so-ho-do-no-kami

Updated: May 28, 2025

This text is interesting as an example of what Shinto's greatest expounder thought a Shinto prayer should be; and, excepting the reference to So-ho-do-no-Kami, the substance of it is that of the morning prayer still repeated in Japanese households.

Lafcadio Hearn - Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation