kyû (shrine, palace)
chû (inside, middle, center)
shin (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
tô | dô (way)
shintô (indigenous-based spiritual practices mainly engaged in by many of the people of Japan)
kyûchû shintô (imperial shintô)

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❖ The religious rites performed exclusively by the Imperial Family at the kyûchûsanden
❖ Also called kôshitsu shintô

kô (emperor)
shitsu (room, apartment, chamber)
kôshitsu (imperial household)
shin (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
tô | dô (way)
shintô (indigenous-based spiritual practices mainly engaged in by many of the people of Japan)
kôshitsu shintô (imperial shintô)

sanshu-no-shinki – The three sacred treasures of Japan

kashiko (intelligent, wise, wisdom, cleverness)
dokoro (place)
kashiko-dokoro (a palace sanctuary)

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❖ Place of awe or reverence
❖ Enshrining amaterasu

kô (emperor)
rei (spirits, soul)
den (hall, mansion, palace, temple)
kôrei-den (shrine of imperial ancestors )

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❖ Pavilion of the imperial ancestral spirits
❖ Enshrining the Imperial Ancestors

shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
den (hall, mansion, palace, temple)
shin-den (kami shrine or temple)

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❖ kami pavilion
❖ Enshrining the tenjinchigi

ten (heavens, sky, imperial)
jin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
tenjin (heavenly kami)
chi (ground, earth)
gi (national or local kami)
chigi (earthly kami)
tenjinchigi (collective term for the kami of heaven and kami of earth)