Vocabulary

28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)

blue dragon

business field

blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology)

four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons

four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear)

Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)

White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens)

Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens)

ancient Chinese god of fire (or spring)

ancient Chinese god of the north (or rain, water, etc.)

gentle and pure

annular solar eclipse

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auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine)

subordinate shrine

main shrine

associated shrine (i.e. auxiliary shrine, subordinate shrine, etc.)

rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)

rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)

newly constructed shrine

newly born imperial prince

division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner

religious ceremony (to appease the gods)

praying for the coming of a deity

imperial palace; shrine

Grand Empress Dowager

Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort

Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort

Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort

(a multitude of) gods

field of grain (not rice)

ridges of and paths between fields

agricultural burning; setting a field ablaze

gate of a village

lined up in a row

physical strength; muscular strength

signs, symbols and characters used in manga to represent actions, emotions, etc.

periodontitis

Swinhoe's yellow rail (Porzana exquisita)