Kneeling - Beautiful

Japanese: 跪礼 - きれい
Kneeling - Beautiful

...Kneeling on the ground to show respect when a person of high rank passes by. Kneeling is an ancient Japanese etiquette practice, whether inside or outside a building. The Gishi Wajinden states that "either crouching or kneeling, with both hands on the ground to show respect." After the Taika Reforms, kneeling was abolished and standing was adopted (imperial order of September 11th year of Tenmu's reign), but it was not performed. Kneeling outdoors, or dogeza, appears in the Koan Rei-setsu, and in the Edo period, common people were made to do dogeza when feudal lords passed by.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…身分の高い人の通行などに際して地べたにひざまずいて礼をすること。跪礼(きれい)は屋の内外を問わず日本古来の礼法で,《魏志倭人伝》に〈あるいは蹲(うずくま)り,あるいは跪(ひざまず)き,両手地により恭敬をなす〉とあり,大化改新後,跪礼を廃して立礼を採用(天武紀11年9月勅)したが行われなかった。屋外での跪礼すなわち土下座は《弘安礼節》にもみえ,江戸時代には大名の通行に際して庶民は土下座をさせられた。…

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