2. WHAT IS IT? Polytheistic religion in which the following are worshipped: Kami (spirits) Ancestors Everything in nature – rocks, trees, the sun, animals, etc.

3. Shinto Polytheism Ancestor Worship Hyper- Nationalism The World of the kami Minimize sin & guilt Great Creator

4. Union of Izanami & Izanagi Wedded Rocks at Futami no Ura

5. Tree kami surrounded by sacred boundaries

6. Represents the entrance to Shinto shrines Torii Gate, Miyajima Island

7. Torii Gate in Winter

8. Torii Gate

9. A Tunnel of Torii Gates Inari Mt., Kyoto

10. Torii Gong

11. Shinto Temple – “worship hall”

12. Shinto Priest

13. Traditional Shinto Wedding Today

14. Prayers, Thoughts, & Wishes at a Shinto Shrine

15. Memorials for the Unborn

16. Jizo Stones

17. Shinto Subway Shrine

18. Hot Sand Bath at Takegawara Onsen, Beppu Origins in the Nara Period (710-794)

19. Japanese Baths Grandma & her grandson

20. KOREA CHINA ►Art/Architecture ►Fashion, Food & Tea ► Pagoda ► ►

22. HIGHEST VIRTUES = ___________________ & ___________________

23. Noh Theater : 8-man chorus

24. Noh Theater The Play Aoi no Ue

25. Noh Theater Traditional Weeping Gesture Woman Heavenly-beingDemonness Woman Heavenly-beingDemonness Old Man Warrior Demon God Old Man Warrior Demon God

26. Kabuki Theater An interior of a Kabuki theater.

27. Bunraku Puppets

29. Chanoyu : Tea Ceremony

30. Tea Ceremony Equipment Green Tea

31. A Japanese Tea Master

32. A Japanese Tea House

33. A Tea House Interior

34. Origami : The Art of Japanese Paper Folding

35. Origami : Modern Adaptations

36. Calligraphy

38. Haiku : 17-syllable poem Matsuo Basho, Master of Haiku Spring departs. Birds cry Fishes' eyes are filled with tears.

39. Ikebana : The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging e Tallest  Heaven e Middle  Man e Smallest  Earth

40. Bonzai : A Unique Method of Meditation

41. Japanese Garden for Meditation

42. Japanese Zen Garden

43. Japanese Sand Garden

44. Miniature Rock/Sand Garden

45. Shinto in Modern Furniture Simplicity!

46. ARIGATO!