Green Shinto has posted several pieces before about the mesmerising nature of the circular mirror which stands in shrines as a symbol of the kami, Amaterasu in particular. It’s such a fascinating subject. (See previous postings here, here … Read the rest
Today’s Busha Shinji ceremony at Shimogamo Jinja is a pre-Aoi Festival purification rite to clear the air of evil spirits. In this way it serves to prepare suitable conditions for the procession on May 15 which lies at the heart … Read the rest
The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) has a website with indepth explanations of aspects of Japanese culture, together with some useful illustrations. Here for example is their page on Shinto Shrines, which provides names for the various items. Interesting too … Read the rest
The International Shinto Foundation has a centre in midtown Manhattan, and in the article below Stacy Smith reports on a purification and explanation session that took place one New Year. It’s instructive not only for what it has to say … Read the rest
This is part 7 of an ongoing series about shrine history and structures extracted and abridged from Joseph Cali and John Dougill’s Shinto Shrines. Here the focus is on building characteristics.
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Measurements: The traditional Japanese measurement system … Read the rest
This is part of an ongoing series about shrine structures and their history, extracted and abridged from Shinto Shrines by Joseph Cali and John Dougill, published by the University of Hawaii Press.
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It is impossible to say with … Read the rest
This is part of an ongoing series about shrine buildings abridged and adapted from the introduction to Shinto Shrines by Joseph Cali and John Dougill. It follows on from Part 3, which covered the main structures of a shrine. … Read the rest
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