By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Shinto
Polytheism
Minimize sin & guilt
Amaterasu : Sun Goddess
Union of Izanami & Izanagi
Wedded Rocks at Futami no Ura
Tree kami surrounded by sacred boundaries
Torii Gate, Miyajima Island
Torii Gate in Winter
A Tunnel of Torii Gates Inari Mt., Kyoto
Shinto Temple – “worship hall”
Traditional Shinto Wedding Today
Prayers, Thoughts, & Wishes at a Shinto Shrine
Memorials for the Unborn
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
Traditional Weeping Gesture
Woman Heavenly-being Demonness
Old Man Warrior Demon God
Kabuki Theater
An interior of a Kabuki theater.
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
Haiku : 17-syllable poem
Matsuo Basho, Master of Haiku
Spring departs. Birds cry Fishes' eyes are filled with tears.
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!