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Saigusa no matsuri |
A rite conducted in ancient times during the fourth month at the Isagawa Shrine, a subshrine of the Ōmiwa Jinja. A rite of the Ritsuryō ritual system, which appears in the Jingiryō . The name is said to derive from the saigusa flower (a mountain lily; or perhaps ikarigusa or the koshō tre... |
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Saigū |
The saigū was an unmarried royal princess who served at the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū). She was also called the Ise no saiō , sainaishinnō , and itsuki no miya , terms that denote an abstinent or consecrated princess. The term saigū originally referred to the Saiōgū , which was the d... |
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Saiin |
The saiin was an unmarried royal princess who served at the Kamo Shrines in Kyoto. She was also called Kamo no saiō and itsuki no miya , both which denote a consecrated princess of Kamo. The term saiin originally referred to the residence of a Kamo princess, but it also came to mean the pri... |
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Saijin |
A collective term referring to all the kami worshiped at a specific shrine or locale. Since it is generally believed that the objects of worship ( shintai ) in early Shinto were features of, or objects taken from the natural environment (mountains, rivers, ocean, rocks, etc.), the ka... |
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Saijitsu |
Shrine observances can be largely divided into annual rituals that are performed at the same time each year, rituals that are performed at certain intervals such as the 20th year or the 12th year, as well as special observances that are carried out in irregular intervals. The day on wh... |
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Saijō |
[Sai jō] A general term for a ritual site, or any place where the enshrinement of a kami or the performance of ritual worship takes place. At Shinto shrines, the facility may be called either a saijōin or saijōsho , and may be represented by either a permanent or temporary structure. In t... |
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Saikai |
The term sai refers to a state that transcends the ordinary. The term kai refers to the taboos ( kinki ) and regulations that have to be kept in relation to sai , as well as the state in which these taboos and regulations are adhered to. The compound saikai indicates a condition in which kai ... |
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Saikan |
[Sai kan] A structure used by shrine officials ( shinshoku ) to retreat for secluded purification ( kessai ) prior to serving in divine ceremonies. At the Grand Shrines of Ise, separate halls exist for the purificatory retreats of priests known as negi (suppliants or senior priests)... |
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Saikusa matsuri |
" Saikusa festival." A rite held on June 17 at Isakawa Shrine, an auxiliary ( sessha ) of Ōmiya Shrine, in Nara City, Nara Prefecture. The ceremony begins at around ten in the morning. Four female shrine attendants ( miko ) perform an offertorial dance using saikusa no hana —... |
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Saimon |
Saimon , also pronounced saibun , is a written proclamation that is read to the spirit of one or more kami . In days of old, "imperial proclamations" ( senmyō ) were also called saimon . At the Grand Shrine of Ise ( Ise jingū ), saimon refers to a report from the emperor presented ... |
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Saisen |
A type of offering to kami and buddhas, originally given during visits made to express gratitude for the fulfillment of a prayer. Nowadays the term refers to a monetary gift offered as an expression of prayer or worship at temples and shrines. Differing from the offerings made at fixe... |
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Saishi shūzoku |
Traditions, practices, and customs related to festivals and the rituals that form part of them. Rituals and festivals take many forms depending on time, place and the people performing it. Although the term "ritual customs" ( saishi shūzoku ) is used to refer collective... |
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Saishi yōgo |
Japanese "observances" ( matsuri ) can be broadly divided into two types, annual observances ( nenchū gyōji ) and rites of passage ( tsūka girei ). The term annual observances refers to a system in which a set of observances is repeated on a yearly basis in a particular socia... |
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Saishu |
A profession established by the court for the performance of ritual at Ise Jingū (the Grand Shrines of Ise). This position only existed at Ise and was hereditarily filled by the Nakatomi family. In later years it was also called jingū kanchō or sōkan . It is not, however, listed in the Sh... |
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Saitenryaku tsuketari saimonrei |
(Kusakado Nobutaka) Saitenryaku, with an attachment of examples from Saibunrei. Written by Kusakado Nobutaka in one volume and one attachment. It was published in 1869 as the Ibukinoya Juku edition. It was revised by Kamo Tsuneharu. Nobutaka was a student of the Hirata school in Mi... |
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Sakaero matsuri |
A rite held the evening of February 9 at Mononobe Shrine in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture. Parishioners ( ujiko ) gather at the hall of worship ( haiden ) and chant, " Daimonmae no sakuranbo, yae ni saite ho o tareta, sakaero sakaero " ("Cherry tree before the gr... |
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Sakainokami |
[Sakai no kami] " kami of the border," a tutelary enshrined at the boundaries of settlements, and meant to prevent the ingress of evil spirits and kami of pestilence believed responsible for bringing plagues or other disasters to the community. Archeological excavatio... |
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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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Sakaki gidō |
"Sakaki ritual incantation." A rite held on the evening of February 13 at Shikanoumi Shrine in Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Sakaki branches are collected on Kami Mountain and distributed throughout the village, purifying all of the homes. — Mogi Sakae |
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Sakaki matsuri |
" Sakaki festival." A festival held August 15 at Ōtomo Shrine in Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture. This violent festival is a roughhousing competition, where participants fashion branches of Japanese oak ( nara ) into a pair of rods known as sakaki-sama . All the par... |
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