Kakkoyashikigami - Each household god

Japanese: 各戸屋敷神 - かっこやしきがみ
Kakkoyashikigami - Each household god

...The diversity of names for yashikigami indicates the advancement of kanjo-gami, and is presumably indicative of the activities of those who transmit the faith, such as ascetics and shrine maidens. If yashikigami are categorized based on the range of people who worship them, they can be divided into three types: (1) those worshipped in almost every household (individual household gods), (2) those worshipped only in specific old families or in the main family (main family household gods), and (3) those worshipped by a group of members of the same family as the household god belonging to the main family (family household gods). It is difficult to imagine that these three types coexisted from the beginning....

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kadoyashikigami" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…屋敷神呼称の雑多性は,勧請神進出の事実を示すとともに,修験や巫女(みこ)など信仰伝達者の活躍を物語るものと推定される。 屋敷神を祭祀者の範囲という観点から類型化すると,集落内で(1)ほとんど各戸ごとにまつられているタイプ(各戸屋敷神),(2)特定の旧家,本家筋の家に限ってまつられているタイプ(本家屋敷神),(3)本家に属する屋敷神を同族が一団となってまつるというタイプ(一門屋敷神)に分けられる。この三つの類型がはじめから併存していたとは考え難い。…

※「各戸屋敷神」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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