Ohake - Ohake

Japanese: オハケ - おはけ

…(3) Kamidana related to annual events such as Toshi Kamidana, Tanabata Kamidana, and Bon Kamidana that are worshiped only during a certain period of time. There are also Kamidana called Ohake that are set up only in certain houses and for certain periods during shrine festivals. [Masato Uno] It is thought that there is not a very long history of Kamidana being set up in houses. …

From [Miyaza]

...The headman leads a strict life of purification, and may move the deity from the shrine to his own house, where he worships it for a year until the next festival. A custom seen in a wide area from Akita and Ibaraki to Kyushu is to mark the appointment of a headman by erecting a bamboo or tree with a sakaki tree attached, called an ohake, in the garden of the house. The headman is accepted as a single family, but if the family is the main family of the clan, the branch families will support it, and these may be called assistant heads or side heads....

From [Yorishiro]

…A long pole with a shrub attached to the end is often called a gohei and used as a yorishiro. The ohake erected at the head family's house in a village's rituals is also a yorishiro, as is the onbashira erected at the grand festival every six years at Suwa Taisha Shrine in Nagano Prefecture, and the yamaboko floats of the Gion Festival in Kyoto, which have changed in some ways, both of which use the high-raised pole as a yorishiro. [Nishigaki Seiji]…

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…(3)ある特定の期間だけまつられる歳神棚，七夕棚，盆棚など年中行事に関与した神棚。またオハケなどと称して神社の祭りの際に，特定の家･期間だけに設けられる神棚もある。【宇野正人】　住宅内に神棚が設けられるようになってから，あまり永い歴史はないものと考えられる。…

【宮座】より

…頭屋はきびしい潔斎（けつさい）の生活をおくり，神社から神体を自分の家に移し，次の祭りまで1年間まつることもある。頭屋になるとそれを示すために家の庭にオハケと呼ばれる竹や木にサカキ(榊)にしでをつけたものをたてる風習も，秋田，茨城から九州にいたる広い地域にみられる。頭屋は一軒の家としてうけるが，その家が一族の本家であると分家の家々がこれを援助し，これを助頭（すけとう）とか脇頭（わきとう）と呼ぶこともある。…

【依代】より

…長い棒の先端にシデをつけ，御幣と呼んでこれを依代とすることも多い。村の祭祀で頭家（とうや）となった家にたてられるオハケも依代であり，長野県の諏訪大社で6年ごとの大祭にたてられる御柱（おんばしら）や，変容はしているが京都の祇園祭の山鉾（やまぼこ）もその高く掲げた棒を依代としたものである。【西垣晴次】。…

※「オハケ」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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