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Hakkeburui |
This single-volume work is a compilation of the family records of the Shirakawa family. By the order of Masatomi Ō, this work was compiled by Taniguchi Sukeyuki (dates unknown), a disciple in the Shirakawa priestly lineage, and completed in 1754. The Hakkeburui is comprised of twen... |
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Hakkōichiu |
"The Entire Earth under One Roof." This phrase, coined in modern times, is based on a line from the prayer of the first (legendary) Emperor Jinmu (prior to his enthronement) at the founding of the imperial city of Kashihara: "Will it not be well to have capital develop... |
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Hakusan Shinkō |
Hakusan is the collective name given to the three mountains Gozenpō, Ōnanjimine, and Bessan located at the intersection of the regions Kaga, Echizen, and Mino. Hakusan shinkō is the faith based on the deification of these mountains. Local farmers believed that Hakusan was a mounta... |
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Hakushu |
"Hand clapping," which forms part of proper etiquette for worshipping a deity. Because both hands are first spread open to each side, it is also called "hand opening" ( hirade ) or "oak hands" ( kashiwade ). Hand clapping has been part of worship etiq... |
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Hama-ori Matsuri |
Festival of the Descent to the Shore. Held on July 15 at Samukawa Shrine (Samukawa Jinja) in Samukawa Town, Kōzaku District, Kanagawa Prefecture. Legend has it that this rite began in 1839 when the fishermen of Chigasaki rescued the sacred image of a deity ( shintai ) from the waters of ... |
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Hamaya |
Literally, "demon-breaking arrow." A decorative arrow sold at shrines at New Year's to ward off misfortune and attract good luck. Hamaya are popular among New Year's visitors to shrines as one type of good-luck charm or engimono . From the Edo to the early Meiji p... |
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Han honjisuijakusetsu (Anti-honjisuijaku thought) |
This term covers a range of theories that were created during the medieval period which argue for the superiority of indigenous kami over Buddhist deities. These theories were voiced in opposition to the Buddhist honji suijaku theory which posited that the kami were merely local ma... |
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Hana matsuri |
"Flower Festival." In Buddhism the kanbutsue festival held on the eighth day of the fourth month of the old lunar calendar to celebrate the anniversary of Buddha's birthday is sometimes also called hana matsuri ; that usage was first employed by the Pure Land (Jōdoshū) se... |
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Hana matsuri (Yamagata) |
"Flower Festival." A festival held on July 15 at the Dewa Mountain Shrines (Dewa Sanzan Jinja), in Haguro Town, Higashitagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture. In the Tōke village at the foot of the mountain, both sides of the roads and the interiors of the houses are decora... |
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Hana-bai matsuri |
A festival meant to ensure the success of the silk harvest, which takes place on January 6 at Hakusan Shrine in Shiratori Town, Gujō District, Gifu Prefecture. Also called the Sixth Day Festival. A serving platter with offerings of rice, mochi (glutinous rice cake) and fruit is place... |
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Hana-e sai |
"Flower Assembly Festival." A festival held on April 11, at the Futarayama Shrine ( Futarayama Jinja ) on Baba Street in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture in commemoration of the temporary manifestation of the enshrined kami ( saijin ). Four boys around the age of twel... |
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Hana-no-tō |
A one-week-long festival celebrated from May 8 at Atsuta Shrine (Atsuta Jingū), in Atsuta Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. It is said that the number of participants is second only to the number of visitors on the first days of January, when many the first shrine visits in the new y... |
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Hanamori matsuri |
"Heaping of Flowers Festival." An observance held on April 22 at Niutsuhime Shrine ( Niutsuhime jinja ) in Katsuragi Town, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture. The name of the festival reflects the custom of offering piled cherry blossoms along with the standard food off... |
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Hanatsumi matsuri |
"Flower-picking Festival." Held on April 13 and 14 at Ōtori Shrine (Ōtori Jinja) in Sakai City, Ōsaka Prefecture. Young children in festive costumes, "blossom gathering girls" ( hanatsumime ) and a flower-decorated float ( hanaguruma ) pulled along by seve... |
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Hanawa Hokiichi |
(1746-1821) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) of the mid-Edo period. Born on the fifth day of the fifth month of 1746 to a peasant family in the village of Hokino in Musashi Province (present-day Kodama Town, Saitama Prefecture). His lineage name was Ogino, and he had the style... |
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Hani-tsukai |
An observance held at Sumiyoshi Shrine (Sumiyoshi Taisha) in Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, twice a year, at the beginning of February and the beginning of November. Clay for making the earthenware platters hiraka used in festivals is brought from Mt. Unebi in Yamat... |
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Haniyasu |
[Haniyasu no kami] (Nihongi) A tutelary kami of earth. According to an "alternate writing" recorded in Nihongi , Haniyasu no kami was produced by Izanagi and Izanami after they had completed giving birth to the "Great Eight-Island Country" (Ōyashimaguni). ... |
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Hanpei |
"Distribution of ritual offerings." In the ancient era, the distribution of offerings by the Department of Divinities ( Jingikan ) to officially designated shrines, where they were dedicated to the enshrined deities as part of state observances. The first mention of h... |
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Harabote matsuri |
A festival held on September 4 and 5 at Suwa Shrine in Yamanakako Village, Minami-Tsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture. On the evening of the fourth, the portable shrine ( mikoshi ) transported to a temporary resting place. On its return journey on the fifth, the mikoshi is carried b... |
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Harae |
Purification. This refers to the process of purifying the mind and body of accumulated sins and defilements by means of ablutions ( misogi ) or other rites and recitations. Representative of these are ceremonies performed in the presence of the kami ( shinzen ) with silk and paper cut... |
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