Shua (Noun)
Meaning
Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- Ryōbu Shinto combines Shinto practices with Shingon Buddhism, based on the idea that Susanoo represents the shua or active realities in the world.
- Ryōbu Shinto views Ise Shine in the terms of shua or kengen, referring to the shrine's visible world or manifest reality.
- Izanami symbolizes kasha or passive realities, and Izanagi's shua are signified by Susanoo and Amaterasu acting on reality.
- Mount Hakone was home to three volcanoes that eventually formed one large stratovolcano, associated with the Fujisan-ryo Shintō concept of Kaname-isao shua.
- Kami were believed to act in shua as the active realities on our world or in this world in many Shinto texts.