New ritual - Shingi

Japanese: 新儀 - しんぎ

It is believed to have spread to aristocratic society and temples and shrines in the Heian period through Chinese classics, and was widely used in the Middle Ages and early modern times as a term referring to new ceremonies, rules, and matters, as opposed to "old rituals" and "precedents." It is a term that broadly encompasses aspects, situations, and methods that were not seen before, and in the Middle Ages, merchants who emerged and began to act in opposition to the merchant organizations whose rights (privileges) had originally been recognized by the feudal lords were called "new ritual merchants." In addition, expressions such as "devising new rituals" and "creating new things" were seen as good things, as they meant "creating something new" through repeated ingenuity and innovation. For example, Emperor Godaigo's declaration during the Kenmu Restoration that "my new rituals should be a precedent for the future" (Baisho-ron) can be seen as an example of this.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国の古典を通じて平安時代の貴族社会や寺社にひろまったとみられ，〈旧儀〉〈先例〉に対して，新しい儀法，規式，事柄などをさす語として中世･近世にさかんにもちいられた。従来はみられなかった様相，事態，方法などをも幅ひろく包摂する語であり，中世においては，ほんらい領主からその権益(特権)を認められていた商人組織に対抗しつつ新たに台頭し活動しはじめた商人を〈新儀商人〉と呼んだりした。また，〈新儀を凝（こ）らす〉とか〈新儀を巧（たく）み出（い）だす〉とかいえば，創意工夫をかさねて〈新しいものを生み出す〉という意味で良いこととみられ，たとえば建武新政にさいして後醍醐天皇が〈朕が新儀は未来の先例たるべし〉(《梅松論（ばいしようろん）》)と宣言したのもその一例といえよう。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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