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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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Worldmate (formerly Cosmomate) |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Fukami Seizan (aka Fukami Tōshū) (1951-). Fukami, whose real name is Handa Haruhisa, was born in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture and is a graduate of Dōshisha University. From his teenage years he was influenced influenced by the thought of ... |
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Yabusame |
A type of mounted archery in which the rider shoots arrows with a turnip-shaped head at a target from atop a galloping horse. One theory holds that the name is a contraction of yabaseuma (literally, "arrow galloping horse"), while another theory holds the word comes from t... |
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Yabusame shinji |
"Horseback archery rite." A rite held September 16 at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. A horseback archery contest ( yabusame ) takes place in the afternoon at the horse riding area on the shrine grounds ( keidai ). Three archers dressed in a K... |
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Yahirowani |
[Yahiro wani](Kojiki)(Nihongi) "Eight-fathom shark." Although the word wani today means "crocodile," the animal referred to here is believed to have been a "great shark." According to Kojiki , Toyotamabime took the form of this animal when she ... |
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Yakudoshi |
An "age of calamity" at which a person is liable to suffer misfortune or illness, generally referring to the ages of 25 and 42 for men or of 19 and 33 for women. In particular, the ages of 42 for men and 33 for women are called "major calamity" ( taiyaku ), with the prec... |
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Yakusanoikazuchi |
[Yakusa no ikazuchi no kami] (Kojiki) The "eight kinds of thunder kami " that festered inside Izanami's corpse as seen by her consort Izanagi in the underworld of Yomi. Suffering mortal injury from giving birth to the fire kami Kagutsuchi, Izanami died and went to the unde... |
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