Ijun, a Shinto-Ryukyuan-derived religion founded by Takayasu Rysen in Okinawa (a prefecture of Japan located on the Ryukyu Islands), is based in traditional Okinawan animist and shamanistic beliefs related to noro and yuta.
Ijun () is a Shinto-Ryukyuan-derived religion founded by Takayasu Ryusen (1934-) in Okinawa. Okinawa Prefecture (, Japanese: Okinawa-ken, Okinawan: Uchinaa-chin) is a prefecture of Japan located on the Ryukyu Islands. Ijun is based in traditional Okinawan animist and shamanistic beliefs related to noro (i.e. nuru, an Okinawan term for female diviners/priestesses) and yuta (an Okinawan term for shamans). 
