chief priest of a Shinto shrine
The head priest responsible for shrine rituals and administration. The reading みやづかさ is an older, less common variant.
He serves as the chief priest of the local shrine.
The chief priest offers prayers before the deity every morning.
宮司 is the chief priest at the top of a shrine's hierarchy, far above the junior 祝.
Standard kanji spelling for the chief priest of a Shinto shrine.
From 宮 (miya, 'shrine') + 司 (tsukasa, 'official'). The reading ぐうじ is the on'yomi form, while みやづかさ is the older kun'yomi reading.