On October 26 the International Shinto Foundation is running a seminar and discussion to mark the completion of the shikinen sengu (fixed term renewal) of Ise (20 year cycle) and Izumo (60 year cycle). The event which will take place … Read the rest
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This is Part Two of an interview with Dean Brodrick, who ran a 1980s gagaku group in London. (For Part One, click here.)
4) What venues did you play at, and how was the reaction?
I think we played … 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
This is the second part of an interview with Christian Grübl, a qualified Yamabushi monk who is introducing Shugendo to Austria. (For the first part, click here.)
Personally, as someone who spent childhood holidays at Wolfgangsee in the … Read the rest
Shugendo (mountain asceticism) used to be one of Japan’s best-kept secrets, mainly because it was banned by the Meiji ideologues in 1872 and not made legal again until 1942. That it survived is testimony to its robustness and to … Read the rest
Congratulation to Green Shinto friend, Aike Rots, who has just completed his dissertation on Sacred Forests in Japan. His research took him to some of the most interesting shrines working along environmental principles, as documented in a previous posting… Read the rest
The arts-oriented, universalist Oomoto Shinto sect will be running a programme in August aimed at foreigners interested in learning more about them. It is held at Kameoka and Ayabe, near Kyoto. and programme details are below. I’m told that … Read the rest