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Kagura suzu are a set of twelve-to-fifteen bells on a short-staff used in kagura dance. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The set consists of three tiers of bells suspended by coiled brass wires from a central handle: two bells on the top tier, four bells on the middle tier, and six bells for the bottom tier.
' ground-pacifying ceremony ') – A ceremony held by a Shinto priest on a site before the start of construction on the behalf of owners and workers to pacify and appease local spirits. [ 1 ] Jidai Matsuri ( 時代祭 , lit. the "festival of the ages") – One of the three main annual festivals held in Kyoto, Japan (the other two being the Aoi ...
This article presents Japanese terms of Eastern Orthodoxy (Japanese Orthodox Church), Roman Catholic, Anglican Church (Anglican Church in Japan), and Protestant. [ 1 ] In Japan, the Roman Catholic mission began in August 1549, Protestant mission - in 1859, Eastern Orthodox mission - 1861.
The dharma ranks (法階) point to the stages in the training to become an Oshō, priest or "technologist of the spirit". [web 2] To become a dai-Oshō, priest of a Zen-temple, one has to follow the training in an officially recognized training centre, sōdō-ango (僧堂安居). [web 1]
Kannushi (神主, "divine master (of ceremonies)", originally pronounced kamunushi), also called shinshoku (神職, meaning "employee/worker of kami"), is the common term for a member of the clergy at a Shinto shrine (神社, jinja) responsible for maintaining the shrine and leading worship of the kami there. [1]
For Christian priests, see Category:Japanese Christian clergy. Note: This category page should be empty. All entries should be recategorized under one of the above categories or an appropriate subcategory.
The High Priest takes on a specialized seat called Mokushiza, held to be reserved for the position of third High Priest Nichimoku Shonin, who is piously believed to return someday from the state of Nirvana in a future rebirth to usher the conversion of the Emperor of Japan and the full propagation of Nichiren Shōshū to the world (Japanese ...
The shrine priest or attendants use the gohei to bless or sanctify a person or object in various Shinto rituals. The gohei is used for some ceremonies, but its usual purpose is to cleanse a sacred place in temples and to cleanse, bless, or exorcise any object that is thought to have negative energy.