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"AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN JAPAN, 1543-1944". Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan; Eishiro, Ito (2007). "Unveiling Histories of the Tohoku District; Juan Goto and Crypto-Christians". IWATE PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY; C. R. Boxer & J. S. Cummins, The Dominican mission in Japan (1602–1622), 1963; Boxer, C. R. The ...
Shrine Shinto is a form of the Shinto religion. [1] It has two main varieties: State Shinto , a pre-World War II variant, and another centered on Shinto shrines after World War II, in which ritual rites are the center of belief, conducted by an organization of clergy.
Shinto: The Kami Way. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-0804835572; Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen (2010). A New History of Shinto. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405155168; Rankin, Aidan (2011). Shinto: A Celebration of Life. Mantra Books. ISBN 978-1846944383; Yamakage, Motohisa (2012). The Essence of Shinto: Japan's Spiritual Heart. Kodansha International.
The text is 50 volumes in lengths and is organized by department: volumes 1–10: Department of Worship: In addition to regulating ceremonials including Daijyō-sai (the first Niiname-sai following the accession of a new emperor) and worship at Ise Grand Shrine and Saikū, this section of the Engishiki recorded liturgical texts, listed all 2,861 Shinto shrines existing at the time, except for ...
The number of Shinto shrines in Japan is estimated to be around 100,000. [8] Since ancient times, the Shake (社家) families dominated Shinto shrines through hereditary positions, and at some shrines the hereditary succession continues to present day. The Unicode character representing a Shinto shrine (for example, on maps) is U+26E9 ⛩ ...
In Article 3 of the "Regulations of the Religious Corporation 'Jinja Honcho' Agency," the regulations of the Agency as a religious corporation, the purpose of the Agency is to manage and guide shrines under its jurisdiction, promote Shinto, perform shrine rituals, educate and foster believers , support Ise Shrine, the head shrine, train priests ...
A torii gateway to the Yobito Shrine (Yobito-jinja) in Abashiri City, HokkaidoThere is no universally agreed definition of Shinto. [2] According to Joseph Cali and John Dougill, if there was "one single, broad definition of Shinto" that could be put forward, it would be that "Shinto is a belief in kami", the supernatural entities at the centre of the religion. [3]