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Toshi no ichi |
"Year-end fair." A fair held at the year's end for selling New Year's decorations and miscellaneous goods. Originally the last of the monthly fairs, it likely became particularly popular due to the simple fact that it sold goods for New Year's. Another theory suggests, t... |
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Toshishiba no shinji |
A rite held January 6 at Sunami Shrine in Sakutō Township, Aida District, Okayama Prefecture. The priest attaches packets of rice and beans wrapped in Japanese paper ( washi ) to small branches of sakaki . The branches are then bundled into groups of three and offered to the altar as a pr... |
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Tsuina sai |
"Exorcism festival." Many shrines traditionally hold a "festival to drive away evil spirits" ( tsuina sai ) around setsubun . A bean-pounding rite is held on January 7 at Sumiyoshi Shrine in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Soy beans and "demon... |
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Tsuina shiki |
"Exorcism ceremony." A setsubun event held in February at Nagata Shrine in Nagata Ward, Kobe City, Hyōgo Prefecture. Artificial flower arrangements ( kazaribana ) made by hanging small rice cakes and mandarin oranges from several large willow branches are strung up on ... |
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Tsukimachi, Himachi |
"Waiting for the Moon," "Waiting for the Sun." Tsukimachi is an occasion when people gather on particular evenings of a lunar cycle (e.g., the 17th, 19th, 22nd, and 23rd) to eat and drink while waiting for the moon to appear to pay homage to it. The gatherings are ... |
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Tsukinamisai |
An observance observed during the ancient and medieval eras, mentioned in the Divinities Prescriptions ( Jingiryō ). Tsukinamisai was celebrated twice a year on the eleventh day of the sixth and twelfth lunar months, Tsukinamisai as a ceremony attended by the ministers and lesser ... |
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Tsukinamisai (Grand Shrine of Ise) |
A major festival ( taisai ) held at the Grand Shrines of Ise ( Ise Jingū ) in the sixth and twelfth months. " Tsukinami " means "monthly" and this name is thought to originate in monthly festivals that were later combined into biannual events. As this festival empl... |
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Tsukiyama shinji |
"Garden mound rite." This spring festival is held April 23 at Nijō no Imizu Shrine in Takaoka City, Tōyama Prefecture. Participants build a mound ( tsukiyama ) as a sort of "stationary stage" ( sueokigata no butai ) on shrine grounds ( keidai ). Figurines of the F... |
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Tsutsukohiki matsuri |
" Tsutsuko tug of war festival." A festival that functions as a prayer for a bountiful harvest held on the 25th day of the first lulnar month at Itsukushima Shrine in Hobara Township, Date District, Fukushima Prefecture. Following a ceremony, all the men who are of an inaus... |
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Tōka Ebisu |
"Tenth Day Festival of Ebisu." Held on January 10, this is the first of several ritual celebrations of the year held to honor the god Ebisu, and is also therefore referred to as hatsu Ebisu ("the First Ebisu"). Well-known local celebrations are those at the Ebis... |
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Tōka sai |
"Peach blossom festival." A festival held April 1–3 at Masumida Shrine in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture. The event celebrates the enshrinement of Amenoho no Akari no mikoto, the deity to whom the shrine is dedicated (see saijin ), which took place on the third day of t... |
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Tōka shinji |
"Dance music rite." A rite held January 4 at Sumiyoshi Shrine in Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. Also called the "good-fortune mochi rite" ( fukumochi shinji ). Two people—the "bag holder" ( fukuro-mochi ) who carries a bag filled wi... |
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Tōnin gyōji |
"Ritual caretaker observance." A ritual held July 7 at Tōko Yasaka Shrine (also known as Gozu Tennō Shrine) in Tennō Township, Minimi-Akita District, Akita Prefecture. Tōko Yasaka is the tutelary shrine of both Tennō Town and Funakoshi Town in Oga City, Akita District; ... |
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Tōrō shinji |
"Lantern rite." A festival held July 25 at Iyahiko Shrine in Yahiko Village, Nishi-Kanbara District, Niigata Prefecture. A"flower lantern" ( hana tōrō ) is a platform approximately 2.5 meters wide, 120 centimeters long, and 80 centimeters high, with a smal... |
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U matsuri |
"Cormorant festival." A festival held December 16 to present cormorants to the kami of Keta Shrine in Hakui City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Cormorants are captured alive at a place called Ugai (Cormorant Cliff) at Unoura (Cormorant Bay) Shoreline in Nanao City. A catechism ... |
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U no matsuri |
"Rabbit festival." A 13-day-long rite beginning the first day of the rabbit in March and ending with the next that is held at Aso Shrine in Ichinomiya Township, Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture. Late on the eve of the first day of the rabbit, the spirit of the kami is transf... |
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Urate shinji |
" Urate rite." A rite resembling sumō wrestling held September 24 at Tamanoya Shrine in Bōfu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Urate were the equivalent of sekiwake (the third highest rank) in today's sumō. Two referees, naked except for loincloths, come out and present a rou... |
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Ushi matsuri |
"Cow festival." A rite held the first day of the cow in January at the shrine Dazaifu Tenmangū in Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The origins of this rite are connected to an ancient story surrounding the Heian period-courtier Sugawara no Michizane (see Tenjin Shinkō )... |
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Usokae shinji |
"Bullfinch-exchange rite." A rite held the night of January 7 at the shrine Dazaifu Tenmangū in Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Wooden bullfinch ( uso ) figurines function as amulets for protection against fire. People bring in bullfinches covered with grime accumu... |
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Utaki |
"Honored mountain." A sacred space in Okinawan villages where a deity similar to a village tutelary (see chinjugami ) on the mainland is enshrined or to which it descends, and where people interact with that deity through the media rites and festivals. The names for these ... |
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