Kinki
Overview
Section titled “Overview”This canonical ID (27) currently groups 6 source layers with divergent titles. Milestone-1 migration preserves every layer below without inventing a single merged narrative. Status: needs-review.
Also attested under these titles
Section titled “Also attested under these titles”- Samaya
- Yubu — Steps of Yu
- Takusen — Divine Oracle
- Miyadera
- Kagura — Invite, Entertain, Send Off the Kami
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Samaya
Section titled “Layer 1: Samaya”Source file:
01_Buddhism.md
Tantric commitments binding initiate, teacher, deity, mandala and community. Specific samayas vary by tantra and lineage. They are not generic “rules” and should be documented from the relevant initiation cycle.
Reliability: A/B.
Layer 2: Yubu — Steps of Yu
Section titled “Layer 2: Yubu — Steps of Yu”Source file:
02_Daoism.md
Chinese: 禹步
An archaic ritual gait associated with Yu the Great and later absorbed into Daoist exorcism, talismanic and stellar ritual.
Descriptions vary. It can function as a limping/alternating sacred gait forming cosmological patterns.
Reliability: B.
Layer 3: Takusen — Divine Oracle
Section titled “Layer 3: Takusen — Divine Oracle”Source file:
03_Shinto.md
A divine message delivered through possession, dream revelation or another oracle process.
Possession-oracle structure
Section titled “Possession-oracle structure”Purify site; prepare medium; induce kamigakari with music/incantation/ritual action; medium speaks/acts; a saniwa may interpret; message is recorded/applied; spirit is dismissed and medium restored.
Reliability: A.
Layer 4: Miyadera
Section titled “Layer 4: Miyadera”Source file:
04_Syncretic_Japan.md
Temple-shrine complexes in which the institutional distinction between Buddhist and kami cult was deeply blended.
Reliability: B.
Related Japanese Esoteric Buddhist / Ascetic Currents
Section titled “Related Japanese Esoteric Buddhist / Ascetic Currents”Layer 5: Kagura — Invite, Entertain, Send Off the Kami
Section titled “Layer 5: Kagura — Invite, Entertain, Send Off the Kami”Source file:
08_PRIMARY_SOURCE_PROCEDURE_UPGRADES_v1_7.md
Japanese: 神楽
Authorization: PUBLIC PERFORMANCE / TRAINED MIKO OR SPECIALIST depending form
General ritual grammar
Section titled “General ritual grammar”- Purify performance area and performers.
- Establish the sacred space/seat.
- Invite the kami into the sacred area.
- Perform music and song.
- Perform dance as an offering.
- Use torimono where the form requires them.
- Worship/entertain the kami through the performance cycle.
- Complete the closing songs/dances.
- Send off the kami according to the local kagura form.
Learning
Section titled “Learning”Because satokagura contains many distinct regional systems, learn the named tradition from its shrine/community rather than a generic choreography.
Layer 6: Kinki
Section titled “Layer 6: Kinki”Source file:
13_FORBIDDEN_TABOO_RESTRICTED_INDEX_v2_1.md
Japanese: 禁忌
Class: TABOO / PROXIMITY RESTRICTION
Definition
Section titled “Definition”Avoid contact/proximity with things from which one must abstain.
Consequence belief
Section titled “Consequence belief”Breaking taboo was thought to invite injury, illness or other misfortune.
Practice interface
Section titled “Practice interface”Priests/participants observe monoimi for a defined period before ritual.