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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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Suzuki Shigetane |
(1812-63) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) in the lage Edo era. His common names included Katsuzaemon, and his styles included Kashinoya and Izukashi. Shigetani was his formal name. He was born in 1812 in the village of Nii, Tsuna District, Awaji Province (present-day Hyōg... |
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Sōdai |
The name referring to someone who represents other believers. It is used throughout religion, but as it concerns Shinto it is a person other than a priest ( shinshoku ) who plays the role of a sponsor or a representative and who comes from among the ujiko (shrine parishioners) or sūkeis... |
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Sōgakkōkei |
(Kada no Azumamaro） This was compiled by Kada no Azumamaro in one volume, and is also known by the title Sōkokugakkōkei . It is unclear when this was written. It is believed that Azumamaro wrote this to relate his own ideas about kokugaku (National Learning) and appeal to the shogunal g... |
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Sūkeikai |
"A shrine organization comprising parishoners ( ujiko ) and devotees from outside the parish ( sūkeisha ) that is put together to help maintain and build the shrine and perform edification ( kyōka , see Shintō Edification ) work. There are similar organizations known as hōsank... |
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Sūkyō Mahikari |
A new religion derived from the lineages of Ōmoto and Sekai Kyūseikyō, and which became independent from the Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Kyōdan. When the founder of Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Kyōdan, Okada Kōtama (1901-74) (known in the movement as sukuinushi , or lit., "salvation mast... |
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Ta'asobi |
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Tachibana Mitsuyoshi |
(1635-173) Shintoist of the early Edo period. His formal name was Mitsuyoshi, written光義 or 美津与志, and he used the epistolary name Ishōan and others. He was given the Shinto religious name ( reishagō ) Jureishin by the Yoshida house. Tachibana was born in 1635, in Hirado of Hizen Provin... |
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Tachibana Moribe |
(1781-1849) A scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the late Edo period, whose common name was Motosuke and epistolary names included Hōko, Chian, Shiigamoto, and others. Tachibana was born as the eldest son of the Iida family in Komuku Village, Asake District, , Ise Province ... |
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Tada Yoshitoshi |
(1698-175) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ); antiquarian scholar and author of Floating World Tales ( Ukiyo zōshi ) of the mid-Edo period. According to general belief, he was born in 1698, but 1694, 1695, 1696 are all possible years for his birth. Tada's original lineage nam... |
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Tagitsuhime |
[Tagitsu hime no mikoto](Kojiki)(Nihongi) One of the three female kami produced as a result of the trial by oath ( ukei ) between Amaterasu and Susanoo. As her part of the test, Amaterasu took Susanoo's sword and broke it in many pieces, rinsing the fragments in the True Well of Heaven, ... |
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