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Kashima Shrine

Kashima Shrine (???? Kashima-jingu) is a shrine dedicated to the Shinto

Shinto

is the former state religion of Japan and remains the most common name for the nation's non-Buddhist ethnic religion practices. It was formed from disparate local mythologies, beginning with the Kojiki of 712, into an imperial cult called State Shinto that solidified in the Meiji period....
kami

Kami

is the Japanese language word for the spirits within objects in the Shinto faith. The oldest surviving record of their creation is in the Kojiki of 712....
Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto, one of the patron deity of martial arts. Dojo

Dojo

A is a Japanese language term which literally means "place of the Tao". Initially, dojo were adjunct to temples. The term can refer to a formal training place for any of the Japanese do arts but typically it is considered the formal gathering place for students of any Japanese martial arts style to conduct training, examinations and other rela...
of kenjutsu

Kenjutsu

, meaning "the art of the sword", is a term for classical Japanese sword arts , in particular those which predate the Meiji Restoration. It is sometimes used more generally to describe any martial art which makes use of the Japanese sword....
and kendo

Kendo

, meaning ":wiktionary:? of the :wiktionary:?", is a modern Japanese people martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional Japanese swordsmanship, or Kenjutsu....
sometimes display a kakejiku emblazoned with Kashima Taishin (????, an alternate name for Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto).

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Kashima Shrine (???? Kashima-jingu) is a shrine dedicated to the Shinto

Shinto

is the former state religion of Japan and remains the most common name for the nation's non-Buddhist ethnic religion practices. It was formed from disparate local mythologies, beginning with the Kojiki of 712, into an imperial cult called State Shinto that solidified in the Meiji period....
kami

Kami

is the Japanese language word for the spirits within objects in the Shinto faith. The oldest surviving record of their creation is in the Kojiki of 712....
Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto, one of the patron deity of martial arts. Dojo

Dojo

A is a Japanese language term which literally means "place of the Tao". Initially, dojo were adjunct to temples. The term can refer to a formal training place for any of the Japanese do arts but typically it is considered the formal gathering place for students of any Japanese martial arts style to conduct training, examinations and other rela...
of kenjutsu

Kenjutsu

, meaning "the art of the sword", is a term for classical Japanese sword arts , in particular those which predate the Meiji Restoration. It is sometimes used more generally to describe any martial art which makes use of the Japanese sword....
and kendo

Kendo

, meaning ":wiktionary:? of the :wiktionary:?", is a modern Japanese people martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional Japanese swordsmanship, or Kenjutsu....
sometimes display a kakejiku emblazoned with Kashima Taishin (????, an alternate name for Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto). The shrine is located in Kashima, Ibaraki

Kashima, Ibaraki

is a port cities of Japan located on the Pacific Ocean in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is sometimes considered to be part of the Greater Tokyo Area....
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See also

Kashima-Shinryu
Kashima-Shinryu

is a nearly 500 years old Japanese koryu martial art. The art was somewhat popularized in the 20th century by Kunii Zen'ya , the 18th generation soke ....
Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryu
Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryu

, often referred to simply as Jikishinkage-ryu or Kashima Shinden, is a traditional school of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship . The school was founded in the mid-sixteenth century, based upon older styles of swordsmanship, and is one of the few ancient Japanese martial arts schools still existing today....
Kashima Shinto-ryu
Kashima Shinto-ryu

is a traditional school of Japanese martial arts founded by Tsukahara Bokuden in the Muromachi period .Due to its formation during the tumultuous Sengoku Jidai, a time of feudal war, the school's techniques are based on battlefield experience and revolve around finding weak points in the opponent's armor....
Deer (mythology)
Deer (mythology)

Deer have significant roles in the mythology of various peoples....
List of Jingu
List of Jingu

Jingu is a name for a Shinto shrine connected to the Imperial House of Japan....

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