Goryoe - Goryoe

Japanese: 御霊会 - ごりょうえ

〘Noun〙① A festival held since the Heian period to appease the vengeful spirits of the dead, fearing that they would be cursed. The oldest documented instance is from 863, the 5th year of the Jogan era, and it became popular thereafter. *Sandai Jitsuroku - May 20th, 863, "At Shinsen- _en , a Goryoe ceremony was held"② _A _Goryoe ceremony held on the 14th day of the 6th month of the lunar calendar at _Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto (formerly called Gion Shrine), to worship the Gion god ( Susanoo ), who is in charge of warding off epidemics and disasters. Gion Goryoe. Gion Festival. Gion Eat. ※Makura (end of the 10th century) 80 "Uzujo no Kotobuki, Kagura no Hitocho (abbreviated) Goryauen no Umanocho (Osa) " [Etymology] ① is the first recorded Goryoe ceremony as an official festival, and it is said that after worshiping the spirits of the six places and reading the Golden Light Sutra and Heart Sutra, Bugaku, Acrobatics, and Sangaku were performed. ② Gion Goryoe and Kitano Goryoe are particularly famous. The "spirits" who died untimely deaths are thought to bring about disasters such as epidemics, insect damage, and famine, and since this is a festival to appease them, it is often held in the summer months of the fifth and sixth lunar months due to its connection with epidemic times, but there were also occasional Goryoe festivals.

Mitama-e ‥e [Memorial service]

〘Noun〙 ⇒ Goryoe (Goryo-e)

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 平安時代以降、死者の怨霊(おんりょう)のたたりを恐れ、これをなだめるために行なった祭。貞観五年（八六三）に行なわれたのが、文献上もっとも古く、以後、さかんに行なわれた。※三代実録‐貞観五年（863）五月二〇日「於_二神泉苑_一修_二御霊会_一」② 陰暦六月一四日、京都の八坂神社（古くは祇園神社といった）で行なわれた、疫病・災厄をはらうことをつかさどる祇園の神（素戔嗚尊）をまつる御斎会(さいえ)。祇園御霊会。祇園祭。祇園会。※枕（１０Ｃ終）八〇「卯杖のことぶき、御神楽の人長〈略〉ごりゃうゑの馬の長(をさ)」[語誌]①の挙例が官祭として最初の御霊会の記録であり、六所の御霊をまつって金光明経・般若心経を講じたのち、舞楽・雑伎・散楽が演じられたという。②の祇園御霊会や、北野の御霊会が特に名高い。非業の死を遂げた「御霊」は疫病や虫害・飢饉等の災厄をもたらすと考えられ、それを鎮める祭であるため、疫病流行の時期との関わりから、多く陰暦五月・六月の夏の季節に行なわれるが、臨時の御霊会が行なわれることもあった。