Ablution - Stiffness

Japanese: 垢離 - こり
Ablution - Stiffness

An act of cleansing the body and mind of sins and impurities with water. It is also called mizugori or korikaki. It is a type of misogi (purification ritual) in which one bathes in water to purify the body and mind before visiting a god or praying. It is often performed at a waterfall or river. It has been practiced since ancient times by ascetics and mountain ascetics, including those who perform ablutions on pilgrimages to Kumano, the three Kumano shrines in Wakayama Prefecture. Climbing mountains in mountain worship was originally only for men, but after World War II, women were allowed to climb Mt. Ishizuchi in Ehime Prefecture and other places, and women began to perform ablutions as well. When taking the ablution, one is either naked or wearing a white robe. The origin of ablution is thought to be in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki mythology, in which Izanagi-no-Mikoto performed a purification ritual to remove impurities.

[Numabe Harutomo]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

水にて身心の罪穢(つみけがれ)を除き清めるための行為。水垢離(みずごり)、垢離掻(こりかき)などともいう。神仏に詣(もう)でるときや祈願に先だって、水を浴びて身心を清めるもので、禊(みそぎ)の一種。滝や川などで行われることが多い。古くから和歌山県の熊野三社に詣でる熊野詣での垢離をはじめ、富士行者や修験(しゅげん)者などの間に多く行われている。山岳信仰における登拝は、もとは男子のみであったが、第二次世界大戦後は愛媛県の石鎚(いしづち)山その他で女子の登拝が許され、女子の垢離も行われるようになった。垢離をとるときは、裸体または白衣を着用する。垢離の起源は、記紀神話に、伊弉諾尊(いざなぎのみこと)が、濁穢(けがれ)を除くために禊祓(みそぎはらい)をしたとある故事によるのであろう。

[沼部春友]

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