Crow invitation - Karasukanjo

Japanese: 烏勧請 - からすかんじょう
Crow invitation - Karasukanjo

...Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya, Taga Taisha in Omi, and Itsukushima Shrine in Aki are also closely related to crows, and the Crow Festival, Otogui Shinji, is held, where offerings are made to crows to tell the year's fortune. Farmers, who usually hate crows as pests, actively invite them on the first day of the New Year, calling them "Karasu Kanjo" (Crow Invitation), and consult the will of the gods, such as predicting the harvest by whether or not they eat the rice cakes they throw, and deciding whether to sow early, mid-season, or late rice by which food placed in three places in the rice field they peck. Kumano Taisha in Kii is particularly famous for its connection with crows, and many crows are printed on the Goo Hoin, a seal that was often used as writing paper for oaths from the Middle Ages onwards.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Karasu Kanjo" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…名古屋の熱田神宮,近江の多賀大社,安芸の厳島神社などもカラスと関係が深く,カラスに神饌(しんせん)を供して年占をする烏祭,御鳥喰神事(おとぐいしんじ)が行われる。ふだんの日にはカラスを害鳥として憎みきらう農家でも,正月の鍬入れ,鋤初めの日には,烏勧請(からすかんじよう)などといって積極的にこの鳥を招き,投げた餅を食べるか否かで収穫の豊凶を占ったり,田の3ヵ所に置いた食物のいずれをついばむかによって,その年に早・中・晩稲のどれをまくかを決めたりするなど,カラスに神意をうかがった。カラスとの関係ではとくに紀伊の熊野大社が有名であり,中世以降起請文の料紙として多く用いられた牛玉(ごおう)宝印には,多数のカラスが印刷されている。…

※「烏勧請」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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