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Tomokiyo Yoshisane |
Founder of Shintō Tenkōkyo. His original name was Kyūgo, and epistolary names included Tenkō, Mokusan, Joyō, and Banzan. Tomokiyo was born on October 9, 1888, in what is today Yamaguchi City, and reports state that at the age of eleven, he had the experience of kamikakushi , namely, b... |
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Tongū |
Also called karimiya . Literally, a "temporary palace." Originally built as a temporary rest stop for an emperor, empress or crown prince during an outing, the term was later also applied to the temporary structures built to enshrine the spirit of a kami during a sacred pr... |
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Tori no ichi |
"Cock fair." A festival for Ōtori shrines held on each "day of the cock" in the month of November. The "day of the cock" returns every twelve days, so it usually comes around twice during November. It is said that there will be many fires in those rare ye... |
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Torii |
A formalized gateway arch signifying entrance to a sacred area. Shrines may have one or more torii . When multiple torii are present, the largest one is normally called the "first torii" ( ichi no torii ), and stands at the approachway to the grounds of the shrine. Torii may a... |
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Torimono |
A prop dancers carry in their hands in sacred performances such as kagura . It is also written with the characters 執物 or 取物. The word may also refer to the prop a dancer holds when performing a dance to purify the implements to be used in a sacred ritual or dance. Originally, the torimono fu... |
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Torinoiwakusufune |
[Tori no iwakusufune no kami] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Ama no torifune no kami( Kojiki, Nihongi ) A kami of ships, produced by Izanagi and Izanami as part of their giving birth to various kami ( kamiumi ). According to Nihongi , the kami Torinoiwakusufune was produced as a boat f... |
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Toshi no ichi |
"Year-end fair." A fair held at the year's end for selling New Year's decorations and miscellaneous goods. Originally the last of the monthly fairs, it likely became particularly popular due to the simple fact that it sold goods for New Year's. Another theory suggests, t... |
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Toshigami, Toshitokujin |
A kami that visits during the New Year's season, heralding the advent of the New Year, also called Shōgatsu-sama (lit., "Honorable New Year"). The name Toshitokujin has origins in Chinese Yin-Yang divination (Jp. Onmyōdō), and refers to a goddess with dominion over aus... |
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Toshishiba no shinji |
A rite held January 6 at Sunami Shrine in Sakutō Township, Aida District, Okayama Prefecture. The priest attaches packets of rice and beans wrapped in Japanese paper ( washi ) to small branches of sakaki . The branches are then bundled into groups of three and offered to the altar as a pr... |
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Toshiura |
Collective term for the various methods used to divine the fortune of a single year. Divinations regard matters of concern to an entire community such as the growth of crops, harvest, and weather; or private concerns such as the fortune of a single family or individual. In addition to ... |
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Toyoashiharajinpūwaki |
(Jihen) An outline of Shinto by a Buddhist priest in three volumes. In 1340 (the year of the establishment of the Southern Court), at the request of Fujiwara Renshi (Shintaikenmon'in), the Tendai priest Jihen compiled this book for the young Emperor Gomurakami. It is said that Jihen ... |
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Toyoashiharanomizuhonokuni |
An alternative name for the country of Nihon (Japan). It is a short form of "Toyoashihara no chiaki no nagaihoaki no mizuho no kuni" ( Kojiki ) or "Toyoashihara no chiihoaki no mizuho no kuni" ( Nihongi ), both of which mean "the land of luxuriant reed plains ... |
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Toyokumonu |
[Toyokumonu no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Toyo kumu nu no mikoto, Toyokuinu no mikoto, Toyokoushinu no mikoto, Ukifu no toyokai no mikoto, Toyokuninushi no mikoto( Nihongi ) One of the "seven generations of the age of the kami ( kamiyo ) as recounted by Kojiki . According to the ... |
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Toyotamabime |
[Toyotama bime no mikoto] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) Daughter of the sea kami Watatsumi, Toyotamabime was the consort of Hohodemi and mother of Ugayafukiaezu. Detailed accounts of her marriage and motherhood are provided by both Kojiki and Nihongi . When Hohodemi visited Watatsumi's un... |
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Toyoukehime |
[Toyoukehime no kami] (Kojiki) The offspring of Wakumusuhi, whom Izanami bore as she lay dying after giving birth to the fire kami , Kagutsuchi. The Kojiki account describes Toyoukehime as one of the kami assigned by Amaterasu to accompany Ninigi upon his descent, together with the ... |
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Toyukekōtaijingūnenjūgyōjikonshiki |
(Matsuki Tomohiko） This is a collection of liturgical scripts for the ceremonies of the outer shrine (Gekū) of the Grand Shrines of Ise during the early Edo period in seven volumes. This work was initiated between 1661-1673 by Watarai Nobusada under orders from Watarai Matahiko, th... |
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Tsuchimikado Shintō |
A form of Shinto formulated in the mid-Edo period by the head of court diviners ( onmyō no kami ) Tsuchimikado Yasutomi. Yasutomi synthesized the astrological and calendrical theories transmitted by the Onmyōdō specialists of the Abe clan (later known as Tsuchimikado) that origin... |
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Tsuchimikado Yasutomi |
(1655-1717) Scholar of the way of Yin-Yang ( onmyō ), and Shintoist of the mid-Edo period, who formulated and integrated Tsuchimikado Shintō. He is generally thought to have been born on the twentieth day of the sixth month, 1655, but one theory holds that he was actually born on the ei... |
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Tsuina sai |
"Exorcism festival." Many shrines traditionally hold a "festival to drive away evil spirits" ( tsuina sai ) around setsubun . A bean-pounding rite is held on January 7 at Sumiyoshi Shrine in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Soy beans and "demon... |
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Tsuina shiki |
"Exorcism ceremony." A setsubun event held in February at Nagata Shrine in Nagata Ward, Kobe City, Hyōgo Prefecture. Artificial flower arrangements ( kazaribana ) made by hanging small rice cakes and mandarin oranges from several large willow branches are strung up on ... |
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