Axe-standing celebration - Ono-tateiwai

Japanese: 斧立て祝 - おのたていわい
Axe-standing celebration - Ono-tateiwai

...The axe is also the weapon of the god of thunder, and is one of the possessions of the prodigy Kintaro. Woodcutters have a custom of sticking their axe into the trunk of a tree before felling it, and it is thought that the axe was used to tell the fortune of whether the tree could be felled or not. In the Tsugaru region, it was customary for people to go into the mountains on New Year's Day and mark standing trees with their axe to make them their own.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Axe Standing Celebration" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このほか,斧は雷神の武器でもあり,怪童金太郎の持物になっている。木樵(きこり)の間では,木を伐採する前に幹に斧をさして斧立て祝をする習慣があり,斧で伐採の可・不可を占ったものと思われる。津軽地方では,元旦に山に入って立木に斧で印をつけ各自の持分とする風もあった。…

※「斧立て祝」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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