Seidō

Seidō was the Rokugani term for Shrine, The Rising Wave, by Marie Brennan which almost always featured torii arches, a sandō, the approach from the torii to the sanctuary, a main hall (honden), Celestial Realms, p. 34 the worship hall (haiden), a bell tower (shōrō), living quarters, a perfomance stage, a cleansing pavilion (chōzuya), gardens, a reflection pool, and statue guardians. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, pp. 153-154 
== Purpose ==
Shrines were places in which spirits were literally enshrined, in a shintai of some sort, a sacred object, and were normally tended and overseen by shrine keepers, priests, and other clergy. Writ of the Wilds, p. 68 Shrines were an important part of every Rokugani's life, regardless of social status, caste, or profession. Blessings, prayers, offerings, weddings, cleansing, and other important ceremonies were made there. A shrine's attendants brought one into the world, recorded one's birth, and divined one's purpose. After the fifth anniversary of life, one returned to the shrine, received one's childhood name, and was formally introduced to one's ancestors. The shrine was the axle of a person's life. There was no village without some manner of shrine. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 143
=== Large Shrines ===
Most large shrines had additional buildings or components such as a kagura-den, a building dedicated to the sacred kagura dance; a shamusho, the shrine's administrative office; one or more setsumatsusha, or small auxiliary shrines; a haiden, an oratory or hall of worship; a komainu, guardian spirits portrayed as statues of lion-dog hybrids who guarded either the torii entrance or the honden. Celestial Realms, p. 34
=== Small Shrines ===
Hokora, miniature shrines, kamidana, miniature household altars, or special places of spiritual importance which enshrined the spirit were different shrines of smaller size. Celestial Realms, p. 36
== Shrine Clergy ==
=== Shrine Keepers ===
Shrine keepers were versed in basic rituals, herbalism, lesser divinations, and a collection of folk traditions known as mikodō. They were also charged with a shrine's protection, demonstrating some martial prowess with bows and naginata, or sword-staffs. Because of their martial duties, shrine keepers were usually drawn from the buke; often they were the children of ashigaru or jizamurai. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 143
=== Priests ===
Priests were the shrine's administrators and primary caretakers. Their job was to undertake all necessary ceremonies, assist visitors with spiritual needs, and provide advice and guidance. They were capable of basic blessings and auguries and could occasionally entreat the kami through ritual. They could come from any caste, by Priests must demonstrate adequate spiritual knowledge, and also a rapport with the enshrined spirit. 
== Type of Shrines ==
=== Kami Shrines ===
Shrines to kami were generally simple, often incorporating the landscape or a geographical feature that served as the kami's shintai, and marked with a yorishiro, an object that attracted and pleased kami and benevolent spirits. Kami shrines were typically remote, lacking torii arches and purification basins, but they could be found incorporated into larger shrines. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 155
=== Fortunist Shrines ===
Fortunist shrines were often the largest, and they almost always had at least one torii arch and a honden where the shintai was kept. This shintai was usually an object once held by the Fortune or an icon bearing their likeness. A stairway or path leads to the torii arch, followed by a square-shaped enclosed space containing the shrine's other structures. Fortunist shrines were built to be as unobtrusive among natural surroundings as possible. Shrines to the Seven Great Fortunes incorporated into lesser shrines usually resembled shrine-shaped birdhouses and contained miniature versions of everything a fullsized shrine might require. 
=== Ancestral Shrines ===
All major shrines devoted a small space for worshiping one's ancestors, an empty altar on which visitors placed the shintai of their ancestor, usually a small wooden tablet bearing the ancestor's name. Every samurai family maintained an ancestral shrine on their grounds, either set aside in a quiet place, or incorporated directly into the home. An object that belonged to each ancestor in life was enshrined there. Great Clan families also maintained shrines, the grandest, to their founders. 
== Rokugani Shrines ==
Amaterasu Seidō 	"Amaterasu's Shrine", "Shrine of the Lady Sun"
Benten Seidō 	
Bishomen Seidō 	
Earth's Heart Shrine 	
First Blossom Shrine 	
Fukurokujin Seidō 	
Heart of Vigilance Shrine 	
Hōseki Pond Shrine 	
Isawa Mori Seidō 	
Lost Arrow Shrine 	
The Lost Shrine 	
Mezameta 	
Mountain Stream Shrine 	
Refuge of the Three Sisters 	
Ryoshun's Grave 	"Mysterious Shrine"
Sagisōmine Shrine 	
Sanpuku Seidō 	"Cliffside Shrine"
Seido Fukurokujin 	
Shrine Kisshōten 	
Shrine of Makoto 	
Shrine of the Four Gifts 	
Shrine of the Hill Kami 	
Shrine of the Ki-Rin 	
Shrine of Onnotangu 	
Shrine of the Willow-Healing Kami	
Shrine of the Sea Fortunes 	
Shrine of the Seven Springs 	
Shrine of the Seven Thunders 	
Shrine to Bishamon 	
Shrine to Hachiman 	
Shrine to Hantei-no-Kami 	"Shrine to the Kami Hantei"
Shrine to Hotei 	
Shrine to Jikoju 	
Shrine to Jurōjin 	"Seido Jurojin"
Shrine to Lady Doji 	
Shrine to Lady Shinjo 	
Shrine to Lord Akodo 	
Shrine to Lord Bayushi 	
Shrine to Lord Hida 	
Shrine to Lord Shiba 	
Shrine to Lord Togashi 	
Shrine to Sengen 	
== Nezumi Shrines ==
Shrine to Memory	
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