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Shintō blessing Japan: Religious affiliation Shintō monks kamidana butsudan
A traditional Shintō wedding ceremony in Japan
Ise Shrine Ise Shrine: Inner Shrine Yashima Gakutei: depiction of Confucius bodhisattva
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Shintō blessing
Shintō monks
kamidana
butsudan
Ise Shrine
Ise Shrine: Inner Shrine
Yashima Gakutei: depiction of Confucius
bodhisattva
Taishi Shōtoku: ink drawing
Hōryū Temple
A traditional Shintō wedding ceremony in Japan
Explore the Okunoin Cemetery on Mount Kōya, a pilgrimage site surrounding the mausoleum of Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi), founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism
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Anezaki Masaharu
Japanese scholar