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Tagorihime |
[Tagorihime no mikoto] (Nihongi) Other names: Tagirihime no mikoto( Kojiki ) One of three female kami produced as a result of the trial by pledge ( ukei ) between Amaterasu and Susanoo. The three became known as the "three goddesses of Munakata" as a result of their enshrin... |
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Taihei shinji |
"Great ritual wand rite." A festival held June 8 at Agata Shrine and Uji Shrine 1in Uji City, Kyōto Prefecture. The ceremony this day celebrates the return of the kami of the kamisha and shimosha (mountainside or upper shrine and townside shrine, respectively; see yamami... |
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Taiko odori |
A folk dance of the furyū odori type. It is a group dance, in which the dancers hang a drum (a taiko or a kakko ) from their chests or around their waists and carry banners ( nobori ) and a large altar ( himorogi ) on their backs. The drums are beat to the accompaniment of a hayashi instrumental ... |
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Taikyō Senpu |
The Great Promulgation Campaign. In a narrow sense, this refers to the propagation of the Great Teaching ( taikyō ), also known as the "great way of the kami " ( kannagara no taidō ) by missionaries called senkyōshi . The movement was launched in 1870 by the "Imperial Re... |
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Taireidō |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Tanaka Morihei (1884-1928). Tanaka is said to have acquired a kind of supranormal power akin to an "ectenic force" ( reishiryoku ) as the result of a four-months long ascetic seclusion in the mountains, together with fasting he pe... |
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Taisai |
One division of shrine rites, conducted in the form of major festivals. After the Meiji Restoration, these observances became regulated under government ordinance, and since 1945 they have been specified in the Regulations of Shrine Observances ( Jinja saishi kitei ) of the Assoc... |
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Taisha Kokugakukan |
The Taisha Kokugakukan (Izumo Shrine Priest Training College) is a Jinja Honchō-approved training institute for shrine priests ( shinshoku ) managed by Izumo Taisha. Izumo established the institute within the shrine precincts in 1938 to promote Shintō-based ethics. Training o... |
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Taishi-ryū Shintō |
A Shintō tradition claiming Prince Shōtoku (Shōtoku Taishi, 574-622) as its founder and emphasizing the fundamental unity of the three teachings of Shintō, Confucianism, and Buddhism ( sankyō itchi ). Shōtoku Taishi, with the support of the Soga clan—and against the opposition o... |
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Taiwa Kyōdan |
A Shinto-derived new religious movement. It emerged from Yamatokyō, a movement founded by Hozumi Kenkō (1913-76) and his wife Hisako (1908-2003), when the latter movement's Sendai branch, headed by Hisako, went independent. Hozumi Hisako had been subject to chronic illness sin... |
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Tajikarao |
[Ame no tajikarao no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Tajikarao no kami( Nihongi ) A kami whose name means "heaven-hand-power." In the mythic episode of the "rock cave of heaven," the kami Omoikane proposed a plan to lure Amaterasu from the rock cave. According to t... |
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Takama no hara |
Also pronounced as Takamagahara. It refers to the vast realm in the high heaven. It is the residence of kami presided over by Amaterasu. It constitutes one plain of a tripartite vertical "view of the cosmos" ( sekaikan ) in Shinto. Takama no hara is the upper world ( uwatsuku... |
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Takamimusuhi |
[Takamimusuhi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Takamimusuhi no mikoto( Nihongi ),Takagi no kami ( Kojiki ) A central kami included in Kojiki 's "three kami of creation" ( zōka sanshin ), and one of the five "separate heavenly kami " ( kotoamatsukami ). A solitary ... |
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Takatsuki |
Also called koshidaka . A single-legged standing tray for presenting offerings ( shinsen ) that is thought to be identical to an item called takatsuki in the Engishiki 's section on the Daijōsai (Great Festival of Enthronement). Originally, takatsuki were used as stands to hol... |
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Takehiratori |
[Takehiratori no mikoto] (Kojiki) Other names: Takehinatori no mikoto, Takehinateru ( Nihongi ), Ame no hinatori ( Nihongi ) The child of Amenohohi, second of five male kami that came into being as products of the "trial by pledge" ( ukei ) undertaken by Amaterasu and Susa... |
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Takemikazuchi |
[Takemikazuchi no kami] (Kojiki) A kami produced from the blood adhering to the sword when Izanagi killed the fire kami Kagutsuchi. Together with Amanotorifune ( Kojiki ) or Futsunushi no kami ( Nihongi ), Takemikazuchi descended to the land of Izumo and entreated Ōkuninushi to tra... |
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Takenouchi Shikibu |
(1712-67) Proponent of Suika Shintō in the mid-Edo period. His formal name was Takamochi, and he used the epistolary names Shūan and Seian. He was born in Niigata, Kanbara District of Echigo Province (present-day Niigata Prefecture) in 1712, in a hereditary physician's household... |
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Takeshiuchi no Sukune |
(n.d.) Also written with the Chinese characters 建内宿禰, and sometimes read Takenouchi no Sukune. A legendary personality called one of the three meritorious subjects at the time of the Punitive Campaign against the Three Korean Kingdoms, and regarded as the ancestor of twenty-eigh... |
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Tama |
A general term for spirit or soul in ancient times. In addition to human spirit, it also refers to spirit or spiritual force in nature. A human soul is considered a spiritual entity that comes from outside and dwells in the body, endowing the individual with energy and personality. The ... |
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Tamagaki |
A fence enclosing a shrine, sacred area, or the imperial palace. It is believed that the ancient form of such a fence was a brushwood barrier using trees, but historically such fences have also utilized stone, wood, and in recent years, even concrete. Fences may be given a variety of de... |
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Tamagushi |
An object presented to the kami by a priest or worshiper, composed of a sprig of evergreen sakaki to which paper streamers ( shide ), or paper mulberry fibers ( yū ) have been attached. Numerous theories have been advanced to explain the origin of the tamagushi ; and the most common holds ... |
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