Shinto priest
Japanese temple officiant
A Shinto priest is a religious officiant at a Shinto shrine in Japan, performing rituals, ceremonies, and purification rites to honor the kami (spirits or deities).
Priests oversee festivals, weddings, and blessings, serving as intermediaries between worshippers and the sacred.
The Japanese term is kannushi.
Both men and women may serve, though historically the role was male-dominated.
- kamiShinto sacred spirits
- Japanese mythologySacred tales of Japan
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- shrineSacred devotional place
- haidenOuter worship hall
offerings · purification · spiritual guidance · sacred trees · blessings · ceremonial attire · white robes · prayers · festivals · sacred dance · divination · amulets · prayer beads · ancestor veneration · spirit medium · altar · lanterns · jinja
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Ordained follower of Buddha
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