Basic Terms of Shinto 神道基本用語集

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Heihaku,Go-hei
幣帛,御幣
Text Paper or cloth strips attached to a stick and offered to a deity. Believed to have originally been a method of presenting offerings of cloth. Developments in the manufacture of paper and the influence of yin-yang philosophy led to variations in style. In some cases, heihaku have also been viewed as the shintai of a deity. See also hôbei.