Any Shinto followers looking to catch a bit of Christmas spirit in Japan at this time of year might head for the Hiraoka Shrine in Osaka, where there’s a laughter festival led by shrine priests…
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What exactly is Shinto? It’s a vexing and intriguing question. Ancient animism which has survived to the present day? An ancestral and tribal religion, which celebrates Japaneseness? An indigenous religion with roots in Yayoi times, or a manipulative system to … Read the rest
This month there has been a production of ‘Amaterasu’ at Kyoto’s Minami-za theatre starring Bando Tamasaburo as the lead in the famous Rock Cave myth as told in Kojiki (712). Tamasaburo is kabuki’s most famous ‘onnagata’ (female impersonator), and … Read the rest
1) A gagaku orchestra in 1980s Britain seems most unlikely. Can you tell us how that came about?
During the 1980s I was collaborating with musicians from diverse backgrounds, many of whom I had met through association with the LMC … Read the rest
Who said the following?
1) ‘It is now apparent that the ecological pragmatism of the so-called pagan religions… was a great deal more realistic in terms of conservation ethics than the more intellectual monotheistic philosophies of the revealed religions.’
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Alan Watts has been talking about ‘Man and Nature’ in the fortnightly podcasts issued under his name. Many of the points he makes relate to Shinto concepts. The integration of humans and nature in ‘Daishizen’. The way all human life … Read the rest
ISSA Shinto Essay Competition, 2013 (Sponsored by International Shinto Studies Association)
1st prize US $ 1,500 2nd prize US $ 1,000 3rd prize US $ 500
Subjects: 1) Izumo and Ise 2) Pilgrimage in Shinto
Regulations
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