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shinsôsai (Shintô Funeral) – 06 / 24 / 2014
shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
sô (internment, bury)
sai (ritual, offer prayers)
❖ Funeral rites conducted according to shintô
❖ shintô funeral
Rituals comprising the rite:
1) makura-naoshi
no gi |
まくらなおし
のぎ |
枕直し
の儀 |
makura (pillow, bolster)
nao.shi (correction; rectification)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
❖ (pillow-adjustment rite)
| 2) nôkan no gi |
のうかんのぎ |
納棺の儀 |
nô (settlement)
kan (coffin, casket)
nôkan (placing of body in coffin)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
❖ (coffin rite)
3) kyûzen-nikku
no gi |
きゅうぜんにっく
のぎ |
翕然日供
の儀 |
kyû (gather)
zen (sort of thing, in that case)
kyûzen (spontaneously; with one accord)
nik | nichi (day, sun)
ku (offer, present, serve meal)
nikku (daily offering)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
❖ (rite of providing daily food offerings to the deceased)
4) ubusuna-jinja
ni kiyû-hôkoku |
うぶすなじんじゃ
にきゅほこく |
産土神社
に帰幽奉告 |
ubu (native, childbirth)
suna | tsuchi (earth, soil, ground)
ubusuna (birth place)
jin (kami)
ja | sha (shrine, office)
ni (movement and time particle)
ki (homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in)
yû (seclude, confine to a room)
kiyû (death)
hô (observance, offer, present, dedicate)
koku (revelation, tell, inform, announce)
hôkoku (report give to Kami)
❖ (rite of reporting to the kami the return of the spirit to their natal shrine)
❖ Also called kiyû-hôkoku no gi
| kiyû-hôkoku no gi |
きゅほこくのぎ |
帰幽奉告の儀 |
ki (homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in)
yû (seclude, confine to a room)
kiyû (death)
hô (observance, offer, present, dedicate)
koku (revelation, tell, inform, announce)
hôkoku (report give to Kami)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
| 5) bosho-jichinsai |
ぼしょじちんさい |
墓所地鎮祭 |
bo (grave, tomb)
sho (place)
bosho (graveyard)
ji (ground, earth)
chin (tranquilize)
sai (ritual, offer prayers)
jichinsai (ground breaking ceremony)
❖ (gravesite ground-breaking or purification rite)
❖ Also called bosho-batsujo no gi, batsujo no gi
bosho-batsujo
no gi |
ぼしょばつじょ
のぎ |
墓所祓除
の儀 |
| batsujo no gi |
ばつじょのぎ |
祓除の儀 |
bo (grave, tomb)
sho (place)
bosho (graveyard)
batsu | futsu (exorcise)
jo (exclude, remove, abolish, cancel)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
batsujo (purification)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
| 6) tsuyasai no gi |
つやさいのぎ |
通夜祭の儀 |
tsu (pass through)
ya (night, evening)
sai (ritual, offer prayers)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
❖ (ritual wake)
| 7) senrei no gi |
せんれいのぎ |
遷霊の儀 |
sen (transition, move, change)
rei (spirits, soul)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
❖ (rite for transferring the deceased spirit to the memorial tablet)
8) hakkyûsai
no gi |
はっきゅうさい
のぎ |
発柩祭
の儀 |
hak | hatsu (departure)
kyû (bier, coffin)
sai (ritual, offer prayers)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
❖ (rite to send the coffin off from the room)
❖ Also called shukkan sai
shuk | shutsu (exit, leave)
kan (coffin, casket)
sai (ritual, offer prayers)
9) hakkyû-go-
batsujo no gi |
はっきゅうご
ばつじょのぎ |
発柩後
祓除の儀 |
hak | hatsu (departure)
kyû (bier, coffin)
go (after, later)
batsu | futsu (exorcise)
jo (exclude, remove, abolish, cancel)
batsujo (purification)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
❖ (room purification rite after sending off the coffin)
❖ Also called ato-barai no gi
| ato-barai no gi |
あとばらいのぎ |
後祓の儀 |
ato (after, later)
bara.i | hara.i (exorcise)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
| 10) sôjôsai no gi |
そうじょうさいのぎ |
葬場祭の儀 |
sô (internment, bury)
jô (location, place)
sai (ritual, offer prayers)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
❖ (grave-side rites)
mai (bury)
sô (internment, bury)
sai (ritual, offer prayers)
❖ (interment or crematory rite)
❖ Also called kasôsai no gi, kasôsai
| kasôsai no gi |
かそうさいのぎ |
火葬祭の儀 |
| kasôsai |
かそうさい |
火葬祭 |
ka (fire)
sô (internment, bury)
sai (ritual, offer prayers)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
ka (fire)
sô (internment, bury)
sai (ritual, offer prayers)
| 12) kikasai no gi |
きかさいのぎ |
帰家祭の儀 |
ki (return, homecoming, arrive at)
ka (home, house)
sai (ritual, offer prayers)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
❖ (the rite of the family's return home)
❖ Also called kika-shûbatsu no gi
kika-shûbatsu
no gi |
きかしゅうばつ
のぎ |
帰家修祓
の儀 |
ki (return, homecoming, arrive at)
ka (home, house)
shû (discipline, conduct oneself well, study, master)
batsu | futsu (exorcise)
no (possessive particle)
gi (ceremony)
shinobigoto (condolence message)
koto (say)
❖ Words of condolence said to a deceased person
❖ Along with expressing sadness, they also praise the good works performed and merits accrued during that person's lifetime.
❖ Also called shinubigoto, shinobikotoba
| shinubigoto |
しぬびごと |
誄詞 |
| shinobikotoba |
しのびことば |
誄詞 |
shinobigoto (condolence message)
shinobi | contraction of shinobigoto (condolence message)
kotoba (words, poetry)
tomura.i (condolences, mourning, funeral)
❖ Funeral or burial condolences
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