Saegusa Festival - Saigusa Festival

Japanese: 三枝祭 - さいぐさまつり

[Noun] A festival held on June 17th at Isagawa Shrine in Nara City. It gets its name from the fact that a single stem of lilies with three flowers is offered to the main shrine , Omiwa Shrine. Originally, according to the Taiho Code, three flowers were decorated on a sake barrel every April, but this practice was abolished early on, so it is unknown what kind of plant the flowers were from. The current festival was revived in 1877 ( Meiji 10 ). [Season: Summer] [Engishiki (927)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙奈良市の率川(いさかわ)神社で六月一七日行なわれる祭礼。一本の茎に三枝の花をつけたユリを本社の大神(おおみわ)神社に献じるところからこの名がある。もと、大宝令によれば、例年四月、酒樽に三枝の花を飾ったとあるが早く廃絶されたため、このときの三枝の花がどんな植物であったか未詳である。今の祭は明治一〇年（一八七七）に復活されたもの。《季・夏》〔延喜式（927）〕

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