Kamidana

Short description: Shinto altar

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Acquisition and care

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These rules apply both to one's household and to martial arts dojos.

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Examples

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Notes

↑ Shinto shrines also enshrine a Script error: The function "transl" does not exist., which can however be of a kind not normally used for Script error: The function "transl" does not exist., for example a sword, a statue or a spur.

References

↑ Basic Terms of Shinto, Kokugakuin University, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Tokyo 1985
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Bocking, Brian (1997). A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Lincolnwood, Illinois: NTC Publishing. ISBN 9780844204253. OCLC 36977290.
↑ Artstor. "Artstor" (in en). https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/SS36617_36617_32702751;prevRouteTS=1543259656534.
↑ "altar" (in en-GB). https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3800341&partId=1&images=true.

Bibliography

Ono, Sokyo, Shinto: The Kami Way, Charles E. Tuttle Company, ISBN:4-8053-0189-9

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[1] Basic Terms of Shinto, Kokugakuin University, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Tokyo 1985

[Popular_Dictionary_of_Shinto-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Bocking, Brian (1997). A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Lincolnwood, Illinois: NTC Publishing. ISBN 9780844204253. OCLC 36977290.

[4] Artstor. "Artstor" (in en). https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/SS36617_36617_32702751;prevRouteTS=1543259656534.

[5] "altar" (in en-GB). https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3800341&partId=1&images=true.