Abe no Seimei Hanmon - Abe no Seimei Hanmon

...The person holds the rope in his mouth and untwists it with his hands, which is a mock act of loosening the impurities. Abe no Seimei, a prayer master active in the mid-Heian period, was a master of astronomy and onmyodo who was later revered as the founder of onmyodo. The star crest he is said to have created, known as the Abe no Seimei crest, is undoubtedly a knotting incantation. In the Meiji period, it was sewn onto the top of the army's formal caps and used as a star emblem....

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Abe no Seimei crest" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…解縄を口にくわえて手で縒りを戻すのであるが，これは汚れを解く模擬的な行為である。平安中期に活躍した祈禱師安倍晴明は，後世，陰陽道の祖と仰がれた天文･陰陽道の大家であるが，彼が創作したといわれる〈安倍晴明判紋〉という星印はまぎれもなく結びの呪術である。明治時代には陸軍の式帽の上部に縫いとられ，星章として使われた。…

※「安倍晴明判紋」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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