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- Shinbutsu shūgō (Japanese for the "fusion of kami and Buddhas") refers to a form of cultural-religious syncretism that arose in Japan ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 20:48, 31 December 2023
- Inari (Japanese: 稲荷; also Oinari) refers to the Japanese kami (deity) of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success ...15 KB (2,333 words) - 16:34, 28 November 2024
- Heaven”) or Ōhiru-menomuchi-no-kami (大日孁貴神) is in Japanese mythology a sun goddess and perhaps the most important Shinto deity ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:45, 24 July 2023
- of the cosmic union of male and female kami, or great spirits. Establishment ... to the myth of origins, also descended from kami, a special bond exists between ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 20:44, 22 October 2025
- worship of a heavenly pantheon of Japanese Kami (gods), and the myriad spirits ... The buddhas and the kami were therefore indivisible. Ichijitsu (“One ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 05:41, 27 February 2023
- state religion. It involves the worship of kami, which can be translated to ... that there were spiritual beings, called kami, behind these natural forces ...32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
- Origami (Japanese: 折り紙; ori, to fold, and kami, paper; "folding paper") is the Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this ...17 KB (2,573 words) - 11:12, 1 September 2025
- ancient religion of Japan, pursue the path of the kami, a term that is generally thought to describe myriad mysterious supernatural forces. The kami ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- worship of natural and ancestral spirits (kami). The establishment of the ... worship of natural and ancestral spirits (kami). Ordinary Japanese lived ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 12:32, 2 June 2025
- or machi. Prior to these, the local kami may be ritually installed ... * Ennichi : temple fair (holy days related to Kami and/or Buddha) ...16 KB (2,519 words) - 09:15, 29 April 2025
- Letters written from Takuan to Yagyu Tajima no Kami Munenori (son of Muneyoshi Yagyu) explain the mastery of true swordsmanship and the basic significance ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 01:47, 3 March 2025
- of the world as it was created by the kami (deities) Izanagi and Izanami and ends with the era of the Empress Suiko. It contains various Japanese ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 22:23, 3 March 2025
- alone boasts an uncountable number of kami (deities or spirits). One ... supernatural beings, such as bodhisattva, kami (gods and revered spirits ...36 KB (6,032 words) - 22:05, 24 November 2022
- which viewed the world as infused with kami or sacred presence. Kami was ... became the State University (Daigaku-no-kami), and succeeded in establishing ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 08:37, 23 December 2024
- to wake up or attract the attention of the kami of the shrine, so that one ... consist of wishes or favors asked of the kami, rather than lengthy praises ...32 KB (4,977 words) - 23:10, 19 July 2024
- prevent their occasional worship as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods) ... nature, tengu are worshipped as beneficial kami (gods or revered spirits) ...37 KB (5,598 words) - 02:59, 19 April 2023
- in the style of Hashiba Chikuzen no Kami Hideyoshi 羽柴筑前守秀吉 ... taking the name Hashiba Hashiba Chikuzen no kami (Hashiba, Lord of Chikuzen ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 12:36, 18 April 2023
- ethnic communities of Nepal belonging to the Kami, Damai and Sarki people also migrated in large numbers to the region during the time of the reign ...23 KB (3,374 words) - 16:01, 28 February 2025
- the story of the lives and adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kurō Yoshitsune and Saitō Musashi-bō Benkei the warrior monk. Philadelphia: P. Reilly. ...13 KB (2,039 words) - 18:09, 9 November 2022
- small toys and trinkets have a spirit, called Kami. It was at one point the primary religion of Japan, but since the Second World War, some of its ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
