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- A kannushi (神主, "divine master (of ceremonies)", originally pronounced kamunushi), also called shinshoku (神職, meaning "employee/worker of kami"), is a...
- often confused with miko, there are also women among the kannushi (Shinto priests). The kannushi wear clothing different from that of the miko. The traditional...
- all the defrocked bettō and shasō were told to become "shrine priests" (kannushi) and return to their shrines. In addition, monks of the Nichiren sect were...
- is not uncommon for the clergy to be female priestesses. The priests (kannushi) may be ****isted by miko, young unmarried women acting as shrine maidens...
- long-abandoned practice saw miko engage in ****ual intercourse with a kannushi, who would represent the kami. Any resulting child would be considered...
- is called a kannushi (神主, lit. "Master of the kami"), originally pronounced kamunushi, sometimes referred to as a shinshoku (神職). A kannushi is the person...
- and jinja public shrines. The latter are staffed by priests, known as kannushi, who oversee offerings of food and drink to the specific kami enshrined...
- Practices Festivals Ritual dance Music Ritual purification Ritual incantations Kannushi Miko See also Religion in ****an Glossary of Shinto Syncretism of Shinto...
- shakaku-ranked Shinto shrines in ****an. Commonly, shinkan were officially appointed kannushi. According to the 1884 Daijō-kan decree, shinkan is an official who has...
- 1971 in Asaminami, Hiroshima, Hiroshima) is a ****anese voice actor and kannushi. He is the member of TAB Production. Gen in Barefoot Gen Ogasawara Yuunosuke...