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Gate. Shinto shrine gates take the form of torii (below). See also Mon (above) Temizuya A chōzuya or temizuya is a Shinto purification fountain for a ceremonial purification rite known as temizu. "Water-filled basins, called chōzubachi, are used by worshipers for washing their left...
Prime Minister Koizumi’s ceremonial visits to the Yasukuni war monument in Tokyo, where a number of convicted war criminals are buried, have also made Japan’s neighbours suspicious of past apologies. Denial of the ‘Rape of Nanking’ In 1931 Japan attempted to annex Manchuria and started a ...
Looking into it recently led me to learn a bit about香道kōdō, the “Way of Incense”, the Japanese ceremonial art of burning and appreciating fine incense. Of the many classical cultural arts of refinement in Japan, usually labeled some sort of 道dō“way”, the big three that come to ...
I wondered if once a year there was a ceremonial cleansing of the cave, when all the wooden prayer plaques were burned. How else could the cave be emptied for next year’s prayers? The conflagration would be something to see. As we left Hasedera, we passed a cat sunning herself on a...
Women's kimonos vary from the simple everyday designs preferred by older women to the elaborate painted silk robes worn for ceremonial occasions. Men rarely wear kimonos except for formal occasions and when performing traditional arts. The light summer cotton style (yukata) remains very popular for...
Early tombs, like the Yayoi graves that preceded them, contained mirrors, bear-claw-shaped jewels, and other ceremonial objects. From the fifth century A.D., these objects were replaced by armor, swords, spears, and military trappings, probably reflecting a new wave of continental influences. ...
Protestant missionaries educated princess Nahienaena of Hawaii in the early 1800s. Birthplace: Munich, Germany, The Mad King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Inbreeding is the process of mating genetically similar organisms. Believe it or not, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were the last to carry on...
One of the final records about Kōkei comes from Tōdaiji Temple, which commissioned Kōkei to carve Gigaku 伎楽 masks for theatrical and ceremonial dances that had been performed at Buddhist temples in Japan since the 6th century. Gigaku, however, died out as an art form during the Kamakura...
In general, Shinto has no canon or written scriptures like the Bible or the Koran, although ceremonial prayers -- called norito (a formulary statement addressed to the deity) -- are chanted by shrine priests. The scholar Motoori Norinaga says that “norito” are sacred incantations by which ...