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Kannushi (神主, "divine
master (of ceremonies)",
originally pronounced kamunushi), also
called shinshoku (神職,
meaning "employee/worker of kami"), is the...
- long-abandoned
practice saw miko
engage in ****ual
intercourse with a
kannushi, who
would represent the kami. Any
resulting child would be considered...
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presented to the kami (spirits or gods) by parishioners,
shrine maidens or
kannushi priests. The ****anese word
tamagushi is
usually written with the kanji...
- at the
entrance to the main
shrine of
Kasuga Taisha. A
Kannushi waves Onusa at a car
Kannushi holding onusa seemingly made from
sakaki branches Hossu...
- traditions.
Although often confused with miko,
there are also
women among the
kannushi (Shinto priests), who
wears different clothing than that of the miko. The...
- shakaku-ranked
Shinto shrines in ****an. Commonly,
shinkan were
officially appointed kannushi.
According to the 1884 Daijō-kan decree,
shinkan is an
official who has...
-
Battle of Aizu. Katamori's life was spared, and he
later became the head
kannushi of the Nikkō Tōshō-gū shrine. He,
along with his
three brothers Matsudaira...
- is not
uncommon for the
clergy to be
female priestesses. The
priests (
kannushi) may be ****isted by miko,
young unmarried women acting as
shrine maidens...
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Shinto shrines Shinto architecture Twenty-Two
Shrines Practices Festivals Kannushi Miko
Music Ritual dance Ritual incantations Ritual purification See also...
- all the
defrocked bettō and shasō were told to
become "shrine priests" (
kannushi) and
return to
their shrines.
Monks of the
Nichiren sect were told not...
