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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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Yamabiraki |
"Opening of the mountain." An event by which a mountain is opened the first time in a given year to climbers. The event held to bring the climbing season to a close is called yamajimai ("closing of the mountain"). Mountains have been regarded since ancient times ... |
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Yamaboko |
One type of float ( dashi ) used in festival processions. A "mountain" or other shape is constructed on top of a wheeled platform and topped by a spear or halberd. This kind of float is said to have developed from the Heian-period shirushi no yama ("sign-mountain"... |
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Yamada Akiyoshi |
(1844-1892) A patriot ( shishi ) of the Restoration period and a Meiji military man and politician. Born in 1844 in present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture's Hagi City as the son of a retainer of the Chōshū Domain. His childhood name was Ichinojō and his epistolary name was Kūsai. He studied ... |
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Yamada Yoshio |
(1873–1958) A scholar of Japanese philology and literature who was active from the later Meiji through the Shōwa eras. Born in Toyama Prefecture on May 10, 1873, Yamada dropped out of Toyama's ordinary middle school, then passed the teacher's license examination for elementary an... |
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Yamaga Sokō |
(1622-1685) An early Edo-period scholar of Confucianism and Military Science. His formal name was Takasuke, his style was Shikei, and he had the epistolary names Sokō and Inzan. Born in 1622 in Aizu Wakamatsu, he began his study of the Neo-Confucian Zhuxi under Hayashi Razan at the a... |
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Yamaguchi Okinari |
(1831-1886) A Meiji-era scholar of the Grand Shrines of Ise ( Ise Jingū ). His childhood name was Tanekichi, his common name was Denbee, later changed to Okinari, and his epistolary names were Tōen and Shunpo. He was born in the Watarai District of Ise Province (present-day Mie Prefec... |
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Yamakage Shintō |
A new religion that emerged from the so-called "ancient Shinto ( Ko Shintō )" tradition. The Yamakage family does not feature in historical accounts, but it claims to be an old Shinto family that was deeply trusted by and served successive generations of the imperial hous... |
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Yamamiya, Satomiya |
"Mountain shrine" and "village shrine." In cases where a shrine complex is composed of multiple sanctuaries, the one located at the top or midway up the side of a mountain is called the yamamiya (mountain shrine), while the one located at the foot of the mountai... |
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Yamamoto Nobuki |
(1873-1944) A scholar of modern Shintō history and D.Lit ( bungaku hakushi ). Born in 1873 to a family of hereditary Shintō priests ( shinshoku ) at Tachima village, Kita-Uwa District, Ehime Prefecture, he became a follower of the Shinto sect Konkōkyō. In 1895 he graduated from Kokug... |
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Yamanokami |
[Yama no kami] " Kami of the mountain." While the term yama no kami is a general expression referring to any kami dwelling in a mountain, a number of differences exist between low-land agriculturalists and mountain folk (people who make their living from various forestry ... |
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Yamatanoorochi |
[Yamata no orochi] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) A great serpent (the name means "eight-forked-snake") defeated by Susanoo. Banished from the Plain of High Heaven, the kami Susanoo descended to the peak of Torikami at the headwaters of the Hi River in Izumo Province (believed to b... |
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Yamato |
An alternate name for the country of Japan. Yamato is also written 日本, 山跡, 倭, and 夜麻登. Originally, this was the place name for the area around the present day city of Tenri in Nara Prefecture, but it later became the name for one of the five kingdoms of the Kinai region. (Yamato Province, a... |
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Yamato bashiri |
"Dash of the mountain men." A rite performed on November 27 at Usobuki Hachiman Shrine in Buzen City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Before dawn, one of the deputy leaders ( jikanza ) from the village group in charge of festivals ( miyaza ) performs ablutions ( misogi ) and draws water ... |
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Yamato damashii |
Literally, "Japanese spirit."Alternately written 日本魂 or 大和魂. This term is often contrasted with "Chinese Learning" ( karasae ), that is, knowledge and scholarship imported to Japan from China. Yamato damashii refers to an inherent faculty of common-sens... |
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