Nademono - Nademono

Japanese: 撫物 - なでもの

A talisman used to remove impurities from the body. Generally, when an onmyoji (exorcist) performs an exorcism or prayer, he prepares a doll or clothing, rubs the client's impurities onto it, and then washes it away in the river. During the Heian period, at the once-in-a-lifetime Yasoshima Festival held in Naniwazu, Settsu, people would shake a talisman made of hemp bestowed by the emperor to transfer impurities to a gold and silver doll, which was then discarded on the beach. This eventually influenced the exorcism known as the Rokuji Karinho in esoteric Buddhism, in which a boat is floated on the river, and while monks chant sutras and onmyoji chant Nakatomi no Harai (exorcist's Nakatomi no Harai), parishioners transfer impurities to a straw doll, sprinkle rice on it, and perform a spell to pass the doll through a straw ring before throwing it into the water.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

身の穢（けがれ）を除くために用いる呪物。一般に陰陽師（おんみようじ）が祓（はらい）や祈禱を行う際に，人形や衣類等を用意し，これに依頼者の穢をなでて移し，川に流し去るものである。平安時代，摂津難波津で行われた一代一度の八十島祭（やそしままつり）では，天皇が下賜した御麻（おおぬさ）の撫物を振って金人銀人の人形に穢を移し，海浜に棄却した。やがてこれが密教の〈六字河臨法〉と称する祓にも影響し，河川に舟を浮かべ，僧侶の読経と陰陽師の中臣祓（なかとみのはらい）読誦を伴いつつ，檀家がわら人形である撫物に穢を移し散米をかけ茅の輪（ちのわ）をくぐらせる呪法を行ってこの人形を水中に投ずる。

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