…The custom of competing to hunt medicinal herbs has been practiced since ancient times in Japan as a way to ward off bad luck, and it first appears in the article on the 19th year of the reign of Empress Suiko in the Nihon Shoki. To ward off evil spirits, irises were hung from the eaves of houses and were also displayed inside the house. There was also the custom of wearing irises on the head, called kazura. Iris was widely used in this day and in the early modern period, it was customary to drink iris wine and take iris baths. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "shobudo" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…薬草を競い狩る風習が,不吉をはらうためのものとして,日本古代から行われており,《日本書紀》推古19年条に初めてみえる。邪気をはらうという意から,菖蒲を軒につるし,家の内にも飾り,菖蒲を飾った菖蒲輿(あやめのこし)などもあり,また,菖蒲縵(かずら)と称し,頭につけ,身につける風習があった。菖蒲はこの日ひろく用いられ,近世には菖蒲酒を飲み,菖蒲湯に浴すということも行われた。… ※「菖蒲縵」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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