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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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Tsukimachi, Himachi |
"Waiting for the Moon," "Waiting for the Sun." Tsukimachi is an occasion when people gather on particular evenings of a lunar cycle (e.g., the 17th, 19th, 22nd, and 23rd) to eat and drink while waiting for the moon to appear to pay homage to it. The gatherings are ... |
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Tsukimono |
A spirit which attaches itself to a human being, usually an evil spirit that causes disasters. The attachment of a tsukimono to a person is a form of possession. However, it is not a spontaneous and intentional possession in which one is in control, as in the case of a spiritual medium. R... |
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Tsukinamisai |
An observance observed during the ancient and medieval eras, mentioned in the Divinities Prescriptions ( Jingiryō ). Tsukinamisai was celebrated twice a year on the eleventh day of the sixth and twelfth lunar months, Tsukinamisai as a ceremony attended by the ministers and lesser ... |
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Tsukinamisai (Grand Shrine of Ise) |
A major festival ( taisai ) held at the Grand Shrines of Ise ( Ise Jingū ) in the sixth and twelfth months. " Tsukinami " means "monthly" and this name is thought to originate in monthly festivals that were later combined into biannual events. As this festival empl... |
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Tsukisakaki |
(Suzuki Masayuki） Five volumes. It is also called Shidaionsho (The Book of the Four Great Obligations). Written by Suzuki Masayuki (1837-71), a kokugaku scholar active during the period spanning the end of Bakufu and continuing after the Meiji Restoration, it was finished in 186... |
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Tsukiyama shinji |
"Garden mound rite." This spring festival is held April 23 at Nijō no Imizu Shrine in Takaoka City, Tōyama Prefecture. Participants build a mound ( tsukiyama ) as a sort of "stationary stage" ( sueokigata no butai ) on shrine grounds ( keidai ). Figurines of the F... |
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Tsukuyomi |
[Tsukuyomi no mikoto] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Tsuki no kami ( Nihongi ), Tsukiyomi no mikoto, Tsukiyumi no mikoto ( Nihongi ). The second of Izanagi and Izanami's "three noble children," and usually considered a male kami with rule over the night. The name tsuku-... |
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Tsumi |
An action that violates social norms and order. Tsumi also connotes certain taboo naturally occurring hazards that are considered dangerous or impure. These consist of the heavenly sins and earthly sins" ( amatsutsumi , kunitsutsumi ) listed in Kojiki and Nihongi and in the L... |
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Tsunoda Tadayuki |
(1834-1918) Chief Priest ( gūji ) of the shrine Atsuta Jingū. His common name was Yoshisaburō, and he used the epistolary names ( gō ) Ibukinoya and Shizumenoiwamuro, among others. He was born on the sixth day of the eleventh month, 1834, in Iwamurata, Kita Saku District, Shinano Prov... |
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Tsurumine Shigenobu |
(1786-1859) Shinto intellectual and scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the late Edo period. Tsurumine was born in 1786 as the son of Tsurumine Nobutsuna, priest of Yasaka Shrine in Usuki, Bungo Province (present-day Oita Prefecture), and showed a keen interest in the stud... |
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Tsushima Shintō |
A term used to refer to the shrines and cults characteristic of the island Tsushima in the Sea of Japan, although the actual meaning of the term is not well defined. The island of Tsushima has been very important since antiquity as an intermediary station on maritime routes. Many of Tsu... |
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