Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Shinto Taikyo — Great Teaching of Shinto . One of the thirteen groups of sect Shinto (kyoha shinto). An organisation with no single founder, it was established in 1873 by pro Shinto Meiji administrators as the Temple of the Great Teaching (Taikyo in) to… … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Shinto Directive — The Shinto Directive (in Japanese translation shinto shirei) was a short document produced, under the direction of the American William K.Bunce, by the Religions Division of the Civil Information and Education Section, Supreme Commander of… … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Shinto Shuseiha — Shinto Cultivation Group . An association founded in 1873 by Nitta, Kuniteru (1829 1902) for the purpose of worshipping Amaterasu, the kami of heaven, and the kami of earth, the triad who figure in the Kojiki account of creation. The… … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Kyoha Shinto — Sect Shinto . An administrative category applied to certain religious groups. It emerged as a result of Meiji government legislation in 1876 designed to give all kinds of independent religious movements, some of which focused on a particular… … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Shinto taisei-kyo — Accomplishment of the Way of the Kami . A religious group founded by Hirayama, Seisai or Shosai (1815 1890), a high ranking member of the last Tokugawa government. He arrived in Edo at the age of twenty and studied Chinese and kokugaku. After … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Shinto — Shintoist, n., adj. /shin toh/, n. 1. Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship. adj. 2. Also, Shintoistic. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Shinto. [ < Japn shinto, earlier shintau … Universalium
Shinto — For other uses, see Shinto (disambiguation). Takachiho gawara. Here is a Sacred ground … Wikipedia
Shinto sects and schools — Torii gate typical from Shinto shrines Shinto (神道, shintō?), the … Wikipedia
Kokka Shinto — A Japanese term used to translate the English state Shinto . Unlike for example shuha shinto which was an administrative term used by the Japanese authorities to define and control certain Japanese religious groups, kokka shinto was a concept… … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Tendai sect — The sect of Buddhism founded by Dengyo Daishi (Saicho). Based at Enryakuji on Mt. Hiei, it based its doctrine and eclectic practices including esoteric rituals on the Lotus sutra (hokkekyo). See Sanno ichijitsu shinto … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
