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miko
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thumb|Modern miko in Meiji Shrine, [[Tokyo, in 2000]]
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Appearance
- Definition
- Mikoism
- History
- Traditional training
- Contemporary {{Transliteration|ja|miko}}
- See also
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
thumb|Modern miko in Meiji Shrine, [[Tokyo, in 2000]]
A , or shrine maiden, is a young priestess who works at a Shinto shrine. were once likely seen as shamans, but are understood in modern Japanese culture to be an institutionalized role in daily life, trained to perform tasks ranging from sacred cleansing to performing the sacred dance.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “miko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.