By: Ms. Susan M.

Pojer
Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
 Ancestor
Worship

Polytheism

Hype
Natio r-
nalism

Shinto
Great
Creator

The
W
of th orld
e kam
i
Minimize
sin &
guilt
Amaterasu : Sun
Goddess
Wedded Rocks at Futami no Ura

Union of Izanami & Izanagi

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
Ojizo: Memorials
for the Unborn
Shinto Subway Shrine
 Hot Sand Bath at
Takegahara Onsen, Beppu

Origins in the Nara Period (710-794)

 Japanese Baths:
Grandma & Grandson
Noh Theater :
8-man chorus
Noh Theater

The Play
Aoi no Ue
 Noh Theater

Woman Heavenly-being Demonness

Traditional
Weeping
Gesture

 Old Man Warrior Demon God

Kabuki Theater

Morph to Kabuki
Actor
Bunraku Puppets
Bunraku Puppets
Chanoyu : Tea
Ceremony
 Tea Ceremony
Equipment

Green Tea
A Japanese Tea Master
A Japanese Tea House
 Origami : The Art of
Japanese Paper Folding
 Origami : The Art of
Japanese Paper Folding
 Haiku : 17-syllable
poem

Spring departs.
Birds cry
Fishes' eyes are
filled with tears.

Matsuo Basho, Master of Haiku

Calligraphy
 Ikebana : The Art of
Japanese Flower Arranging

 Tallest --> Heaven

 Middle --> Man
 Smallest --> Earth
Bonzai : A Unique Method
of Meditation
Japanese Zen Rock
Garden
Japanese Zen Rock
Garden
Shinto in Modern Furniture

Simplicity!
Japanese Sand Garden
Japanese Sand Garden
ARIGATO!