By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer
Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Polytheism
Shinto
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
Memorials for the Unborn
Jizo Stones
Shinto Subway Shrine
Hot Sand Bath at
Takegawara Onsen, Beppu
Origins in the Nara Period (710-794)
Japanese Baths
Grandma & her 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
An interior of a Kabuki theater.
Bunraku Puppets
Bunraku Puppets
Chanoyu : Tea Ceremony
Tea Ceremony Equipment
Green Tea
A Japanese Tea Master
A Japanese Tea House
A Tea House Interior
Origami : The Art of
Japanese Paper Folding
Origami : Modern Adaptations
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
Haiku : 17-syllable poem
Spring departs.
Birds cry
Fishes' eyes are
filled with tears.
Matsuo Basho, Master of Haiku
Ikebana : The Art of
Japanese Flower Arranging
 Tallest  Heaven
 Middle  Man
 Smallest  Earth
Bonzai : A Unique Method
of Meditation
Japanese Garden for Meditation
Japanese Zen Garden
Japanese Sand Garden
Miniature Rock/Sand Garden
Shinto in Modern Furniture
Simplicity!
ARIGATO!