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Chokushi |
A messenger who delivered imperial commands. Messengers who were dispatched to shrines on the occasion of either an ordinary or an extraordinary rite were generally called tsukai (messengers), saishi (festival messengers), or hōbeishi . The Taihō Code (702) stipulated that for ... |
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Chronological Supplement |
Chronological Supplement in Encyclopedia of Shintō. There are two versions of PDF. The older version is published online in September, 2014, which is intended to be viewed online or printed in A4 (or LTR) paper. The newer version is based on the paper version published in February, 2... |
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Chōga |
"New Year greetings to the emperor." In ancient times these characters were read " mikado ogami ." In ancient Japan, it was a state ceremony carried out at the Daigoku Hall with the participation of the many ministry officials. However, from the mid-Heian peri... |
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Chōkoku |
The word may be also pronounced hatsukuni , written as 初国, and it denotes the establishment of the country, or founding of the realm. The tenth monarch, Sujin, is said to be "the first tennō to rule the country." This is variously expressed: in Nihon shoki it says, " hat... |
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Chōnahajime shinji |
First Planing of the Year. Held on January 11 at Hinomisaki Shrine in the town of Taisha, Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture. After the service, the miyashō performs a ceremony at the haiden . Offerings of kelp and dried squid are heaped in earthen vessels and presented before the de... |
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Chōyō |
"The Chrysanthemum Festival." Held on the ninth day of the ninth month (September 9), this was another of the five seasonal feasts ( gosekku ) recognized and established by the Tokugawa bakufu . It is also generally known as kiku no sekku (the Chrysanthemum Festival). Bec... |
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Chūchōjijitsu |
(Yamaga Sokō) A work in two volumes by Yamaga Sokō. This work expounds on the truth of the imperial lineage and explains the origins of its proper dignity. This work was written during the time Sokō was under house arrest at the residence of the Asano family of Akaho after being convicte... |
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Chūkō |
Loyalty and filiality. Chū denotes loyalty and fidelity to one's master or country, while kō denotes filiality to one's parents. Originally [in China], these two virtues were considered independent, and sometimes in contradiction one to the other, as in the saying, "If one a... |
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Chūsai |
One category of shrine rites, referring to ritual conducted on a middle or medium scale. In the Meiji period such rites became specified by law, but since the end of the war, they have been regulated by the Jinja saishi kitei of the Association of Shinto Shrines. According to the regula... |
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Chūshinkai |
" A religious movement focused on divination and onomancy and founded by Kumazaki Ken'ō (1881-1961). While working at primary schools and in the newspaper business, Kumazaki had developed a unique system of shorthand, and engaged in the study of divination, fortune tel... |
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Concepts of Emperor and the State |
The origins of Japan as a nation, the imperial system ( tennō-sei ) and rice culture are inseparable and date back to the Yayoi period. The term tennō (emperor) first appears in the Chinese Tang Period classic Gaosong-ji , but was first used in Japanese texts to refer to the first empero... |
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Concepts of History (rekishikan) |
How Shinto views the origins of this world, which includes human beings, and the changes that occur with the passage of time, is best evidenced in the myths contained in Kojiki , and this view grounded Shinto beliefs through history. The beginning of time These myths begin with the sen... |
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Concepts of Humanity (Ningenkan) |
The word jinkan (人間）means the world, and in Japanese, when read as ningen it is used to indicate a person. The term ningen indicates that a human being is a physical space inhabited by a spirit. Kojiki and Nihon shoki ( kiki shinwa ) mythology is almost mute on the topic of the birth of the f... |
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Concepts of the Spirit (reikonkan) |
The diversity of theories concerning the concept of spirit in Shinto makes it impossible to propose any single definition. From a Shinto perspective, there is no agreement on where people's spirits go after they die. These difficulties notwithstanding, if one agrees that the kami ... |
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Cosmology |
The concept ( kan ) of the universe ( uchū ) originated in Daoism and the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi. and is written with two graphs. The first character refers to the spatial dimension "Heaven and Earth" and the "Four Directions;" while the second charact... |
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Daihizenkyō |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Orimo Nami (1893-1966). Born in Saitama Prefecture, Orimo grew up in difficult circumstances, working from a very young age as a nursemaid, live-in servant, and in a spinning mill. After marrying she worked at numerous occupations with her ... |
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Daijingū hongikiseishō |
This is the magnum opus of Mikannagi Kiyonao, which took thirty-eight years to compile, and was only completed in 1864 after having passed through five revisions. This work is an attempt to reconstruct an ancient record of the Grand Shrines of Ise, Daijingū hongi , by removing the emb... |
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Daijingū shintōwakumon |
(Deguchi Nobuyoshi） This is a work in two volumes, written by Deguchi Nobuyoshi in 1666. The work expounds on both the Ise Shrines, as well as the syncretism of Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism, and explains the true essence of Shinto in an easy to understand question and answer for... |
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Daijingūsankeiki |
(Tsūkai) This work is also known as Tsūkai sankeiki and it consists of two parts and contains records concerning the visits Buddhist monks made to pay homage at the Ise Shrines during the Kamakura period. It was completed around 1286 by the priest Tsūkai (1234-1305) of the Daigoji Tem... |
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Daijingūshozōjiki |
This work is a record written in chronological order, recording various important events at the Ise Shrine, starting with the enshrinement of the imperial deity in the twenty-fifth year of Emperor Suinin and continuing down to 1069. The work consists of two volumes and was compiled ... |
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