The Japanese Enthronement Ceremonies: With an Account of the Imperial RegaliaFirst Published in 1996. This volume contains the finest and most detailed descriptions of the Japanese enthronement ceremonies and imperial regalia available in the English language. Privately printed in 1928, it has never before been widely available. In an approach that combines history and anthropology, it presents meticulous description of the rituals, costumes, offerings and buildings in which the ceremonies - mostly enacted in private - are held. |
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Page 96
... Daijō Sai . A close relationship between the two may be seen in the fact that when the Daijo Sai is celebrated the ... Daijo Sai may be correctly regarded as an en- larged Niiname Matsuri . Another important item of evidence pointing ...
... Daijō Sai . A close relationship between the two may be seen in the fact that when the Daijo Sai is celebrated the ... Daijo Sai may be correctly regarded as an en- larged Niiname Matsuri . Another important item of evidence pointing ...
Page 97
... Daijō Sai proper are sketched in brief outline . Not all of these are merely the revival of ancient forms , and not ... Daijo Sai are performed in two small buildings that reproduce in general the simple architecture of the dwellings of ...
... Daijō Sai proper are sketched in brief outline . Not all of these are merely the revival of ancient forms , and not ... Daijo Sai are performed in two small buildings that reproduce in general the simple architecture of the dwellings of ...
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... Daijō Sai take place inside of the two buildings of primitive type , called the Yuki and the Suki Halls , to which attention has already been directed . The general name given these two buildings as ... Daijo Sai: The Great New Food Festival.
... Daijō Sai take place inside of the two buildings of primitive type , called the Yuki and the Suki Halls , to which attention has already been directed . The general name given these two buildings as ... Daijo Sai: The Great New Food Festival.
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accession Amaterasu-Ōmikami ancient announcement Banzai called carried cere Chief Ritualist Chinese Chinkon color couch-throne Curved Jewels Daijo Daijō Gū Daijō Sai deities divine early Japanese eight Emperor Jimmu Emperor Taishō Empress Enthronement Ceremonies enthronement rites fact Food Festival food offerings food ritual Gate God-gate gods Grand Imperial Shrine Haizen harvest Himorogi Imperial Household Department Imperial Household Law Imperial Palace Imperial Throne Japanese Enthronement Japanese Imperial Regalia Jimmu Tennō Kairyū Kami Kashiko Dokoro Kojiki Kōrei Kusanagi Sword Kyōto light magatama magical Matsuri means modern moon myth Nihongi Ninigi-no-Mikoto officials Old Japan Outer Chamber present priests primitive purification regalia mirror regalia sword reigning Emperor ritualist bearing royal ruler sacred sword shaku Shiki Shin Shinto Shinza Shishin Shunkyō Sky-father Sokui Rei spirit stand storm Suki Halls Sun Goddess Susa-no-Wo-no-Mikoto symbol tatami Tennō tion Tōkyō treasures Uneme Uneme bearing worship Yamato Yata Mirror Yuki Yuki District