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カテゴリー1： 5. Rites and Festivals
カテゴリー2： Individual Shrine Observances
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Taihei shinji
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"Great ritual wand rite." A festival held June 8 at Agata Shrine and Uji Shrine 1in Uji City, Kyōto Prefecture. The ceremony this day celebrates the return of the kami of the kamisha and shimosha (mountainside or upper shrine and townside shrine, respectively; see yamamiya, satomiya) from the midway resting spot (otabisho) used in the portable shrine procession held as part of the oide matsuri that takes place May 8. The taihei shinji takes place before the shrines return. After a ceremony at Uji Shrine, offerings are made of three-layered umbrellas (sanmaigasa) covered in fabric and ritual wands (ōnusa) with pine branches attached. Then a procession with offerings of shakuboko (a kind of pike) and kasaboko (an umbrella-halberd combination used in festivals) travels to Agata Shrine, which serves as the midway resting spot. There a rite takes place to present offerings (shinsen) of Japanese apricots and seaweed (wakame). The ritual wands are then knocked over and from this point forward in the procession are dragged about the neighborhood. The priests (shinshoku) hold a ritual horseback archery contest (yabusame) during the procession. When the procession finally reaches the Uji Bridge, participants throw the disintegrating ritual wands into the Uji River. People hang fragments of the wands in their doorways, which is said to prevent theft.
— Mogi Sakae

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