RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Izumo-Taisha, Ise Grand Shrine, Ujigami
13 Mar 2016
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The ujigami is the god of the clan, each clan has its own kami: shrines, not temples because temples are buddhist, shrines are shinto, one of the most important parts of shinto culture. 3. they are mostly in natural, rural areas made of natural materials such as bamboo to keep everything with nature: ise jingu: shrine for amaterasu omikami > one of the most important. They serve to show that later on in that road there will be a shinto shrine (the one in disney world and china. The general public cannot go beyond this rope: 3 precious articles of shinto, sword, mirror, magatama (curved jewelry) In japan, it was not seen as a religion because it was above it and so much more than a religion. It is not institutionalized (not a vatican or pope etc to connect the shrines together)
