Now Viewing: onmyoujiTag type: General Onmyōji (陰陽師, also In'yōji) was one of the classifications of civil servants belonging to the Bureau of Onmyō in ancient Japan's ritsuryo system. People with this title were professional practitioners of onmyōdō. Onmyōji were specialists in magic and divination. Their court responsibilities ranged from tasks such as keeping track of the calendar, to mystical duties such as divination and protection of the capital from evil spirits. They could divine auspicious or harmful influences in the earth, and were instrumental in the moving of capitals. It is said that an onmyōji could also summon and control shikigami. Onmyōdō (陰陽道, also In'yōdō, lit. ‘The Way of Yin and Yang’) is a traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism. It is based on the Chinese philosophies of Wu Xing (five elements) and Yin and yang, introduced into Japan at the beginning of the 6th century. It was accepted as a practical system of divination. These practices were influenced further by Taoism, Buddhism and Shintoism, and evolved into the system of onmyōdō around the late 7th century. Onmyōdō was under the control of the imperial government, and later its courtiers, the Tsuchimikado family until the middle of the 19th century, at which point it became prohibited as superstition. From < en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onmyōdō > Some Kantai_Collection shipgirls are depicted as shikigami-using onmyouji. See below. See also: shikigami Shikigami-using onmyouji in Kantai_Collection: Akitsu_Maru_(Kantai_Collection) (after remodelling) Amagi_(Kantai_Collection) Hiyou_(Kantai_Collection) Jun'you_(Kantai_Collection) Katsuragi_(Kantai_Collection) Ryuujou_(Kantai_Collection) Unryuu_(Kantai_Collection) Other Wiki Information Last updated: 01/07/16 1:22 PM by surveyork This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     
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