Religion

1. By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer
Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. Shinto
Polytheism
Minimize
sin &
guilt

3. Amaterasu : Sun Goddess

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

5. Tree kami surrounded by
sacred boundaries

6. 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

21. Noh Theater :
8-man chorus

22. Noh Theater
The Play
Aoi no Ue

23. Noh Theater
Traditional
Weeping
Gesture
Woman Heavenly-being Demonness
Old Man Warrior Demon God

24. Kabuki Theater
An interior of a Kabuki theater.

25. Bunraku Puppets

26. Bunraku Puppets

27. Chanoyu : Tea Ceremony

28. Tea Ceremony Equipment
Green Tea

29. A Japanese Tea Master

30. A Japanese Tea House

31. A Tea House Interior

32. Origami : The Art of
Japanese Paper Folding

33. Origami : Modern Adaptations

34. Calligraphy

35. Calligraphy

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

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

38. Bonzai : A Unique Method
of Meditation

39. Japanese Garden for Meditation

40. Japanese Zen Garden

41. Japanese Sand Garden

42. Miniature Rock/Sand Garden

43. Shinto in Modern Furniture
Simplicity!

44. ARIGATO!