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relig. The way of Yin and Yang. An important Chinese element in the ritsuryo system which gave rise to numerous official and popular practices from the Heian period onwards. It incorporated divination, geomancy, exorcism and complex calendrical and directional sciences and was integrated with imperial Buddhist ceremonies and rituals for the native kami A Popular Dictionary of Shinto (Brian Bocking)