Forbidden stick - Imizue

Japanese: 忌杖 - いみづえ
Forbidden stick - Imizue

… [Hiromitsu Iwakura]
[Folklore]
The Kojiki states that Empress Jingu placed her staff at the gate of the ruler of Silla, indicating that the staff was a symbol of possession. For this reason, the staff played the role of a sign marking a boundary, and is called an imidzue (forbidden staff) when it indicates the boundary between the secular world and the sacred world. Legends surrounding place names such as tsuetate (standing on a staff) and tsuetsuki (pointing at a staff) are often related to this.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ijime" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【岩倉 博光】
[民俗]
 神功(じんぐう)皇后が新羅(しらぎ)の国主の門に杖をつきたてたと《古事記》にあるのは,杖が占有権を表示するものであったことを示している。このため杖は境界を限る牓示(ぼうじ)としての役割を果たし,とくに俗界と聖界の境を示す場合,忌杖(いみづえ)と呼ばれている。また杖立(つえたて),杖突(つえつき)などの地名にまつわる伝説もこれと関連することが多い。…

※「忌杖」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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