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

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

Traditional Weeping Gesture

Woman Heavenly-being Demonness

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

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!

ARIGATO!