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TO COME UP Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Ainu (Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Kuril, Satsumon, Susuya)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_people#Religion

http://emishi-ezo.net/culture.html

Azumi – Kyūshū

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azumi_people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy%C5%ABga_Province

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumaso

Folktales (other than in Literature)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanasaka_Jiisan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintar%C5%8D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurozuka

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezumi_no_Sum%C5%8D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crab_and_the_Monkey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shita-kiri_Suzume

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriko-hime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oto-hime

Nihon no Bukkyo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasa_Jiz%C5%8D

Haiku (Japanese poetry)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku

Kaidan (Literature)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaidan

Kojiki (Literature)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takamagahara

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojiki

Monogatari (literature)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogatari

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Uji_Sh%C5%ABi_Monogatari_stories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter

Ōbeikei

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cbeikei_Islanders

Otogi-zōshi (literature)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otogi-z%C5%8Dshi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachikazuki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issun-b%C5%8Dshi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamamo-no-Mae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawara_T%C5%8Dda_Monogatari

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urashima_Tar%C5%8D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawara_T%C5%8Dda_Monogatari

Setsuwa (literature)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Shoki

            Shinto and Ko-Shinto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko-Shint%C5%8D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_people#Religion

Shinto Ryūkyū

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyuan_religion

Shugendo

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shugend%C5%8D

Shushi-gaku (confusianism)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_neo-Confucianism

Tunaki (literature)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunbuku_Chagama

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awa_Tanuki_Gassen

Waka (Japanese poetry)
  • Nijuichidaishu – The collective name for all 21 Imperially-commissioned waka anthologies
  • Hyakunin Isshu – Fujiwara no Teika's collection of 100 poems by 100 poets
  • Kokka Taikan – An encyclopaedic collection with index, first published in 1901
  • Sankashu
  • death poem –Japanese death poem (jisei) is mostly made in waka form
  • Utakai Hajime – Emperor's waka meeting at the start of the year
  • Iroha – Old Japanese syllabary in 7-5 meter poem form
  • Kimigayo – Japanese national anthem based on a waka of early 10th century
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Yamato and Nippon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyakki_Yagy%C5%8D

Yayoi and Wa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_period

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wa_(Japan)

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