Meanings

building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the highest ground

building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground

Thunberg's lespedeza (Lespedeza thunbergii)

Gemini (3rd zodiacal sign)

Pisces (12th zodiacal sign)

Sagittarius (9th zodiacal sign)

Virgo (6th zodiacal sign)

Aries (1st zodiacal sign)

Aquarius (11th zodiacal sign)

Sagittarius (9th zodiacal sign)

second most important provincial shrine

Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)

most important provincial shrine

Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)

transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)

first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)

fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

Toyouke Shrine (the outer shrine of Ise Shrine)

Jingu-kyo (sect of Shinto, dissolved in 1899)

organization of shrine parishioners in a hamlet