For example the light/shadow (the pattern it throws) of a fire is written with the character for fire and shadow, normally "hi" and "kage," but pronounced "hOkage" (with emphasis added). Similarly the word for the shade of a tree is written with the character for tree and shade, ...
When Susano-o wants to kill the multi-headed snake Yamata-no-Orochi at a place called “bird hair” in Izumo, at he turns his bride to be into a comb and puts it in his hair. He then gets the serpent drunk and kills it in its sleep. That is the standard explanation. It is not...
That is largely thanks to Jinja Honcho, which lobbies for conservative causes, for the sake “of our nation and nationhood”, as Mr Tanaka puts it. That includes revising school textbooks to whitewash Japan’s conduct in the second world war, allowing the armed forces greater freedom of operat...
That is largely thanks to Jinja Honcho, which lobbies for conservative causes, for the sake “of our nation and nationhood”, as Mr Tanaka puts it. That includes revising school textbooks to whitewash Japan’s conduct in the second world war, allowing the armed forces greater freedom of operat...
Instead, this emphasis on emptiness derives from the Buddhist practice of retiring in the mountains and sitting silently while emptying the mind. Emptiness or nothingness exists neither in this world nor outside it, only in the minds of the Buddhists. Jinsai argues that in real life the ...
to appease the kami before beginning construction work. Sumo matches involve Shinto rituals that take up more time than the wrestling. Marie Kondo, a Japanese tidying guru, is said to be inspired by Shinto’s emphasis on process and ritual. She worked as a shrine “maiden” for five years....