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An |
A table-like platform used during rites and ceremonies to hold heihaku , shinsen , tamagushi , and other ritual implements. An may also be called heihakuan , shinsen an , and tamagushi an to differentiate their specific purposes. Various sizes and shapes are used, and they may have fo... |
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Chinowa |
Also called suganuki , a large ring made of cogon grass ( chigaya ) and erected on the pathway leading to a shrine on the days of purification ( harae ) of the last day of the sixth or seventh month (called nagoshi harae or minazuki harae ). Worshipers at the shrine pass through the ring as an ... |
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Daikaku |
Also called mokurokudai , a type of oshiki tray with feet used for presenting offerings ( heihaku or shinsen ) that is about eight sun (about 24 centimeters) square. According to the rules for ritual procedure established by the Association of Shinto Shrines (Jinja Honchō), heihaku ... |
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Dashi |
A float decorated with variously shaped objects (spears, mountains, people, flowers, etc.), and carried or drawn on wheels to the accompaniment of festive music ( hayashi ). The name dashi is said to have come from the unwoven ends are tassels or "protrusions" ( dashi ) of ... |
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Eboshi |
One type of headdress worn by Shinto priests ( shinshoku ) during ritual ceremonies. Originally a headdress worn to indicate a man who had celebrated his "coming of age" ceremony ( genpuku ), the eboshi took on various forms, including versions that were heavily lacquere... |
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Entō |
Also read shioyu , entō is liquid made by dissolving rock salt in water. It is used in the preparatory purifications ( shubatsu ) preceding ritual worship. Salt water is considered an indispensable element in the performance of ground-purification ( jichinsai ) and other rites. Cus... |
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Gohei |
A kind of ritual wand, one type of heihaku , also called heisoku . Gohei were originally identical to cloth offerings called mitegura , but the term gradually came to be used in its present, narrower sense. Gohei are made by attaching zig-zag cut strips of gold, silver, white or multico... |
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Hizatsuki |
A type of mat used when kneeling in shrine worship. Also written 膝著 and 膝突. Originally used as a mat for kneeling in an outdoor courtyard during official court functions, the hizatsuki was later adopted for use indoors. Mats called komo or tatami were also sometimes used instead. Used ... |
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Katashiro |
An object used as a substitute for a spirit in rites of worship. The term also refers to objects representing human figures ( hitogata or nademono ) used in rites of purification ( misogi or harae ) in place of the subject of the rite. In such cases, the subject rubs the object on his body or ... |
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Komo |
Also called aragomo or makomo . A fabric mat woven from the husks of wild rice ( makomo ) and used in ritual, normally as a mat under an offering table ( shinsen an ) or tamagushi table ( tamagushi an ). Such mats may also be used to form a carpeted path during the removal ( sengyo ) of a shrine's ... |
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Nigite |
Also called nigitahe , one type of heihaku , or white cloth or unwoven threads of flax ( asa ), paper mulberry ( yū ), or silk offered to the kami . According to the divine age chapters of Kojiki , when Amaterasu hid herself in the heavenly rock cave, Amenokoyane no mikoto used a number of rit... |
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Oshiki |
Originally a square serving tray used to hold food, the oshiki is made of thin pieces of wood such as Japanese cypress ( hinoki ) and is used in the presentation of ritual offerings ( shinsen or heihaku ). Today they are mainly known as forming the upper part of the platform tray called san... |
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Sakaki |
Cleyera japonica , an evergreen tree whose branches are used in Shinto ritual, for example, as offering wands ( tamagushi ) presented before a kami . When presented as tamagushi , paper streamers ( shide ) are usually attached to the branch. Branches of sakaki are also used for decorat... |
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Sanbō |
A platform tray used in ritual to hold offerings ( shinsen ). Originally used for making offerings to high nobility or to one's lord, the sanbō is composed of a simple wooden tray ( oshiki ) on a four-sided stand. The name sanbō is said to take its name from the fact that the platform ha... |
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Seisō, Reisō, Jōsō |
Three grades of clerical vestments. Today, the formal seisō is worn at "large-scale festivals" ( taisai ); the ritual reisō is worn at "medium-scale festivals" ( chūsai ), and the jōsō is worn at "small-scale festivals" ( shōsai ). Vestments for ma... |
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Shaku |
A ritual baton or scepter. While normally read "kotsu," the character 笏is read in Shinto as "shaku" due to a desire to avoid associations with the character "kotsu" meaning "bone." The shaku was originally a baton held in the right hand b... |
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Shide |
One type of heihaku , formed by attaching flowing strips of paper or cloth (particularly yū , rough cloth made from the bast fibers of paper mulberry) to a sprig of sakaki , a staff, or a sacred border rope ( shimenawa ). It is usually rendered with a single character 垂 but can also be writte... |
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Shimenawa |
A straw rope hung before or around a site to demarcate sacred or pure space, such as in front of the inner sanctuary of a shrine, at the entrance to the shrine precinct, or at the ritual site. Numerous orthographic character combinations are used with the reading shimenawa , including 一... |
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Shin'yo |
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Shinshoku no shōzoku |
Vestments worn by Shinto priests ( shinshoku ), specifically, attire worn on ceremonial or ritual occasions. In the ancient period, formal clothing styles called raifuku and chōfuku were imported from the Asian continent, but after the cessation of missions to the Tang court, dis... |
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