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Futomani ( 太占) is a traditional Shinto system of divination. Practitioners attempt to foresee future events by interpreting the pattern of cracks made by heating the shoulder-blade of a stag. [1] The practice is thought to predate the introduction of divination by tortoiseshell, which was imported from China; archaeological evidence suggests it originated as early as the Jōmon period. [2]
The kami most commonly associated with Futomani is Uraniwa-no-Kami ( 占庭の神, lit. "Divination Divinity"), [3] also-known-as Futonorito-no-Mikoto ( 太祝詞の命, lit. "Thick Congratulatory Address [of] Life"), a special Kami of divination.
Futomani is still practiced at the Shinto shrine on Mount Mitake as an annual event. [4]
In aikido, futomani is considered an important adjunct to kotodama practice. [1] [5] [6]
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Futomani ( 太占) is a traditional Shinto system of divination. Practitioners attempt to foresee future events by interpreting the pattern of cracks made by heating the shoulder-blade of a stag. [1] The practice is thought to predate the introduction of divination by tortoiseshell, which was imported from China; archaeological evidence suggests it originated as early as the Jōmon period. [2]
The kami most commonly associated with Futomani is Uraniwa-no-Kami ( 占庭の神, lit. "Divination Divinity"), [3] also-known-as Futonorito-no-Mikoto ( 太祝詞の命, lit. "Thick Congratulatory Address [of] Life"), a special Kami of divination.
Futomani is still practiced at the Shinto shrine on Mount Mitake as an annual event. [4]
In aikido, futomani is considered an important adjunct to kotodama practice. [1] [5] [6]