ubusuna no kami 産土神

tutelary of place of birth.

See Basic Terms of Shinto: Ubusuna no kami.

Links

• ubusunagami / The Origin of Rites of Worship Within The Local Community (by HARADA Toshiaki)
• Ubusuna / Religious Space in the Village As Seen through Festival and Legend (by MOGI Sakae)
• ubusuna no kami / Amenominakanushi no Kami in Late Tokugawa Period Kokugaku (by SASAKI Kiyoshi)
• Ubusuna no ôkami / Sano Tsunehiko and "Divine Principle (Shinri)" (by INOUE Nobutaka)

[Hikonagisatake] Ugayafukiaezu no mikoto 〔ヒコナギサタケ〕ウガヤフキアエズ (記: 〔日子波限建〕鵜葺草葺不合命、紀: 彦波瀲武?〓[茲鳥]草葺不合尊)

Ugayafukiahezu.

A kami appearing in Kiki mythology. The offspring of Hohodemi (the son of Ninigi) and Toyotamabime (daughter of the sea kami Watatsumi). Fathered Kamuyamatoiwarebiko (Emperor Jinmu) with Tamayoribime, who had raised the kami.

Links

• Ugayafukiahezu / "Alone among Women": A Comparative Mythic Analysis of the Development of Amaterasu Theology (by MATSUMURA Kazuo)

Uiyamabumi 宇比山踏

A one-volume work written by Motoori Norinaga, completed in 1798 and published the following year. Following completion of his Kojiki-den, Motoori used this work to discuss his scholarly views and positions for his disciples, explaining his areas and methods of research.

Links

• Uiyamabumi / Magatsubi no Kami and Motoori Norinaga's Theology (by UEDA Kenji)

ujibito, ujiudo 氏人

clan member.

Among the clans of ancient Japan, the class of people who were rulers and ritualists.

Links

• ujibito / The Origin of Rites of Worship Within The Local Community (by HARADA Toshiaki)

ujigami 氏神

tutelary kami.

See Basic Terms of Shinto: Ujigami.

Links

• ujigami / The Origin of Rites of Worship Within The Local Community (by HARADA Toshiaki)
• ujigami / Festival and Sacred Transgression (by SONODA Minoru)
• ujigami / Religious Space in the Village As Seen through Festival and Legend (by MOGI Sakae)
• Ujigami / The Life of a Shamaness: Scenes from the Shamanism of Northeastern Japan (by KAWAMURA Kunimitsu)
• ujigami / Immanent Legitimation: Reflections on the "Kami Concept" (by Norman Havens)
• ujigami / Secularity and profanation in Japanese religion (SONODA Minoru)

ujiko 氏子

shrine parishioner.

See Basic Terms of Shinto: Ujiko.

Links

• parishioners / Local Newspaper Coverage of Folk Shamans in Aomori Prefecture (by IKEGAMI Yoshimasa)

ujiko sôdai 氏子総代

parish group representative.

See Basic Terms of Shinto: Ujiko kai.

Links

• ujiko sôdai / Festival and Sacred Transgression (by SONODA Minoru)
• ujiko sôdai / Religious Space in the Village As Seen through Festival and Legend (by MOGI Sakae)

Ukemochi ウケモチ (紀: 保食神)

A kami appearing in the Nihon Shoki. Ukemochi means one who rules over foodstuffs. One theory identifies Ukemochi with the kami Oˆgetsuhime. After Ukemochi was slain by Tsukuyomi, various grains and domestic animals were said to have been produced from her corpse.

Links

• Ukemochi / "Alone among Women": A Comparative Mythic Analysis of the Development of Amaterasu Theology (by MATSUMURA Kazuo)

Ushitora no Konjin 艮の金神

The kami whom Deguchi Nao of Ômoto-kyô preached would overturn and rebuild the world. Originally, Konjin was a deity worshiped as part of Onmyôdô divination, and was believed to change residential direction depending upon the year, month, or season, and was believed responsible for violent human deaths and other curses. This cult merged with beliefs in unlucky directions; Konjin was particularly feared when in the ushitora or northeast direction. In Konko-kyô, which was founded at the end of the Edo period, Konjin was developed as a savior. Deguchi Nao was influenced by these ideas.

Links

• Ushitora no Konjin / Sano Tsunehiko and "Divine Principle (Shinri)" (by INOUE Nobutaka)

utsushiyo 顕世

See Basic Terms of Shinto: Utsushiyo.

Links

• utsushiyo / Amenominakanushi no Kami in Late Tokugawa Period Kokugaku (by SASAKI Kiyoshi)