Uzuchi - Uzuchi

Japanese: 卯槌 - うづち

〘Noun〙 In the Middle Ages, a mallet was offered to the Imperial Palace by the Itodokoro (Thread Place) and Rokuefu (Edo Palace) on the first day of the Rabbit in the New Year to ward off evil spirits. It is a modified Uzujo (Uzu staff), usually made from peach wood, and is a rectangular prism three sun (about 10 cm) long and one sun (about 3 cm) wide on each side, with a vertical hole drilled into it from which 10 to 15 strands of braided thread of five colours hang about five shaku (about 1.5 m). There were also circular ones. In the Imperial Palace, it is hung on a pillar in the southwest corner of the Hi- no-Omasi (Day Throne) . It is a custom that imitates the Gobo (hard rabbit) of the Chinese Han dynasty, and was also practiced by the general public, and in the Edo period, such creations were sold at the first visit to the palace on the day of the Rabbit. [Season: New Year] *Makura (end of the 10th century) 87 "When the letter was read, two Uzujo (5-inch mallets) were wrapped around the head and other parts of the body in the shape of a Uzujo."

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Japanese:

〘名〙中古、正月初の卯の日に糸所(いとどころ)および六衛府から、内裏に邪気払いとして奉った槌。卯杖の変形したもので普通桃の木を用い、長さ三寸（約一〇センチメートル）、幅一寸（約三センチメートル）四方の直方体を作り、縦に穴をあけ、一〇本ないし一五本の五色の組糸を五尺（約一・五メートル）ばかり垂らしたもの。円形のものもあった。内裏では昼御座(ひのおまし)の西南の角の柱にかける。中国漢代の剛卯(ごうぼう)をまねた風習で民間でも行なわれ、江戸時代には初卯詣でにそのつくりものが売られた。《季・新年》※枕（１０Ｃ終）八七「御文あけさせ給へれば、五寸ばかりなるうづちふたつを、卯杖のさまに頭などをつつみて」

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