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Women occupy a unique role in the indigenous Japanese traditions of Shinto, including a unique form of participation as temple stewards and shamans, or miko.Though a ban on female Shinto priests was lifted during World War II, the number of women priests in Shinto is a small fraction of contemporary clergy.
A miko (), or shrine maiden, [1] [2] is a young priestess [3] who works at a Shinto shrine. Miko were once likely seen as shamans, [4] but are understood in modern Japanese culture to be an institutionalized [5] role in daily life, trained to perform tasks, ranging from sacred cleansing [4] to performing the sacred Kagura dance.
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Her name means "Shines from Heaven" or "the great kami who shine Heaven". For many reasons, one among them being her ties to the Imperial family, she is often considered (though not officially) to be the "primary god" of Shinto. [1] [2] Ame-no-Uzume (天宇受売命 or 天鈿女命) Commonly called Uzume, she is the goddess of dawn and revelry ...
Women dressed in miko costumes. The traditional clothing for miko is a white kosode (white robe) with a scarlet hakama (trouser-skirt). The combination of kosode and hakama is considered to be the working clothes of shrines for both men and women. The Shinto priests also wear this outfit under their formal attire.
Kugutsu women were a part of a nomadic group that included both men and women. [4] [6] The men of this group worked at home while the women sang imayō and practiced prostitution like the asobi women. [4] Kugutsu women practiced in different environments than the asobi working mostly in interior walkways in Aohaka, Sunomata, and Nogami. [4]
Nobuyo Otagaki is a Shinto priest at the Amagasaki Ebisu Shrine in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. She has been a resident priest since 2008, taking over from her father as chief priest in 2012. She has been a resident priest since 2008, taking over from her father as chief priest in 2012.
Itako (Japanese: イタコ), also known as ichiko (市子) or ogamisama (オガミサマ), are blind women who train to become spiritual mediums in Japan. [1] Training involves severe ascetic practices, after which the woman is said to be able to communicate with Japanese Shinto spirits, kami, and the spirits of the dead. [2]