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Kamidana

Mon, June 29, 2009

Kamidana is a miniature Shinto shrine placed high on the wall, on a well-lit and quiet zone inside the house or store. An orientation facing east or south is generally considered desirable.

Kamidana

In most cases, kamidana enshrines a local god (kami) or a god associated with the family. The altar contains sacred tablets (ofuda) which are inscribed with written prayers and sanctified by a priest. Ofuda are typically replaced every year. The kamidana also contains a wide variety of items related to the Shinto style ceremony, like a small mirror (kagami), a miniature wooden box for coins (saisenbako), two vases for sakaki leaves (Cleyera japonica), offering vessels (water, solt, sake, rice) and shimenawa (the sacred rope from rice straw, traditionally used to delimitate a sacred area).

Kamidana photographed at Edo Tokyo Open Air Museum:

Kamidana

Kamidana este un altar shinto în miniatură, care se agaţă pe perete, la înălţime, într-o zonă luminată şi liniştită din casă, în magazine sau birouri. Se consideră a fi benefică o orientare cu faţa către est sau sud.

Kamidana

Altarul este dedicat de obicei zeităţii (kami) locale sau unei zeităţi asociate cu familia. Kamidana conţine tăbliţe cu rugăciuni (ofuda), binecuvântate de un preot shinto, care de obicei se înlocuiesc în fiecare an. Altarul mai poate conţine şi alte obiecte legate de ceremonia shinto, cum ar fi o mică oglindă (kagami), o miniatură după cutia în care se aruncă monezi (saisenbako), două vase pentru ramuri de sakaki (Cleyera japonica), vase pentru ofrande (apă, sare, sake, orez) şi o shimenawa (o frânghie din paie de orez cu rol de purificare şi de demarcare a unui spaţiu sacru).

Am fotografiat aceste două kamidana la muzeul Edo Tokyo Open Air:

Kamidana

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