Ebumi Shrine

...It was held on the night of New Year's Eve, during the Yomiya (evening festival) and during events marking the change of seasons. The famous Ohara no Zasone, described in Saikaku's Koshoku Ichidai Otoko (1682) as "Tonight is the evening of the zasone in Ohara village," was once held on the night of Setsubun in the worship hall of Ebumi Shrine in Ohara, Kyoto. Yomiya is now considered to be the eve of the main festival, but originally the festival was held at midnight when the gods descended. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Ebumi Shrine" is listed below.

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…年越しの夜，宵宮（よみや）や季節の変り目の行事におけるおこもりの際に行われた。西鶴《好色一代男》(1682)に〈今宵は大原の里の雑魚寝とて〉と記されて名高い大原（おはら）の雑魚寝は，京都大原の江文（えぶみ）神社の拝殿でかつては節分の夜に行われた。宵宮は今では本祭の前夜祭のように考えられているが，本来祭りは神の降臨する真夜中に行われた。…

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