Okama-sama - Lady

Japanese: オカマサマ - おかまさま
Okama-sama - Lady

...In the Chugoku region, Dokojin is called Docksan or Rocksan, and is worshiped by offering Sakaki and five-colored flags to the main pillar. In some places, the hearth god is called Okamasama, Koujin, or Fugensama, and in Okinawa, influenced by Taoism, there is a belief that the hearth god ascends to heaven at the end of the year to tell the family how they have been. [Iijima Yoshiharu]...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国地方では土公神(どこうじん)がなまってドックサン,ロックサンと呼ばれ,大黒柱にサカキや五色旗を供えて祭っている。また竈神をオカマサマ,荒神(こうじん),普賢様(ふげんさま)という所もあり,沖縄では道教の影響をうけて年末に竈神が昇天して家族の行状を告げるという信仰もみられる。【飯島 吉晴】。…

※「オカマサマ」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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