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 Imperial Court, as well as from the Tokugawa Shōguns. The great temple, Zojō-ji, which stands among the Tokugawa Mausolea in Shiba, belongs to the Jōdo-shu (Shu-sect).  —Shin-shu, called also Montō-shu (Sect of gate-disciples), and Ikko-shu (Undivided sect), founded by Shinran in 1224  —Statistics compiled in 1790 show that there were then 469,934 temples in Japan, of which 140,884 belonged to the Spirit Sect (Shin-shu) ; 140,020 to the Pure Land Sect (Jōdo-shu), and 33,020 to the Nichiren Sect, the other sects having comparatively small numbers.  —These doctrines, as expounded by responsible heads of the sect, are fully set forth in the "Annales du Musée Guimet" (1880).  —"The Doctrines of Nichiren;" compiled by the Right Virtuous Abbot Kobayashi; translated by Messrs. K. Tatsumi and F. H. Balfour.  —Near Tōkyō. The festival takes place in October.  —Rokkon shōjo, prayer for the purification of the six senses,—eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and spirit. Out of the colourlessness of the Shintō of Motoori and Haruta a sect grew which enjoys some influence to-day, the Tenri-kyo, with its twelve hymns and dances and its faith-cures.  —Some strange admissions were made to the Shintō pantheon which had grown too large to be accurately controlled. The grave of a wrestler (Narihira) in Yedo came to be mistaken for that of the famous poet of the same name, and litterateurs constantly worshipped there. A groom called Koraku, a criminal called Nezu, and more than one notorious malefactor received apotheosis from the ignorant multitude on account of legends associated with their memories. <section end="Note 53" /> <section begin="Note 54" />—The State grants a sum of 216,000 yen annually for the support of Shintō shrines, and extends no aid whatever to Buddhism. <section end="Note 54" /> <section begin="Note 55" />—The use of sakaki () is referred to the sylvan method of worship practised in the earliest times. A space surrounded by thick trees constituted the hall of rites. The trees were called a "sacred fence" (himorori), and it seems <section end="Note 55" />