(1) Behind them, hundreds more slowly make their way up the steps in front of the hidden main sanctuary, waiting their turn to pray at Ise Jingu , Japan’s most revered Shinto shrine.
(2) The choice of venue is “very closely connected” to Abe’s strong ideological connections with Shinto and its revisionist political agenda, said John Breen, a professor of Japanese history at the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies in Kyoto.
(3) Japanese TV anchors lose their jobs amid claims of political pressure Read more “Shinto is not a universal religion, and it’s inherently nationalistic,” said Koichi Nakano, a politics professor at Sophia University in Tokyo.
(4) Abe and his allies belong to a conservative school of thought that seeks closer military ties to Washington, yet want to roll back reforms made during the US-led postwar occupation, which began with the then emperor, Hirohito, renouncing his divine status as a “living god” and marked the end of state Shinto’s role as the spiritual bedrock of Japanese militarism.
(5) Until that point, the archbishops had been the high priests of English Shinto: in other words, the church's job was really just to [enable us to] worship the monarchy and, by extension, ourselves.
(6) But given that this religious site is central to the larger political vision Abe has in common with the Shinto Association for Spiritual Leadership, it will undoubtedly be viewed by critics as a strategy to gain legitimacy for their shared neonationalist agenda.” A Japanese government official played down speculation that Abe would attempt to make political capital out of a leaders’ visit to Ise Jingu.
(7) Rows erupt periodically over the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, which, in Shinto belief, houses the spirits or souls of soldiers who died fighting for the emperor.
(8) Just 44 MPs belonged to the Shinto association in 1984, but by 2014 the number had grown to 268, or 37 percent of all parliamentarians.
(9) Abe, the official said, “will be determined not to project any perception” that he is ignoring the constitutional separation of religion and state, adding: “Ise Jingu is a place where silence is golden, and politicking of any sort is its worst enemy.” Kikuko Nishide, who runs a small museum near Ise Jingu, said she hoped G7 leaders would “experience the power of the forests and the shrine buildings and get a proper feel for Shinto and the spirit of the Japanese people”.
(10) I already felt rather uncomfortable when Barack Obama was taken to Meiji Shrine last time he visited Japan , and it would be no less disturbing to see the G7 leaders being used to legitimise Shinto, given its reactionary and nationalistic positions on so many issues.” Many of the Shinto association’s aims overlap with those of another increasingly influential group, Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference), whose 38,000 members, including Abe and most of his cabinet, believe that Japan “liberated” Asia from Western colonial powers, and that the postwar constitution has emasculated the country’s “true, original characteristics”.
(11) Shinto gives him a direct link to pure Japaneseness, unsullied by association with dominant powers and their alien traditions.” Japan’s foreign ministry confirmed this week that G7 leaders will take time out of their discussions to visit Ise Jingu.
(12) First, ancient burial customs and death-related rituals associated with Shinto and Buddhism are examined.
(13) On a warm spring evening, groups of European tourists pause outside restaurants offering special deals on oysters – a local delicacy – and board pleasure boats to Miyajima , an island famous for its wild deer and “floating” Shinto shrine.
(14) Her dedication earned Tama the posthumous status of Shinto goddess, in keeping with the indigenous Japanese religion’s practice of honouring animal deities.
(15) Religion, a major theme in cultural nutrition, is explored and the food-dietary patterns of Jews, Christians, Moslems, Hindus, and Shintos are treated.
(16) The tongue and lingual papillae of the Japanese Insectivora, the Shinto shrew (Sorex caecuiens saevus), the long-clawed shrew (S. unguiculatus), the dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi dsinezumi) and the Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale himalyica platycephala), were observed by scanning electron microscope.
(17) But its role at the heart of the Abe-led Shinto revival would make a G7 leaders’ visit more than a carefree stroll admiring the shrine’s sprawling ancient forest and crystal-clear river.
(18) There's Nisaba the Babylonian goddess who looks after the stores of both grain and knowledge in Mesopotamia; the Hindu goddess Saraswati; the Zoroastrian Anahita; the ancient Greek Athena; and the Shinto Omoikane (a fine goddess of holistic thought and multitasking).
(19) Rising nationalist sentiment in Japan was also on display on Thursday when Abe visited a controversial Shinto shrine honouring Japan's war dead that China views as a memorial to war criminals.
(20) In some species of Japanese Soricoidea, Sorex shinto, Mogera wogura wogura, Mogera wogura kobeae, Dymecodon pilirostris, and Urotrichus talpoides, the cytoarchitecture of the eyeball and its accessory organs, the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus, the superior colliculus, the lateral posterior nucleus of the thalamus and the visual cortex were investigated in correlation with life habits.
Shintoist
Definition:
(n.) An adherent of Shintoism.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the latter group, the F value for Shintoists also decreased with marriage year.