Kōshin devotional and vigil tradition
East Asian Traditions Religious tradition
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Kōshin devotional and vigil tradition is cataloged as a Religious tradition within East Asian Traditions. Its candidate country context is “Japan” and its period or origin is “Heian-period attestations–present in residual and revived forms.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Japanese syncretic folk religion.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Kōshin shinkō; Koshin faith; kōshin-machi; three-corpse belief; kanoe-saru observance
- Parent tradition
- Japanese syncretic folk religion
- Public geographic context
- Japan
- Period / origin
- Heian-period attestations–present in residual and revived forms
- Living / historical status
- Historical and limited living folk tradition
- Access / protocol
- Open / public
- Evidence status
- Cluster-level source
Geography
CandidateJapan
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Kōshin devotional and vigil tradition. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1324. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1324
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