In order to be eligible to enter this faith's afte
In order to be eligible to enter this faith's afterlife, one needs only to have one's name entered onto a list at a local temple, making them a "family child;" after death, that person becomes a "family spirit."  Children who die before their names have been entered onto that list are often cited as bad luck and are the cause of ceremonies in which statues are dressed in red garments.  Those children, known as "water children" or (*) mizuko, also require offerings to be made to the figure Jizo.  Their members engage in purification rituals called harai, and their shrines, called kamidana, sometimes feature gates consisting of two upright bars and two crossbars called torii.  This religion also believes in the existence of eight million spirits called kami.  For 10 points, name this faith, whose name translates as "way of the gods," that has over 110 million practitioners in Japan.
In order to be eligible to enter this faith's afterlife, one needs only to have one's name entered onto a list at a local temple, making them a "family child;" after death, that person becomes a "family spirit."  