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Ebisu |
Together with Daikoku, one of the most popular and well known of the "seven deities of good fortune" ( shichifukujin ). The opulent image of this kami holding a fishing pole or a sea bream is known intimately by people throughout Japan. In addition to those shown above, the n... |
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Ebisu shinkō |
This refers to the cult of Ebisu, a kami of fortune, believed to watch over livelihoods and to bring luck. Since medieval times, Ebisu has been one of the seven gods of good fortune ( shichifukujin ) and is, together with Daikoku, a major representative of all kami of fortune ( fukujin ). ... |
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Eboshi |
One type of headdress worn by Shinto priests ( shinshoku ) during ritual ceremonies. Originally a headdress worn to indicate a man who had celebrated his "coming of age" ceremony ( genpuku ), the eboshi took on various forms, including versions that were heavily lacquere... |
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Edayashiro |
Literally, "branch shrine," a term used to describe a smaller auxiliary shrine located on the precincts of a larger shrine. Also called an edamiya , a shrine whose object of worship, in turn, is referred to as an edagami . The term edagami originally referred to a kami posse... |
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Ehō |
The most auspicious geomantic direction for the given year; the geomantic direction inhabited by Toshitokushin (also ehōgami ; in either case, the kami that heralds the New Year) for that year. It may also be written as "auspicious direction" ( kippō ) or "elder dir... |
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Ema |
Votive tablets bearing illustrations of horses or other scenes offered at shrines, temples, wayside shrines and chapels, as expressions of prayer and thanks. Types of ema range from large, framed pictures produced by professional painters, to smaller pictures painted by unknow... |
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Emaki |
A kind of scroll composed of an illustrated narrative that unfolds as the scroll is unrolled. The origins of emaki are unknown, but they were produced as early as the late Heian period, and they assumed their present form in the twelfth century. The term emaki apparently dates to the ea... |
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En no Ozunu |
(n.d.) A thaumaturge thought to have lived on Mount Katsuragi (or Kazuraki) in Yamato Province in the second half of the seventh century and later known as the founder of Shugendō. Also known also as En no Ubasoku (En the upasaka [a Buddhist acolyte]) and En no Gyōja (En the ascetic), he ... |
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Endōtsugan |
(Masuho Zankō) A Shintō text developed for a popular audience which explains in easily understood terms and using examples taken from classical texts the notion that romantic love and longing ( koi ) forms an axis which runs through the whole of the Japanese national entity ( kokutai ... |
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Engimono |
The term " engi " is the abbreviation of a longer term of Buddhist origin, innen shōki (Skt. pratītyasamutpāda , or "co-dependent origination"), but by extension it came to refer to narratives regarding the historical "origins" and miraculous ta... |
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Engishiki |
Procedures of the Engi Era . Engishiki is a compendium of rules and procedures for implementing ritsu (penal codes), ryō (administrative codes), and kyaku (supplementary laws). It comprised fifty scrolls, and approximately three thousand and some hundreds of articles. Engishi... |
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Engishiki norito kōgi |
(Suzuki Shigetane) Lectures on the Norito in Engishiki . Written by Suzuki Shigetane. Fifteen fascicles. Also referred to simply as Norito kōgi ( Lectures on the Norito ). A commentary on the twenty-seven norito found in Book Eight of the Engishiki ( Procedures of the Engi ). This wor... |
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Ennōkyō |
A new religious movement founded by Fukada Chiyoko (1887-1925). Fukada began her religious activities in 1919 after receiving a divine revelation that directed her to serve as the messenger of the gods and their vessel on earth. For five and one-half years, Fukada employed her own u... |
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Enryakugishikichō |
Ledgers of the Enryaku Era Ceremonies . A combination of Kōtai jingū gishiki chō (one fascicle), and Toyuke-gū gishiki chō (one fascicle). This work records the details of the Inner and Outer Shrines of the Ise shrine complex including the scale of the shrines, annual festivals/obs... |
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Entō |
Also read shioyu , entō is liquid made by dissolving rock salt in water. It is used in the preparatory purifications ( shubatsu ) preceding ritual worship. Salt water is considered an indispensable element in the performance of ground-purification ( jichinsai ) and other rites. Cus... |
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Female Founders and Shamanesses |
Among the founders of the many Shinto-derived New Religions ( Shintōkei shinshūkyō ), there have been a number who claim to have been chosen as vehicles to be "ridden" by kami ( kamigakari ). Among the female founders, in particular, there is a relatively large number who p... |
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Folklore Research |
The establishment of Japanese Ethnology and Shintō Research This research deals primarily with Shintō phenomena observed in the daily lives of people. There has been much scholarly output since the founding of the scholarly field of ethnology. In general, Japanese ethnology is s... |
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Fudoki |
Fudoki is a general title given to a set of documents compiled in the Nara period according to a specific form and composition—a gazetteer composed of publicly reported documents. The title was likely modeled after the titles Chinese works like Zhou chu feng tu ji or Ji zhou feng tu ji , ... |
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Fugeki |
A religious figure that receives the power of a divine spirit and communicates its will ( takusen ; see Kamigakari Takusen ) or summons the spirit of a deceased person who speaks through him or her. A fugeki is believed capable of summoning a divine spirit or the spirit of a deceased pers... |
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Fuigo matsuri |
Bellows Festival. Bonfire stakes dedicated by believers throughout the country are burnt as the central rite of a bonfire festival ( hotakematsuri ) celebrated on November 8 at Fushimi Inari Shrine ( Inari Taisha ) in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. Called the "Be... |
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