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  1. Badges of Minatogawa Shrine/湊川神社章

    Minatogawa Shrine (湊川神社, Minatogawa-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan, roughly on the site of the Battle of Minatogawa established in 1872. The enshrined kami is the spirit of Masashige Kusunoki, a military commander. It is one of the Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration...
  2. Shingon Daigo School Meeting Badge/真言宗醍醐派親和会章

    Size 47 x 32 mm. Suspension 醍醐派 - Daigo School of 真言宗 - Shingon-shū "True Word / Mantra School" is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asian Buddhism. It is sometimes also called Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, or Eastern...
  3. Seichō no Ie Regional Instructor Badge/生長の家地方講師徽章

    Obverse 地講 for 地方講師 - Regional Lecturer reverse Marked 銀製 - pure silver 生長の家 - Seichō no Ie Original case. 生長の家 - Seichō no Ie 地方講師徽章 - Regional Lecturer Badge
  4. Jingū Service Foundation Badges/神宮奉斎会章

    Badges of similar design https://asiamedals.info/threads/badges-of-japan-athletic-association.25145/ Jingūkyō /神宮教/ is a sect of Shinto that originated from Ise Grand Shrine, the Ise faith. While it was not included as one of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto, it possessed characteristics of...
  5. Kobo Daishi 1100 Years Kongōbu-ji Temple Goonki-kyoku Worship Group Member Badge/弘法大師 一千百年御遠忌局参拝団団員章

    Diameter 28 mm. Obverse 弘法大師 一千百年 - Kobo Daishi [Koyasan Shingon sect founder] 1100 years 御遠忌局参拝團 - Goonki-kyoku Worship Group 團員章 - Group Member Badge reverse 高野山 - Koyasan [center of Shingon Buddhism] 總本山金剛峯寺 - Main Kongobu-ji Temple 御遠忌局 - Goonki-kyoku Original case. 高野山 -...
  6. Kanagawa Prefecture Shrine Agency Merit Medals/神奈川縣神社庁有功章

    2nd class medal. Size 30 mm. Weight 34 g. Reverse 有功章 - Merit Medal 神奈川縣神社庁 - Kanagawa Prefecture Shrine Agency /Jinja-cho/ Marked with two marks 金銀 - Gilded Silver 純銀 - Pure Silver
  7. Yasukuni Shrine Eternal Kagura Badge/靖国神社永代神楽之徽章

    Reverse 靖国神社 - Yasukuni Shrine 永代神楽之徽章 - Eternal Kagura Badge Original case.
  8. Oyama Shrine Honorary Promotion Congratulatory Badge/尾山神社社格昇進慶賀祭章

    尾山神社 - Oyama Shrine 社格昇進慶賀祭章 - Honorary Promotion Congratulatory Badge 明治三十五年七月 - July 1902 Oyama Shrine /尾山神社, Oyama-jinja/ was established in 1599, dedicated to Maeda Toshiie (the first lord of Kaga Domain), in Utatsu-yama (卯辰山), east of Kanazawa. It was moved to its present location in...
  9. Sōji-ji Temple Reconstruction Badges/大本山總持寺再建祠堂章

    Sōji-ji /總持寺/ is one of two daihonzan /大本山 - "head temples"/ of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. The temple was founded in 740 as a Shingon Buddhist temple. Keizan, later known as Sōtō's great patriarch Taiso Jōsai Daishi, founded the present temple in 1321, when he renamed it Sōji-ji with the...
  10. Nogi Shrine Association Membership Badges/四国乃木会会員章

    四国乃木會 - Nogi Shikoku Association 特別會員章 - Special Member Badge Reverse 四国乃木會 - Nogi Shikoku Association Badge was made by Nishiyama Works /西山製作所/
  11. Nitta Shrine Badge/新田神社章

    Obverse 新 for 新田神社 - Nitta Jinja During the Nanboku-cho period, there was a brave and great samurai warrior named Nitta Yoshioki. He was the second son of Nitta Yoshisada. During that time, Japan was divided into North and South and they had repeatedly battled. Nitta Yoshioki fought for the...
  12. Kada Awashima Shrine Watch Fob/加太淡島神社章

    Photo courtesy of the owner. Reverse 加太淡島神社 - Kada Awashima Shrine Awashima no kami is a god in Shinto and Japanese folk religion. It is the deity originally enshrined in the Awashima-jinja Shrines (Awashima-jinja Shrine (粟島神社), Awaji-jinja Shrine) across the country whose sohonsha (main...
  13. Ise Jingū Lantern Preservation Society Membership Badge/勢神宮献燈保存会会員章

    Obverse 献燈 - Votive Lantern in a Shrine or Temple reverse 勢神保存会 - Ise Jingū Preservation Society 会員章 - Membership Badge Marked 銀製 - pure silver. Original case
  14. Meiji Jingu Reverence Society Special Merit Badge/明治神宮崇敬会特別功績章

    Reverse 特別功績章 - Special Merit Badge 明治神宮崇敬会 - Meiji Jingu Reverence Society Marked 純銀 - pure silver 金張 - gilded Original case.
  15. Ōbaku-shū Women's Association Badge/黄檗宗婦人會章

    Photo courtesy of the owner. Suspension 婦人會員章 - Women's Association Membership Badge Case. 黄檗宗婦人會章 - Ōbaku-shū Women's Association Badge The Ōbaku-shū /黄檗宗/ is one of several schools of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, in addition to Sōtō and Rinzai. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cbaku
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