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the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga)
Shinto; Shintoism
the sun; Sol; providence; heaven; god
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
ladybug; ladybird; lady beetle; Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
Shintō Munen-ryū (school of swordsmanship founded by Fukui Hyōemon Kahei in the 18th century)
ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)
the sun; providence; god
State Shintō; nationalistic and ideological form of Shinto, abolished in 1945
Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)
Shrine Shintō; form of Shintō that focuses on worship in shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices
Folk Shinto; syncretized Shinto sect
Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation; dual-aspect Shinto
being good; being virtuous; virtuous person
five fundamental texts of Ise Shinto
Suika Shinto (fusion of Shinto with Chinese elements, esp. neo-Confucianism); Shidemasu Shinto
Sect Shintō; group of folk religious sects, as opposed to State Shintō and later Shrine Shintō
Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata); seven-spot ladybird
Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements
Imperial Household Shinto
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
Shingon Shinto; any branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings
Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Shinto Taikyo (sect of Shinto)
Shinto Taiseikyō (sect of Shinto)
Shintoist; follower of Shintoism
Hie Shinto (form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
syncretized Shinto; amalgamated Shinto
International Shinto Foundation; ISF
Sanno Shinto (branch of Shinto formed in the Tendai school of Buddhism)
Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto
Shintoshu (14th century Japanese Shinto text)
Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism)
the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo)
Goryū Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto)
Miwa Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto developed in the Muromachi Period)
Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Yokoyama Shinto (Edo-period Shinto sect promoted by Masae Yokoyama)
Unden Shinto (branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings)
Tachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana)
Uden Shinto (Shinto doctrines enunciated by Kamo no Norikiyo of Kamigamo Shrine)
Shinto Shūsei-ha (sect of Shinto)
Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)
Yumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto)
Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird; Halloween beetle
Shinto shrew (Sorex shinto)
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)