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kami
"gods" the deities of heaven and earth worshipped by Japanese people
-can also refer to spirit in human beings, trees, plants, seas, mountains
-gods or humans with godlike powers
Kojiki*
"Chronicles of ancient Events"
-a major source of Japanese mythology
-7th-8th century
-written in phonetic chinese is 3 parts or "rolls"
-includes stories that describe creation of Japanese island by 2 kami (izanagi and izanami- divine parents)
Amaterasu
sun goddess-
chief of the spirits
Bushido*
"the way of the fighting knight" (samurai)
- loyal to his master in the hierarchy of the feudal system
-must have great courage
-above all a man of honor
-be polite to his master and people of higher authority
-be a gentlemen in every sense
-suicide is honorable
seppuku
the warrior is expected to kill himself in a slow painful manner and split open his stomach for his intestines to fall out
three forms of shinto
1. State Shinto
2. Sectarian Shinto
3. Domestic Shinto
torii
worldwide symbol
-Japanese archway that visitors approach at the Grand Imperial Shrine at Ise
Shogatsu
New Year
-most widely celebrated holiday
-Jan 1-6
-special food, purification of households, offerings to ancestors
-gongs are struck at midnight
Autumn Festival*
November 23-24
-combination of agricultural and Shinto holiday
-emperor offers first fruits of autumn harvest to Amaterasu and other kami of Ise