Omatsu-sama - Omatsu-sama

Japanese: お松様 - おまつさま
Omatsu-sama - Omatsu-sama

...They are set up on either side of the entrance and a shimenawa (sacred rope) is stretched between them, firewood is piled up around the base, or if indoors, they are set up on a rice bale. They are often called Omatsu-sama (Matsu-sama) and worshipped with offerings of zoni (rice cake soup), so it is thought that they were originally a place where the New Year deity descends from the dead. In many places, the day to cut down pines and other trees is December 13th, and the setting up is completed by December 30th. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Omatsu-sama" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…門口の左右に立てて間に注連(しめ)縄を張ったり,根もとに薪木を寄せかけたり,屋内の場合には米俵に立てたりする。お松様と敬称で呼んだり,雑煮などを供えて拝む所も多いことから,本来は降臨する年神の依代(よりしろ)ではなかったかと考えられている。松などを切ってくる日は12月13日とする所が多く,12月30日までには立て終える。…

※「お松様」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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