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Sugiura Jūgō |
(1855-1924) Educator and philosopher of the Meiji and Taisho eras. Born in 1855 as the second son of Confucianist Sugiura Jūbun in the Zeze Domain of Ōmi Province (in present-day Shiga Prefecture). His styled was Tendai Dōshi. As a youth, he received training in Chinese classics at t... |
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Suhōtei shinji |
A festival characterized by the offering of large banners that is held August 7–13 Iminomiya Shrine in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The festival supposedly began with the dance warriors performed with swords, pikes, and spears in hand when they celebrated the subjuga... |
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Suijin |
"Water- kami ," a general term for tutelaries of water, found in a variety of forms. Water is of crucial importance in agriculture, and the availability and quality of water can spell life or death to farmers; as a result, tutelaries of water naturally came to be associated ... |
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Suika Shintō |
The form of Shinto advocated by Yamazaki Ansai, a Confucian-Shintoist (see Juka Shintō ) of the early Edo period. Suika Shintō was a form of Confucianist Shintō that attempted to compiled all Shinto theories since medieval times, and until the appearance of National Learning ( koku... |
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Suikabunshū |
This is a compilation of Chinese and Japanese poetry as well as Japanese essays written by Yamazaki Ansai, the founder of Suika Shintō. The work was compiled by Atobe Yoshiakira and Tomobe Yasutaka, both of whom belonged to the same lineage as Yamazaki. The work consists of three volu... |
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Sukui no Hikari Kyōdan |
A new religion deriving from Sekai Kyūseikyō, and one of several groups that in quick succession became independent in opposition to that religion's policy of centralization ( ichigenka ) implemented in the mid-1960s. Its direct parent body was Shinsei Kyōkai, which had been one o... |
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Sukunahikona |
[Sukunahikona no kami] (Kojiki) A kami who assisted Ōnamuchi in the "forming of the land." According to Kojiki , Sukunahikona was a tiny kami who fell from between the fingers of its parent ( oyakami ) Kamimusuhi (according to Nihongi , Takamimusuhi). In Kojiki , Sukunahi... |
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Sumegami |
"Noble kami ." Since the prefix sume means "revered," the term sumegami can be considered a general title of respect for kami . At the same time, since the same character sume 皇 is also used in terms such as "emperor" ( tennō ), the title tends to be used p... |
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Sumerakyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion considered in the Shirakawa Shintō lineage. It began when Onikura Taruhiko, who had received direct transmission from the Shirakawa family of Shinto ritualists (called the Shirakawa Hakuō), experienced possession ( kamigakari ) by a deity around 1... |
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Sumiyoshi Shinkō |
The faith related to the shrine Sumiyoshi Jinja, which includes guardianship over safe sea travel, waka poetry, agriculture, and fishing. The Nihonshoki records that "Sokodsutsunoo no mikoto, Nakadsutsunoo no mikoto, and Uwadsutsunoo no mikoto are Sumiyoshi no ōkami&qu... |
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Sumiyoshitaishajindaiki |
A record in one volume of the Sumiyoshi Shrine in Settsu compiled by Tsumori Sukune Shimamaro and Tsumori Sukune Marōdo, and sent to the Jingikan (Bureau of Divinities) in the capital in 731. It bears the seal of the Sumiyoshi District Recorder and of the Settsu Provincial Recorder ( s... |
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Sumomo matsuri |
"Plum festival." A festival held July 20 at Ōkunitama Shrine in Fuchū City, Tokyo Prefecture, in which special food offerings ( shinsen ) of plums and rice with chestnuts are offered to the kami. Eating plums on the day of the festival is said to exorcise evil spirits and pre... |
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Sumō |
Also written with the characters 角力 and in ancient times called sumai . In China, there existed from before the Former Han dynasty (202 B.C.E.–8 C.E.) a kind of wrestling resembling sumō called kakuteigi or kakugi ( juedixi or juexi in Chinese) that belonged to the miscellaneous arts ... |
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Sumō shinji |
"Sumō rite," also known as sōmoku shinji . Sumō has long been an important element of Japanese festivals. Examples abound, such as the "sumō of the divinities" ( kamisumō ) match held at the end of Suwa Shrine's boat festival ( ofune matsuri ), or a similar event h... |
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Sumōesai |
"Sumo festival." A rite held October 13 at Sumiyoshi Shrine in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. After the ceremony, an offertory sumo match is held. The festival is said to date to back to the time of the Empress Jingū (see Okinagatarashihime) and the legend... |
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Sunayama matsuri |
"Sand mountain festival." A rite held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month at Isasumi Shrine in Aizutakada Township, Ōnuma District, Fukushima Prefecture. Two mounds of sand are constructed on the shrine grounds ( keidai ) to serve as the ritual space. The shiogamaka... |
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Susanoo |
[Susanoo no mikoto](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Take haya susanoo no mikoto( Kojiki ) A kami introduced by ( Kojiki ) as having come into being from the nose of Izanagi no mikoto as he was performing ablutions ( misogi ) to rid himself of pollution encountered while in the underworl... |
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Suseribime |
[Suseribime no mikoto] (Kojiki) The daughter of Susanoo and the principal wife of Ōnamuchi. Ōnamuchi visited Susanoo in the underworld land of Ne no katasukuni (see Ne no kuni) and there met Suseribime, but Susanoo presented Ōnamuchi with numerous trials before he would permit the ... |
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Suwa Shinkō |
The faith related to Suwa Jinja which spread throughout Japan, but centers on the shrines of Suwa Taisha, which straddle Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture. Suwa shrines are home to cults devoted to the kami of wind-and-water ( fūsuishin ), the kami of battle ( gunshin ), the kami of blacks... |
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Suzuka Tsuratane |
(1795-187) Shinto practitioner and scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) in the late Edo period. Born in 1795 to a priestly family ( shake ) of the Kyoto shrine Yoshida Jinja. The Suzuka were hereditary family retainers to the Yoshida clan. Suzuka held the posts of Provisional Jun... |
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