Vocabulary
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silk cotton (esp. from the Indian silk cotton tree)
Eurya japonica (species of evergreen related to sakaki)
chamber (of a gun)
Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival
Iwashimizu Festival (Sept. 15 festival held at Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto)
regularly held festival
guardian deity of the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha)
Bureau of Shrine Affairs (1900-1940)
Institute of Divinities (1940-1946)
Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)
seven generations of celestial deities
five generations of earthly deities
seven generations of (celestial) gods
Toyouke Shrine (the outer shrine of Ise Shrine); Toyuke Shrine
Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)
government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant
eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.)
garden bonfire (esp. one held on the imperial grounds)
Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines)
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
building a fire
Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines)
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji)
shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji)
Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department)
prefectural shrine (of Kyoto or Osaka)
prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)
unranked shrine
shrine ranking (abolished in 1946)
township shrine
three days' march (approx. 36.5 km)
hematoma; haematoma
Kuninotokotachi no Mikoto (eternal god of the land)
rank; order
rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month)
rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month)
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
Kasuga Festival (held at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara on March 13)
mourning clothes