Porridge fortune telling - Kayura

Japanese: 粥占 - かゆうら
Porridge fortune telling - Kayura

It is a type of annual divination that predicts the fortunes of the year. It is often held on the 15th day of the first month, known as Kosho-gatsu, and is generally used to predict the harvest. A wooden stick with a split end called a kayubashi is placed in the rice porridge and stirred, and the number of rice grains that stick to the stick is used to predict the harvest of the year. Also, 12 bamboo tubes, one for each month, are placed in the rice porridge to predict the harvest, and the amount of rice porridge in each tube determines the type of crop to be planted, such as early rice, barley, soybeans, etc. It is believed that in the past this was performed jointly by villages, hamlets, groups, and neighboring houses, but it has rapidly declined in recent times. Evidence of this can be seen in shrine events such as the Kayu-uranai Shinto Ritual and Tsutsugayu Shinto Ritual.

[Masaru Sasaki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

その年の吉凶を占う年占(としうら)の一種。多くは正月15日の小正月(こしょうがつ)にみられ、作物の豊凶を占うことが一般的である。先端をいくつかに割った粥箸(かゆばし)などとよばれる木の棒を粥に入れてかき回し、そこに付着した米粒の数によってその年の豊凶を占うのである。また、12本すなわち月の数の竹筒を粥の中に入れて作を占ったり、早稲(わせ)、大麦、大豆(だいず)などという品目を定めた筒に入った粥の量によって植え付ける作柄を決めたりする。かつてはムラ、小字(こあざ)や組そして近隣の家々など共同で行われていたものと思われるが、最近は急速に衰退してしまった。そのおもかげが粥占神事とか筒粥神事として神社行事に残されている。

[佐々木勝]

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