|
Title |
Text |
|
| 1 |
Nonomiya |
Literally, the "Palace in the Fields," the Nonomiya was where the saiō , the abstinent princess, stayed for one year before she went to serve the Deity of Ise as the saigū . After the accession ( sokui ) of a tennō , the newly selected princess (either the daughter, sister, or g... |
|
| 2 |
Norito |
These are liturgies or incantations, words written in a particular script that are then read by the ritual performer at certain ceremonies or festivals involving the kami . In general the classification norito is widely used to include auspicious words ( yogoto ) as well as the langu... |
|
| 3 |
Noritokō |
(Kamo no Mabuchi) This three volume/three book work was completed by Kamo no Mabuchi in 1768. Arakida Hisaoyu titled the published version Noritogoto no kamuga he ; what is popularly known as Noritokō is a copy close to the original but without any of the diacritical marks ( kaeriten ) ... |
|
| 4 |
Noro |
The senior female celebrant in villages in Amami and Okinawa. Noro means "to pray" or "to report to the deities," and also refers to the person who engages in those activities. Norokumoi and norokumo also are used, with kumoi and kumo being honorifics. The ori... |
|
| 5 |
Nukemairi |
The practice of leaving one's place residence or occupation without permission in order to make pilgrimage (see sankei ) to a shrine or temple. The term was applied particularly to the custom of making pilgrimages to the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū) by young serving men or women wh... |
|
| 6 |
Nukiho no shinji |
"Harvested rice ear rite." A rite held October 9 at Hikawa Shrine in Ōmiya City, Saitama Prefecture. Dumplings made from grains harvested that year are presented before the altar along with newly harvested ears of rice. On October 29, a harvested rice ear festival ( nukih... |
|
| 7 |
Nusubito matsuri |
"Thief's festival." A festival held November 24–25 at Karino Shrine in Kaibara Town, Hikami District, Hyōgo Prefecture. The festival's name is said to derive from the legend that the shrine's enshrined deity ( saijin ) was a thief chased away by the Ōyama deity. Another l... |
|
| 8 |
Nyōdō sai |
A festival that begins December 31 and ends before daybreak on January 1 at Ōmiwa Shrine in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture. At midnight, the priest ( shinshoku ) uses a fireboard and drill to kindle a purified flame ( imibi ) to serve as a "divine fire" ( goshinka ). Following t... |
|
| 9 |
Nōmai shinji |
"Nō and dance rite." A festival held on February 15 at Ugan Shrine in Ikeda Town, Imadate District, Fukui Prefecture. Four den-gaku dance pieces and five Nō plays are performed at the shrine's hall of worship ( haiden ). These pieces are followed by a notto piece in which a ma... |
|
| 10 |
Nōryōsen kōsai |
"Processional festival for boats to enjoy the summer evening cool." A rite held August 7 at Takebe Shrine in Ōtsu City, Shiga Prefecture. On August 1, a sakaki offering ceremony ( sakakitate shinji ) is held at the shrine's hall of worship ( haiden ). Following this, partic... |
|
| 11 |
Obi matsuri |
" Obi festival." A rite of prayer for safe childbirth held once every three years from October 13-15 at Ōi Shrine in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture. A daimyō gyōretsu (the reenactment of the procession of a feudal lord) follows a shin'yo togyo (portable shrine process... |
|
| 12 |
Obotsu-kagura |
A term used in a region that stretches from Amami to the Okinawa archipelago that refers to the other world where the kami dwell. The words obotsu and kagura have basically the same meaning and are used to form a couplet. According to the Chūzan seikan (Mirror of Chūzan, 1650) and the Oki... |
|
| 13 |
Ofune matsuri |
"Boat festival." A festival held May 4–5 at Susukigawa Shrine in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. The nine villages associated with the old woodlands in the area dispatch nine boats ( ofune ) for the festival, each "boat" being a wooden frame in the shape of a ... |
|
| 14 |
Ogoku |
"Offering." A rite held late at night on October 13 at Usa Hachiman Shrine in Muya-chō, Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture. The husband, wife, and daughters from the parishoner household ( ōtō , see tōya ) charged with making the kagami mochi (pounded rice cakes used at the ... |
|
| 15 |
Ohitsuosame shinji |
"Filled-tub rite." A rite held on the autumnal equinox at Ikemiya Shrine in Ikenoyama, Hamaoka Township, Ogasa District, Shizuoka Prefecture. On the equinoctial day, as a portable shrine procession (see shinkōsai ) makes its way to the opposite shore of Sakuragaike Po... |
|
| 16 |
Ohoko matsuri |
"Halberd festival." A festival held from November 18-26 at Ōmiwa Shrine in Tochigi City, Tochigi Prefecture. Also known as Sōja Rokusho Myōjin ("the joint shrine for powerful kami from six locations"), Ōmiwa had been the shrine that collectively enshrined ... |
|
| 17 |
Ohoshizashi shinji |
"Star pointing rite." A rite held January 11th at the Minami Ikura Hachiman Shrine in Ikurachō, Tamana City, Kumamoto Prefecture. The rite begins a period of purification for the households that oversee the shrine's festivals ( tōya ). Those households that have been se... |
|
| 18 |
Ohyakudo |
Ohyakudo ("one hundred times"), also called hyakudo-mairi ("one-hundred-times pilgrimage"), is a form of pilgrimage to shrines and temples for the purpose of praying to kami and buddhas. The term ohyakudo refers to the act of visiting certain shrines and t... |
|
| 19 |
Oka Kumaomi |
(1783-1851) Scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) and Shinto priest of the late Edo period. Born on the ninth day of the third month of 1783 in the village of Kibemura, Kanoashi District in the province of Iwami (present-day Shimane Prefecture). Kumaomi was the illegitimate chil... |
|
| 20 |
Okachōtare shinji |
"Mosquito net-hanging rite." A festival held May 7–8 at Tamura Shrine in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture. After a rite in which the kami 's spirit is transferred to a portable shrine ( shin'yo ), mosquito netting is hung over the place within the shrine where symbols of t... |
|
