Pledge payment - Seimonbarai

Japanese: 誓文払い - せいもんばらい
Pledge payment - Seimonbarai
On Ebisuko Day, the 20th day of the 10th month of the lunar calendar, merchants and prostitutes in Kyoto visit the Kanshaden in Shijo-Kyogoku to pray for cleansing the sins of deceiving customers in business negotiations and to avoid divine punishment. This custom dates back to the Edo period, when stores in Kyoto and Osaka held sales on this day, and later became a sales event for stores, spreading not only to Kyoto and Osaka but throughout the country. Currently, the period has been extended to about a week, and the timing varies depending on the region.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:
陰暦 10月 20日の戎講 (えびすこう) の日に,京都の商人や遊女が四条京極の官 (冠) 者殿に参詣し,商売上の駆引きで客を欺いた罪を払い神罰を免れるように祈った行事。江戸時代以来の風習で,この日,京都,大坂の商店が安売りを行なったところから,のちには商店の売出し行事となり,京坂だけでなく全国に広がった。現在では日数も1週間程度に延長されており,時期も地方によりまちまちである。

出典 ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典について 情報

<<:  Ximen Bao - Seimen Hyō

>>:  Ximen Qing (English spelling)

Recommend

Kitaoji Rosanjin

Ceramicist and calligrapher. His real name was Fu...

Japan Steel Works, Ltd.

A manufacturer of cast and forged steel products, ...

Judge Enya

…Chikamatsu Monzaemon took up this incident as a ...

Search theory - Tansakuriron

A type of operations research methodology. A theor...

Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre

1895‐1979 Peruvian politician and leader of the Ap...

Foot pain

…The lower ends of the tibia and fibula are thick...

stranger

…Hospitality towards neighbors in a broad sense w...

Kenkichi Yoshizawa

Diplomat. Born in Niigata Prefecture. Son-in-law ...

Fusatsu - Fusatsu

It is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word poad...

Okando - Okando

...A historian from the late Qing to the Republic...

Cycloalkane

…There are saturated cycloalkanes without multipl...

Matsuyama [city] - Matsuyama

A city in central Ehime Prefecture. Established as...

Mohr, EWM (English spelling)MohrEWM

…Sachs thought that the problem of the number of ...

Mead, WR (English spelling)

…The most influential architectural firm in the l...

Izuhara [town] - Izuhara

An old town in Shimoagata County, which occupies t...