Officials - Kanjaden

Japanese: 官者殿 - かんじゃでん
Officials - Kanjaden

...Selling inventory and other items at low prices in stores. Originally, during the Edo period, merchants and prostitutes in Kyoto would visit Kanjaden (Kanjaden) in Shijo-Kyogoku on the 20th day of the 10th month of the lunar calendar to pray for forgiveness for lying in business negotiations throughout the year and to avoid divine punishment. Kanjaden was a sub-shrine of Gion-sha, and was considered to be the "god of oath-return."

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…商店で在庫品その他を格安に売り出すこと。本来は江戸時代,陰暦10月20日に京都の商人や遊女が四条京極にある官者殿(冠者殿)(かんじやでん)に参詣し,一年中商売のかけひきにうそをいった罪をはらい,神罰を免れるように祈ることをいった。官者殿は祇園社の末社で,〈誓文返しの神〉とされていた。…

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