Funeral hall - Saijyo

Japanese: 斎場 - さいじょう

〘noun〙① A pure place where gods and Buddhas are worshiped and worshipped. A garden for worship. A place of worship. A place of rites. *Kanchiin Hon Sanbo-e (984) part 2 "If you count the monks in the shrine, you will receive one thousand monks." [Wang Anshi - Nanjiao Qingcheng Text] ② A building set up to prepare offerings to the gods during the Daijosai (Great Josai) . A place of rites. A place of rites. *Gishiki (872) part ₂ "The next place where the officials in charge of the shrine are to be appointed _is the shrine inside and outside the shrine, the temple's clothing hall, and miscellaneous places." ③ A shrine of Yoshida Shinto at Yoshida Shrine in Kyoto. The place of rites for the Supreme Shinto Shrine in Japan. [Yuiitsu Shinto Myohoyoshu (around 1511)] ④ Since modern times, it has referred to a place where funerals are held. A funeral hall. ※Smoke (1909) <Morita Sohei> 24 "I took the road from the Yanaka funeral hall towards Dangozaka."

Imi-ba [funeral hall]

A place where a god is worshipped and purified.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 神仏をまつり礼拝する清浄な場所。いつきのにわ。まつりのにわ。斎場所。祭場。※観智院本三宝絵（984）下「斎場に僧をかぞふれば千僧一をあませり」〔王安石‐南郊青城文〕② 大嘗祭(だいじょうさい)のとき、神への供え物を用意するために設けられる建物。斎場所。斎庁所。※儀式（872）二「次斎場預官人等点_二定斎場内外院服院并雑殿地_一」③ 京都の吉田神社にある吉田神道の神殿。日本最上神祇斎場所。〔唯一神道名法要集（1511頃）〕④ 近代以降、葬儀を行なう場所をいう。葬儀場。※煤煙（1909）〈森田草平〉二四「谷中の斎場から団子坂の方へ行く道を取った」