Storeroom God - Nandogami

Japanese: 納戸神 - なんどがみ
Storeroom God - Nandogami

A deity enshrined in the storeroom. Usually, Ebisu or Daikoku is enshrined on a shelf in the storeroom, but the hidden Christians enshrined holy images. The Christians of Hirado and Ikitsuki (Nagasaki Prefecture) and those of Nagasaki and Kurosaki have different forms of faith, with the former focusing on storeroom gods and the latter on ocho (paper curtains). The two groups also differ in the way they recite orasho (prayers) and in the organization of their followers, but the former shows an earlier cultural contact. Storeroom gods are found in the house of the guard. They are hidden in the storeroom and are enshrined there even during festivals, and only the guard can touch them. Other followers worship them from a long room. Many storeroom gods are images of the Virgin Mary holding Jesus. The basic form of the Virgin Mary, dressed in a kimono and with her breasts exposed, holding Jesus in her left hand, who blesses her with his right hand and holds a scroll in his left, remains. This is a unique folk belief deity that continued to adhere to the Catholic faith during the prohibition of Christianity in the Edo period and was assimilated into Japanese culture.

[Nomura Nobuyoshi]

"Hidden Christians in the Showa Period" by Koya Takita (1954, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)""Collected Works of Kiyoto Furuno 5: Comparative Studies of Christianity" (1973, Sanichi Shobo)

[References] | Hidden Christians | Maria Kannon

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

納戸に祀(まつ)られる神。通常は納戸の棚に恵比須(えびす)や大黒(だいこく)などを祀ることが多いが、隠れキリシタンは聖画像を祀った。平戸(ひらど)・生月(いきつき)(長崎県)のキリシタンと長崎・黒崎側のキリシタンとはその信仰の様態が異なり、前者は納戸神を、後者はお帳(ちょう)を中心とする。両者はオラショ(祈祷(きとう)文)の唱え方も信者組織をも異にしているが、前者がより初期の文化接触の姿を示している。納戸神は御番役の家にある。納戸に隠され、祭りのときもそこで祀られ、御番役だけが触れることができる。他の信者は長座敷から拝する。納戸神の多くはイエスを抱えた聖母の画像である。着物を着、胸をはだけ乳を出した聖母がイエスを左手で抱え、そのイエスは右手で祝福し左手に巻物をもつ基本的な型をも残している。江戸時代のキリスト教禁教下でカトリックの信仰を守り続け、日本文化と習合した特異な民俗信仰の神である。

[野村暢清]

『田北耕也著『昭和時代の潜伏キリシタン』(1954・日本学術振興会)』『『古野清人著作集5 キリシタニズムの比較研究』(1973・三一書房)』

[参照項目] | 隠れキリシタン | マリア観音

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