Sanno ichijitsu shinto — Also known as Tendai Shinto, Hie Shinto, Sanno Shinto. A tradition of ritual, cosmology and art which developed within the esoteric Tendai tradition based at Mt. Hiei, whose guardian deity sanno mountain king was regarded as a manifestation or … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Sanno shinto — = Sanno ichijitsu shinto … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Sanno — Mountain king . It refers to sanno gongen the pre Meiji name of the guardian deity of Mt. Hiei north east of Kyoto, site of the great temple shrine complex formed around the Tendai Buddhist Enryaku ji originally founded by Saicho (Dengyo… … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Shinto — Shintoist, n., adj. /shin toh/, n. 1. Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship. adj. 2. Also, Shintoistic. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Shinto. [ < Japn shinto, earlier shintau … Universalium
Ryobu Shinto — Two sided or Dual Shinto. The full name is Ryobu shugo shinto or Daishiryu shinto. An interpretation of kami beliefs and practices developed in the Kamakura period and maintained by the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism. It holds that the… … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Ryōbu Shintō — ▪ Japanese religion (Japanese: “Dual Aspect Shintō”),also called Shingon Shintō, in Japanese religion, the syncretic school that combined Shintō with the teachings of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. The school developed during the late… … Universalium
Dengyo Daishi — (767 822) The posthumous name of Saicho, an outstanding medieval Buddhist monk and founder of the Tendai sect in Japan, whose main monastic complex was founded at Enryakuji on Mt. Hiei outside Kyoto. He spent his early monastic training in… … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Honji-suijaku — The Hon(ji) (sui)jaku root essence and trace manifestation doctrine was developed by Tendai and Nichiren Buddhist chroniclers (kike) to explain the relationship between the eternal Buddha and the Indian Buddha Shakyamuni in Chapter 2 of the… … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Shinbutsu shugo — Amalgamation of Buddhas and kami . A rather vague term applied to the syncretism or synthesis of Buddhism with local religious practices from the Nara period onwards. In line with its assimilative philosophy Buddhism adopted local spirits as… … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto
Nikko Toshogu — The mausoleum at Nikko of Tokugawa, Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun, renowned for the beauty of the shrine and its setting. It was built in richly decorative gongenzukuri style by the Tendai Buddhist monk Tenkai who successfully wrested the … A Popular Dictionary of Shinto