| Amaterasu | The sun-goddess, the chief deity worshipped in Shintoism |
| Bushido Code | Literally, “the warrior-knight-way”. The code practiced by the military class of the feudal period (Samurai) |
| Emperor Meiji | The Japanese emperor who established Shinto as the state religion of Japan |
| Harakiri | Ceremonial suicide committed by the Bushido warrior as atonement for failure or bad judgment (death was to be preferred to disgrace) |
| Hondon | Inner sanctuary of a Shinto shrine in which is housed the Shintai, or “god body” |
| Izanagi | The “female-who-invites”; the female deity who, in Shinto myth, gave birth to the eight islands of Japan |
| Izanami | The “male-who-invites”; the male deity who, along with the female deity Izanagi, produced the Japanese islands and Japanese people |
| Jigai | Method of suicide consisting of cutting the jugular vein; committed by females as an atonement for their sins |
| Kami | Sacred power found in both animate and inanimate objects; this power is deified in Shintoism |
| Kami Dama | “The god shelf” found in private homes on which are placed memorial tablets with names of an ancestor or deity inscribed on it |
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