Kamabarai - Kamabarai

Japanese: 竈祓 - かまばらい

〘Noun〙 (also "kamaharai") 1. At the end of the year or on the last day of the month, shrine maidens come to cleanse the hearth, offer prayers, and string up shimenawa ropes for worship. Also, the shrine maidens. Kamaharae. Kamapparai. Kamadobarai. Kamamatsuri. Kamashime . Kamashimeharai. Koujinbarai . [Season: Winter] ※Storybook, Shikatabanashi (1671), 4 "There is a person called Kamaharahito who travels around Edo. He sings and stands in front of the hearth." 2. A shrine maiden like 1 who engages in prostitution. By extension, a prostitute. ※Ukiyo-zoshi: Danshoku -daikan (1687) vol. 1 “The maiden of the hearth-cleaning priest, who is concerned about her male companions , is

Kamado-harae ...harae [Kamado-harae]

〘Noun〙 = Kamabarai (hearth purification) ※Haiku poem, Sakuragawa (1674), Spring “On the last day of Yayoi's New Year, the hearth was lit, but today, the hearth is lit in March (Kigin).”

Kamado-barai ...barahi [Kamado-harai]

〘Noun〙 = Kamabarai (hearth purification)

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

〘名〙 (「かまはらい」とも)① 歳末、また、月の晦日(みそか)などに巫女(みこ)などが来て、かまどをはらい祈祷し、しめ縄を張ってまつること。また、その巫女。かまはらえ。かまっぱらい。かまどばらい。かままつり。竈注連(かましめ)。竈注連祓。荒神祓(こうじんばらい)。《季・冬》※咄本・私可多咄（1671）四「江戸あたりをありくかまはらひといふもの有。うたうたひ、かまどのまへにてまふ也」② ①の巫女の売春をするもの。転じて、淫売婦。※浮世草子・男色大鑑（1687）一「竈払(カマハラ)ひの神子(みこ)男ばかりの内を心懸ると」