Transcript Shintoism - Audra Schmitt

•No founder
•Native to Japan
•Similarities to Animism
•Blended in modern times with
Buddhism
Respect for
nature
Shinto
Torii Gate, Miyajima
Island
Torii Gate in Winter
Torii Gate
A Tunnel of Torii Gates
Inari Mt., Kyoto
Torii Gate at EPCOT
Torii Gong
Shinto Temple – “worship
hall”
Shinto Priest
Traditional Shinto
Wedding Today
Prayers, Thoughts, &
Wishes
at a Shinto Shrine
Jizo Stones
Memorials for the Unborn
Japanese Stupa
Shinto Subway Shrine
Hot Sand Bath at
Takegawara Onsen, Beppu
Origins in the Nara Period (710-794)
Japanese Baths
Grandma & her grandson
Noh Theater :
8-man chorus
Noh Theater
The Play
Aoi no Ue
Noh Theater
Woman
Heavenly-being
Demoness
Old Man
Warrior
Demon God
Traditional
Weeping
Gesture
Kabuki
Theater
An interior of a Kabuki theater.
Bunraku Puppets
Bunraku Puppets
Tea Ceremony
Tea Ceremony
Equipment
Green Tea
A Japanese Tea
Master
A Japanese Tea
House
A Tea House Interior
Origami : The Art of
Japanese Paper Folding
Origami : Modern
Adaptations
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
Haiku : 17-syllable
poem
Spring departs.
Birds cry
Fishes' eyes are
filled with tears.
Matsuo Basho, Master of Haiku
Ikebana : The Art of
Japanese Flower
Arranging
 Tallest  Heaven
 Middle  Man
 Smallest  Earth
Bonsai : A Unique Method
of Meditation
Japanese Garden for
Meditation
Japanese Zen Garden
Japanese Sand Garden
Miniature Rock/Sand
Garden
Shinto in Modern
Furniture
Simplicity!
Spirited Away
• Kami are represented
• No clear good/evil
• Bathhouse represents importance of
“cleansing”
• Chihiro…brat to responsible young girl
• Stink spirit in bathhouse…comment on
pollution
• NoFace-spirit of lost soul/regret/feeds off
of emotions of others
ARIGATO!