The indigenous religion of Japan, ShintM describes human existence much like the popular singer, Sting: as spirituality in the material world. This worldview is the foundation of Japanese civilization and has endured and adapted for centuries. While...

NORITO are religious statements addressed to the deities (kami) in Shintō rituals. They usually follow upon a one- to three-day purification rite, at the conclusion of which the kami are invited by the Shintō priests to be present at the...

In Japan known as Kami-no-Michi, the Way of the Gods. Form of ancestor and nature worship which is indigenous religion of Japan. Has its own style of architecture for numerous temples and shrines. The Torii arch is Shintō. The Kami are primarily...

SHINTŌ. Shintō is a Japanese term often translated as "the way of the gods." Broadly, it refers to the worship of the multifarious Japanese kami (gods). In modern Japan, it signifies forms of ritual practice and belief...

Shinto (神道, Shintō?) is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. It is a type of polytheism, and involves the worship of kami (神, kami?), spirits. Some kami are local and can be regarded as the spiritual being/spirit or...

The classification of all places of Shinto worship as shrines does not do justice to their varying functions. The use of the word 'shrine' probably arose as a way of making distinct Shinto buildings from Buddhist ones, which usually are called temples. The history...

NELSON, JOHN K. xii, 286 pp., illus., plates, maps, bibliogr. Seattle, London: Univ. of Washington Press, 1996. $35.00 (cloth), $17.50 (paper) In view of the pervasive influence of Shinto within many aspects of Japanese culture, it is surprising that there has been...

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