress Christianity. All Japanese were required to register as the parishoner of a p... |
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Shintai |
A physical object serving as an object of worship at shrines, and in which the spirit of the kami is believed to reside. Those used in Shrine Shinto (Jinja Shintō) are frequently called mitamashiro . Shintai typically take the form of mirrors, swords, and jewels, although ritual wand... |
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Shintaizan |
[Shintai zan] A mountain dedicated as an object of worship by virtue of its being possessed by a kami . While the term is not of ancient provenance, the practice of such dedication is itself very old. The worship of mountains can be found throughout the world, and certain mountains have ... |
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Shinto Edification |
Contemporary Shinto may be roughly divided into Shrine Shinto, Sect Shinto (Kyōha Shintō), Shinto-affiliated new religions ( shintōkei shinshūkyō ), and Folk Shinto; the following discussion will focus on edification ( kyōka ) in Shrine Shinto. The term kyōka appears in the Chin... |
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Shinto Missionaries: Civilizing the People |
Kyōdōshoku was a short-lived system in the 1860' and 1870's; however, it no doubt had some influence during its day. At the time, the school systems were still largely undeveloped, especially at the primary level, and the Meiji Government, which was deeply suspicious of Christiani... |
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Shinto and Ancient Chinese Thought |
— The Japanese Naturalization of Written Chinese — With the start and spread of rice cultivation, the Yayoi period (ca. 300 B.C.E.–300 C.E.) way of life brought with it changes of customs that had prevailed during the preceding Jōmon period (ca. 8000–300 B.C.E.). The fundamental st... |
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Shinto and Buddhism |
— The Introduction of Buddhism — According to Nihon shoki , the official introduction of Buddhism to the Japanese imperial court from Paekche (a kingdom in what is now Korea) occurred in 552 (the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Kinmei). However, according to the Jōgū shōtoku hōō teis... |
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Shinto and Christianity |
Historically, Christianity can be broadly classified into Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions. Roman Catholicism was introduced to Japan during the mid-sixteenth century. In the beginning it was referred to by such names as the Nanbanshū ("sect of the sout... |
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Shinto and Confucianism |
— Early Interaction between Kami Cults and Confucianism — It is very difficult to clearly determine the earliest contacts between Shintō and Confucianism, but a reference can already be found in Nihon shoki 's chronicle of Emperor Kōtoku's reign (r. 645-654) in which the emperor is ... |
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Shinto and Literature |
Shintō and literature. There are many ways that Shintō and literature intersect, but among this confluence, the influence of legends in the records of the shrines ( engi setsuwa ) is considerable. There are an abundant number of medieval legends influenced by kenmitsu bukkyō (exot... |
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Shinto and Onmyōdō |
While being based on the Chinese theory of yinyang-wuxing (Yin-Yang and the "five phases of matter"), Onmyōdō was a unique Japanese adaptation that established itself around the tenth century. Under the ritsuryō system of state civil and penal codes of classical time... |
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Shinto and Shugendō |
Shugendō is one of Japan's folk religions, based on primitive mountain worship and formed under the influence of Buddhism, Daoism, Onmyōdō, and other religions. The name shugen is derived from the term genriki , which refers to special powers acquired as the result of religious pra... |
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Shinto taii |
(Yoshida Kanemi) This is another one-volume work of the Yoshida Shintō collection. With each new generation in the Yoshida family, the family head would compile a work with this title, and this text belongs to this group. The author is Yoshida Kanemi (1535-1610), who is a great grand... |
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Shintoku |
The sublime virtue that comes from the actions of kami . As it says in the opening phrase of Goseibai shikimoku (1232): "The sublimity of kami is enhanced by the people's reverence." It is due to people's belief and worship that the benefits from the kami can be called forth. ... |
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Shintō Jimukyoku |
The Shintō institute for proselytization and doctrinal research comprised of kyōdōshoku (preceptors — Shinto priests recruited to the taikyō senpu , or Great Promulgation Campaign) and established in March 1875 in the Yūrakuchō district of Tokyo. In 1872, the Meiji government c... |
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Shintō Misogikyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion that emerged from Misogikyō and was organized by Sakata Yasuhiro (1962-). In 1974, during the time of Misogikyōs fifth superintendent ( kanchō ) Sakata Yasuyoshi, the Inoue Shrine in Tokyo (dedicated to Misogikyō founder Inoue Masakane) was destroy... |
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Shintō Shinkyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Unigame Ito (1876-1976). Born in Kanzaki district of Hyogo Prefecture, Unigame was devoted from an early age to venerating the kami . Since the family into which she married was affiliated with the Buddhist True Pure Land sect (Jōdō Shinshū)... |
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