Claim: Ijun, a Shinto-Ryukyuan-derived religion founded by Takayasu Ryūsen in Okinawa, is based in traditional Niigata animist and shamanistic beliefs related to noro and yuta.
Evidence: Ijun is based in traditional Okinawan animist and shamanistic beliefs related to noro (i.e. nuru, an Okinawan term for female diviners/priestesses) and yuta (an Okinawan term for shamans).