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It shows how the statue had been worshipped not as an individual but as Daigongen, a Buddhist deity in the form of a Shinto god. The statue was previously owned by the chief priest of Senryuin ...

Also within in the complex is the Jishu Shrine, a red-lacquered temple dedicated to Okuninushi-no-mikoto, the Shinto god of love. Visitors who can successfully walk between two stones outside of ...

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Aioi-no-yashiro, a small shrine on the grounds of Shimogamo Jinja Shrine in Kyoto, is known to have a “god of matchmaking ... It spread from Shinto shrines to Buddhist temples and was quite ...

Fujita is influenced by gagaku, a classical style of Japanese music with roots in ancient Shinto ceremonies ... with divine vessels through which God can know herself. Enlightenment arrives ...