Horse riding start - Jobahajime

Japanese: 乗馬始 - じょうばはじめ

One of the ceremonial events during the samurai era. It is literally an event where a person tries riding a horse for the first time, but it can be broadly divided into two categories: the first riding ceremony as a rite of passage, and the first riding ceremony as an annual event. The former is held around the time of the coming-of-age ceremony, like the hakama ceremony, the detsushi ceremony, and the gohanshi ceremony. According to the Azuma Kagami, the Kamakura Shogun Kujo Yoritsugu had his first riding ceremony at the age of three in 1241 (Ninji 2) thanks to a stipend from Hojo Yasutoki. Ashikaga Yoshihisa also had his first riding ceremony at the age of nine on April 10, 1473 (Bunmei 5). According to the Jotokuin Tonosama Gojohajiki, the ceremony was recorded as follows: Ise Sadamune carried Yoshihisa on the horse, with Sadamune and Ogasawara Tamibu no Shoyu on either side, and Ise Hachirozaemon and Sakyo no Jo on either side of the horse, and they raced around the riding ground about three times.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

武家時代の儀式行事の一つ。文字どおり初めて乗馬を試みる行事であるが，通過儀礼としての乗馬始と，年中行事としての乗馬始との二つに大別される。前者は著袴，涅歯（でつし），御判始などと同様，元服の儀と相前後して行われる。《吾妻鏡》によれば，鎌倉将軍九条頼嗣は1241年(仁治2)北条泰時の扶持によって3歳にして乗馬始を行っている。また足利義尚は1473年(文明5)4月10日9歳で乗馬始の儀を行った。その模様を《常徳院殿様御乗馬始記》にうかがうと，義尚を伊勢貞宗が抱いて馬に乗せ，貞宗と小笠原民部少輔が両脇に参り，また馬の両口には伊勢八郎左衛門と同左京亮がそれぞれ従い，馬場を3遍ほどうちまわった。

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