Shinto Vestments
Shinto has formal vestments for priests, which are different for male priests and female priests, and for miko. However, these vestments do not have quite the same purpose as the vestments worn by priests of other major religions. In Christianity, and, it seems, Buddhism and Islam, the vestments are a mark of the sacred status of the priest. In Shinto, however, the vestments are pure clothes worn to approach the kami. This difference became obvious when we went to the international conference of leaders of world and traditional religions in… Read More »Shinto Vestments