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    The document provides an overview of key aspects of Shintoism and traditional Japanese culture through a series of images with brief captions. It begins with an introduction to polytheism and Shinto beliefs such as worship of kami or spirits. The rest of the document is organized around themes of Shinto shrines and practices, traditional Japanese performing arts like Noh theater and Bunraku puppets, cultural traditions such as the tea ceremony and haiku poetry, and artistic practices including ikebana flower arranging, bonsai, and zen gardens. The overall summary focuses on how the document uses images to illustrate major elements of Shinto religion and traditional Japanese cultural forms.

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    The document provides an overview of key aspects of Shintoism and traditional Japanese culture through a series of images with brief captions. It begins with an introduction to polytheism and Shinto beliefs such as worship of kami or spirits. The rest of the document is organized around themes of Shinto shrines and practices, traditional Japanese performing arts like Noh theater and Bunraku puppets, cultural traditions such as the tea ceremony and haiku poetry, and artistic practices including ikebana flower arranging, bonsai, and zen gardens. The overall summary focuses on how the document uses images to illustrate major elements of Shinto religion and traditional Japanese cultural forms.

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    By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

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    Dennis Bonifacio
    The document provides an overview of key aspects of Shintoism and traditional Japanese culture through a series of images with brief captions. It begins with an introduction to polytheism and Shinto beliefs such as worship of kami or spirits. The rest of the document is organized around themes of Shinto shrines and practices, traditional Japanese performing arts like Noh theater and Bunraku puppets, cultural traditions such as the tea ceremony and haiku poetry, and artistic practices including ikebana flower arranging, bonsai, and zen gardens. The overall summary focuses on how the document uses images to illustrate major elements of Shinto religion and traditional Japanese cultural forms.

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    By: Ms. Susan M.

    Pojer
    Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
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    Worship

    Polytheism

    Hype
    Natio r-
    nalism

    Shinto
    Shinto
    Great
    Creator

    The
    W
    of th orld
    e kam
    i
    Minimize
    sin &
    guilt
    Amaterasu : Sun
    Goddess
    Wedded Rocks at Futami no Ura

    Union of Izanami &


    Izanagi
    Tree kami surrounded by
    sacred boundaries
    Torii Gate, Miyajima Island
    Torii Gate in Winter
    Torii Gate
    A Tunnel of Torii Gates
    Inari Mt., Kyoto
    Torii Gong
    Shinto Temple – “worship hall”
    Shinto Priest
    Traditional Shinto Wedding
    Today
    Prayers, Thoughts, & Wishes
    at a Shinto Shrine
    Memorials for the Unborn
    Jizo Stones
    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 Demonness

    Traditional
    Weeping
    Gesture

     Old Man Warrior Demon God


    Kabuki Theater

    An interior of a Kabuki theater.


    Bunraku Puppets
    Bunraku Puppets
    Chanoyu : 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
    Bonzai : A Unique Method
    of Meditation
    Japanese Garden for Meditation
    Japanese Zen Garden
    Japanese Sand Garden
    Miniature Rock/Sand
    Garden
    Shinto in Modern Furniture

    Simplicity!
    ARIGATO!

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