onmyōji
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right|thumb|300x300px|From the Nara picture book "Tamamo-no-Mae," published in the early [[Edo period, depicting an onmyōji performing divination with counting rods. From the collection of the Kyoto University Library.]]
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- Instance of
- profession
- Subclass of
- fortune teller
- Image
- Tamamonomae Onmyoji.jpg
- Field of occupation
- Onmyōdō
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- topic's main category
- Category:Onmyōji
- native label
- 陰陽師
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- Onmyōji
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Introduction of the yin-and-yang five phases philosophy and the establishment of the Bureau of Onmyō
- Changes in the treatment of onmyōji under the ritsuryō system
- Onmyōdō as a religion and the deification of onmyōji in the Heian period
- The rise of samurai society and the fall of the official onmyōji
- The revival of the official onmyōji and the rise of the private onmyōji in the early modern period
- The policy of eliminating onmyōji in modern times and modern onmyōji
- Overview of rituals in onmyōdō
- In media
- Books
- Manga and anime
- Films
- Video games
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Further reading
right|thumb|300x300px|From the Nara picture book "Tamamo-no-Mae," published in the early [[Edo period, depicting an onmyōji performing divination with counting rods. From the collection of the Kyoto University Library.]]
was one of the official positions belonging to the of the Ministry of the Center under the ritsuryō system in ancient Japan, and was assigned as a technical officer in charge of divination and geomorphology based on the theory of the yin-and-yang five phases. In the Middle Ages and early modern period, the term was used to refer to those who performed prayers and divination in the private sector, and some of them were regarded as a kind of clergy.
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