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Chinka-sai (hi/ho shizume no matsuri) |
"Festival for appeasing the fire deity" Also called "hi/ho shizume no matsuri ." Recorded in the Jingiryō as one of the so-called rituals of the Ritsuryō Shinto system. Ryō no gige mentions the festival as a fire-prevention rite, although it may have been inte... |
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Chinkon-sai |
"Festival for the pacification of the spirit". A ritual of the ancient and medieval eras. Also called " mitama furi ," " mitama shizume ," " ō-mitama furi ," " tama shizume no matsuri ." According to the Commentary on the Legal C... |
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Chōga |
"New Year greetings to the emperor." In ancient times these characters were read " mikado ogami ." In ancient Japan, it was a state ceremony carried out at the Daigoku Hall with the participation of the many ministry officials. However, from the mid-Heian peri... |
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Chōnahajime shinji |
First Planing of the Year. Held on January 11 at Hinomisaki Shrine in the town of Taisha, Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture. After the service, the miyashō performs a ceremony at the haiden . Offerings of kelp and dried squid are heaped in earthen vessels and presented before the de... |
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Chōyō |
"The Chrysanthemum Festival." Held on the ninth day of the ninth month (September 9), this was another of the five seasonal feasts ( gosekku ) recognized and established by the Tokugawa bakufu . It is also generally known as kiku no sekku (the Chrysanthemum Festival). Bec... |
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Chūsai |
One category of shrine rites, referring to ritual conducted on a middle or medium scale. In the Meiji period such rites became specified by law, but since the end of the war, they have been regulated by the Jinja saishi kitei of the Association of Shinto Shrines. According to the regula... |
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Daijōsai |
A ceremony of state accompanying a new emperor's accession to the throne, the Daijō sai has been considered since ancient times one of the most important among the various rites associated with accession. Also called the Daijōe and the Senso daijō sai , the ceremony had its origi... |
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Daitōsai (Nagano) |
A festival in which offerings of freshly harvested grains are made by local community leaders ( tōnin ). Celebrated between December 10 and 14 at Takemizuwake Shrine in Kōshoku City, Nagano Prefecture. The name of the festival is derived from the term designating the position of the ... |
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Daitōsai (Saitama) |
A festival celebrated at Hikawa Jinja in Ōmiya City, Saitama Prefecture, on December 10. During the night, a bonfire is lit on the shrine precincts ( keidai ). It is believed that touching the flame has evil repelling efficacy, and therefore the festival was called Ohisai (the Fire Fe... |
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Dōzoku Saishi (Kinship Group-Based Religious Observances) |
Communal worship performed by members of a dōzoku . The term dōzoku denotes a social grouping which, based on a genealogically determined hierarchy, is formed by a main lineage and a number of branch families sharing the same ancestors. From the main lineage, branch lineages emerge... |
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Ehō |
The most auspicious geomantic direction for the given year; the geomantic direction inhabited by Toshitokushin (also ehōgami ; in either case, the kami that heralds the New Year) for that year. It may also be written as "auspicious direction" ( kippō ) or "elder dir... |
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En'nichi |
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Fuigo matsuri |
Bellows Festival. Bonfire stakes dedicated by believers throughout the country are burnt as the central rite of a bonfire festival ( hotakematsuri ) celebrated on November 8 at Fushimi Inari Shrine ( Inari Taisha ) in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. Called the "Be... |
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Funa-hiki matsuri |
Boat-Pulling Festival. A festival held on March 2 at Kanbe Shrine in Kushigata Town, Naka-Koma County, Yamanashi Prefecture. A rite commemorating the invocation ( kanjō ) and the journey of the shrine's kami Miwa-myōjin, from the Ōmiwa Great Shrine ( Ōmiwa Taisha ) in Yamato. A boat... |
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Furyū |
Refers to beautiful and highly decorated structures ( tsukurimono ) and floats ( nerimono ) used in festivals, and also to the dances and music ( hayashi ) presented by costumed performers at festivals. The word furyū originally meant tradition ( ifū ) and nostalgia ( yo-in ) in China. ... |
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Fūjin sai |
"Festival of the wind deities." A festival of the ancient and medieval eras. Also called Tatsuta Wind Deities Festival. Often referred to collectively, together with the Hirose Ōimi Festival ( Ōimi sai ), as the "Hirose-Tatsuta Festival." A ritual praying f... |
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Gagaku |
Gagaku is said to be the exemplary musical form that was transmitted to Japan from the Asian mainland in ancient times. In ancient times it formed one branch of Japanese music, but as time passed musical forms created in Japan such as saibara and rōei also came to be incorporated into ga... |
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Gechinsai |
In the past it was believed that ekishin , the kami of pestilence, were particularly active during the third month of the lunar calendar, the time when cherry blossoms scatter. The gechinsai festival occurs on April 18 at Sai Shrine (Sai Jinja), the sessha (auxiliary shrine) of Ōmiwa ... |
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Gion matsuri |
A festival held between July 1 and July 29 at Yasaka Shrine in Higashiyama Ward, Kyōto City, Kyōto Prefecture. In ancient times it was called the Gionryō'e ("Gion Spirit Assembly"). The origin of the festival is said to be in the "spirit assembly" held by Empero... |
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Gogan shinji |
An annual festival ( reisai ) that takes place on February 10 at Sugōisobe Shrine in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. After the ritual service, dozens of young ujiko (parishioners) from the two districts neighboring the shrine, Shikiji and Oka, dressed in white undergarments, whit... |
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