Word Meaning 神祇官

かみづかさ kamizukasa

神祇官 is read as かみづかさ (kamizukasa) and means Department of Divinities (1868-1871).

Meaning

English

Department of Divinities (1868-1871)
Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system)

Reading

Kana

かみづかさ

Romaji

kamizukasa

Writing Variants

神祇官 かんづかさ kanzukasa
神祇官 じんぎかん jingikan

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Rank 164772 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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神官

しんかん

Shinto priest

神祇院

じんぎいん

Institute of Divinities (1940-1946)

神祇

じんぎ

gods of heaven and earth

神祇伯

じんぎはく

head of the Department of Worship

神祇省

じんぎしょう

Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)

天神地祇

てんじんちぎ

gods of heaven and earth

神道

しんどう

Shinto

神主

かむぬし

Shinto priest

神風

かみかぜ

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

神事

しんじ

Shinto ritual

神業

かみわざ

Shinto ritual

神木

かみき

sacred tree

Example Sentences

神祇官は祭祀を司っていた。

じんぎかんはさいしをつかさどっていた。

The Department of Divinities was in charge of religious rituals.