palace

high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family, imperial Shinto shrine, Ise Grand Shrine

Imperial Household Agency

imperial court

imperial court, royal court

womb, uterus

crown prince

crown prince

royal palace

second most important provincial shrine, second-born imperial prince

imperial villa, royal villa, detached palace

chief priest

palace, tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale), ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men...

Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)

labyrinth, maze, mystery...

house of an imperial prince

Inner Ise Shrine

installation of a deity in a new shrine, transfer of a shrine

young imperial prince, child of the imperial family, shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine...

inner palace (reserved for women), harem, seraglio...

pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)

Palace of the Dragon King, palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

Palace of the Dragon King, palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine

Shinto shrine

Miyagi (prefecture)

(noble) courtier

second most severe of the five punishments of ancient China (castration for men, confinement for women)

court or shrine guard

shrine, imperial palace, residing (of an emperor or god)