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Shintoism. No founder Native to Japan Similarities to Animism Blended in modern times with Buddhism. Ancestor Worship. Shinto. Respect for nature. The World of the kami. Torii Gate, Miyajima Island. Torii Gate in Winter. Torii Gate. A Tunnel of Torii Gates Inari Mt., Kyoto.
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Shintoism • No founder • Native to Japan • Similarities to Animism • Blended in modern times with Buddhism
AncestorWorship Shinto Respect for nature The Worldof the kami
Hot Sand Bath at Takegawara Onsen, Beppu Origins in the Nara Period (710-794)
Japanese Baths Grandma & her grandson
Shintoism in traditional Japanese culture
Noh Theater The PlayAoi no Ue
Noh Theater Woman Heavenly-being Demoness TraditionalWeepingGesture Old Man Warrior Demon God
Kabuki Theater An interior of a Kabuki theater.
Tea Ceremony Equipment Green Tea
Haiku : 17-syllable poem Spring departs.Birds cryFishes' eyes are filled with tears. Matsuo Basho, Master of Haiku
Ikebana : The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging • Tallest Heaven • Middle Man • Smallest Earth
Shinto in Modern Furniture Simplicity!
Kami are represented No clear good/evil Bathhouse represents importance of “cleansing” Chihiro…brat to responsible young girl Stink spirit in bathhouse…comment on pollution NoFace-spirit of lost soul/regret/feeds off of emotions of others Spirited Away