Vocabulary
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people; subjects; populace
people; subjects; populace
Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan)
scapulimancy (divination using the cracks in the heated shoulder blade of a deer); scapulomancy; spatulamancy; armomancy
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
cogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites)
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
imperial order; imperial will
festival held by imperial order
shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings)
festival float
festival float
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries)
form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period)
noh
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
notched bamboo rod rubbed with an implement similar to a bamboo whisk (used as a percussion instrument)
shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung
shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung
ancient fudoki compiled by imperial order in 713 CE
boat race
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
Music Department (part of the Board of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Agency)
Board of Ceremonies (part of the Imperial Household Agency)
hall of offerings (at a shrine)
Shinto-Buddhist syncretism
style of Shinto architecture in which the main hall and worship hall share one roof, and are connected via an intermediate passageway
main page; home page
Hachiman (god of war)
purification to invite good fortune
purification to cleanse one of sin
grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)
tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies
streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies)
small purification wand
thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)
first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)
waiting for the sun (traditional all-night event of worship and neighbourhood fellowship)
hirudin (anticoagulant polypeptide produced by leeches)
thrombin