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Uwazutsunoo, Nakazutsunoo, Sokozutsunoo |
[Uwazutsu no o no mikoto][Nakazutsu no o no mikoto] [Sokozutsu no o no mikoto](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Three kami produced during Izanagi's purification (see misogi, harae). When Izanagi returned from the land of Yomi, he bathed at Awakihara of Tsukushi in order to purge the pollution o... |
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Uzue shinji |
"Rabbit-staff rite." A rite held on January 15 at Itakiso Shrine in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture. Thirteen sticks of cut bamboo are stuck into cooked rice gruel. The richness or meagerness of the year's crops is divined by how much gruel has gotten into the bamboo s... |
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View of the other world (takaikan) |
This term refers, in general, to the notion of a space that is different from this real world. It is difficult to clearly distinguish a Shinto view of the Other World from that held by Japanese religions at large. The world of everyday life is called "present world," "v... |
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Wakabayashi Kyōsai |
(1679-1732) A scholar of Suika Shintō and Confucianism in the mid-Edo period. Born in Kyoto in 1679, his style name was Shiin, his formal names were Masayoshi and Yukiyasu, and his epistolary names included Kyōsai, Bōnanken, and Hikei. A student of Asami Keisai, Wakabayashi and fel... |
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Wakahirume |
[Wakahirume no mikoto] (Nihongi) A kami of uncertain identity appearing in an "alternate writing" transmitted in Nihongi 's "divine age" chapters. Wakahirume is sometimes identified as the child or younger sister of Amaterasu, or as Amaterasu herself. Th... |
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Wakamiya |
A general term referring to a minor shrine serving the kami of a separate main shrine ( hongū ), or to its related kami . Shintō myōmoku ruijūshō ; defines wakamiya as a shrine dedicated to the offspring ( mikogami ) of the kami worshiped at a main shrine, or to the newly apportioned branch ... |
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Wakamizu Matsuri |
"'First water of the year' festival." A rite for drawing the first water of the year held on New Year's Day at Himukai Shrine in Yamashina Ward, Kyoto. A rite takes place at 3 a.m. in which the first waters are drawn from the Asahi spring on the shrine grounds ( keidai ). The wate... |
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Wakaukanome |
[Waka ukanome no mikoto] (Engi shiki) The object of worship ( saijin ) of the Hirose Shrine, known as Hirose no ōmikami, and revered as a tutelary of foodstuffs. The Hirose Ōimi no Matsuri, an official court rite invoking the maturation of crops, was held at the Hirose ni masu Wakaukano... |
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Wakumusuhi |
[Wakumusuhi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Wakamusuhi( Nihongi ) As part of Kojiki 's account of Izanagi and Izanami's procreation of the kami ( kamiumi ), Wakumusuhi was, together with Mitsuhanome, one of two kami produced from the urine of Izanami after she was burned while giving ... |
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Warai Matsuri |
"Laughter festival." A festival held on October 10 at Niu Shrine in Kawabe Town, Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture. In this unusual festival, a procession is formed with a person bearing offerings in the lead. The bearer is followed by a long-nosed goblin ( tengu ), a d... |
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Warajihiki Matsuri |
"Sandal-dragging festival." A festival to pray for an abundant fish catch held on the day of the monkey in late September at Namikiri Shrine in Daiō Township, Shima District, Mie Prefecture. In this rite, a 3-meter-long straw sandal ( waraji ) is dragged ( hiki ) around tow... |
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Wareitaisai |
"The great Warei festival." A festival held July 23–24 (originally the sixth month) at Warei Shrine, Uwajima City, Ehime Prefecture. The shrine is dedicated to Yanbe Kimiyori, who at the start of the Edo period saved the residents of the domain where he was chief retainer ... |
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Wasabi Matsuri |
"Wasabi festival." A festival held the 15th day of the third lunar month at Kumano Shrine in Miyama Township, Kitakuwada District, Kyoto. The festival is so called because the person who oversees the event ( tōya ) presents offerings of sake and wasabi (green horseradish... |
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Watanabe Ikarimaru |
(1836-1915) A Shinto priest ( shinkan ) and scholar of National Studies ( kokugaku ) active from the end of the Tokugawa regime through the Meiji era. His formal name was initially named Shigetō, but later changed to Ikarimaru. His common names included Yokichirō and Tetsujirō, and h... |
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Watarai Ieyuki |
(1256-1356) A scholar of Ise Shintō during the Nanbokuchō period (ca. 1336-1392). Born as the first son of the Outer Shrine (Gekū) Suppliant Priest ( negi ) Muramatsu Ariyuki, Watarai began his career as a negi in 1306 and at the age of eighty-six reached the position of First Negi of th... |
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Watarai Tsuneyoshi |
(1263-1339) A scholar of Ise Shintō during the late Kamakura and Nanbokuchō periods. Born as the second son of Higaki Sadanao, the First Suppliant ( ichi no negi ), also called the Superintendent or chōkan ) of the Outer Shrine (Gekū) at the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū). His initial ... |
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Watarai Yukitada |
(1236-135) A scholar of Ise Shintō of the late Kamakura period. His father was Nishikawara Yukitsugu, but he was raised by his grandfather, Yukiyoshi. Watarai Yukitada was appointed as Suppliant Priest ( negi ) of the Outer Shrine (Gekū) at the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū) in 1251... |
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Watatsumi |
[Watatsumi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Watatsumi no ō-kami( Kojiki ), Watatsumi no mikoto( Nihongi ) A tutelary of the sea. According to Kojiki , the sea deity Ōwatatsumi no kami was produced by Izanagi and Izanami as part of the process of giving birth to the kami ( kamiumi ). Both Ko... |
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Wazurainoushi |
[Wazurai no ushi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Wazurai no kami( Nihongi ) A kami produced when Izanagi returned from the underworld of Yomi and performed ablutions ( misogi, harae ). Before entering the water, Izanagi cast down his staff, belt, clothes, and footwear; according to b... |
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What is there in the way of Shinto education? |
Among religious schools in Japan, Christian schools exist in by far the largest numbers, with Buddhist schools a distant second. In contrast, only a handful of Shinto schools exist. In addition to Kōgakkan University and Kokugakuin University, which are the only four-year Shinto ... |
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