Katatae Shrine - Katatae Shrine

Japanese: 方違神社 - かたたがえじんじゃ
Katatae Shrine - Katatae Shrine

...In the Edo period, it became a formality and the custom of moving only the pillow emerged. In common society, the superstition of visiting Hochigai Shrine arose, and it was believed that if one built a house facing a taboo direction, opened or closed a window or fence, or embarked on a journey or a ferry, visiting this shrine would bring about the meaning of the direction being changed. Hochigai Shrine in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, is famous. In Kyoto, Jonan-gu Shrine (Mahataki Shrine) in Toba, Rakunan, is famous, and it is said that if one brings back soil from the shrine grounds and sprinkles it when building a structure in a taboo direction or moving a house, one can avoid curses. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Hochigai Shrine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸時代には形式化して枕だけを移動させる風が生じた。庶民社会では方違神社参詣の俗信が興り,禁忌の方向に対して舎宅を構えたり,窓や垣を開いたり塞いだり,あるいは旅行・回船の門出などをなすものは,この神社に参れば方違の意味が生ずるとするもので,大阪府堺市の方違神社は有名である。京都では洛南鳥羽の城南宮(真幡寸(まはたき)神社)が有名で,禁忌の方向に造作したり,転宅したりするとき,境内の土を持ち帰ってまけば,祟りを避けられるという。…

※「方違神社」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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