Hirose Festival

Japanese: 広瀬祭 - ひろせまつり

Originally called Hirose Oimi Festival, during the Nara and Heian periods it was held as a four-time festival of the Shinto Shrine on the 4th of April and July every year at the same time as the Tatsuta Fuujin Festival, but now it is held only on the 4th of April as the annual festival of Hirose Shrine. Hirose Shrine is located in a low-lying marshland called Kawai (Kawamuri) at the confluence of the Yamato River system that irrigates the entire Nara Basin (currently Kawai, Kawai-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun), and has been worshiping both the ancient god of flood control and the goddess of food. According to the shrine's legend, it was founded in the 5th year of the reign of Emperor Sujin as Ogozentsunokami, and was called Oimikami because he protects the five grains and strictly observes taboos when in charge of the meals of Amaterasu Omikami and the Emperor, and the festival was called Hirose Oimi Festival.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

もと広瀬大忌祭（ひろせおおいみのまつり）と称され，奈良･平安時代には神祇官所祭の四時祭として毎年4月と7月の4日に竜田風神祭と同時に執行されたが，現在は4月4日だけに広瀬神社の例大祭として行われる。広瀬神社は，奈良盆地一帯を潤す大和水系の合流地帯で地名を〈河合（かわい）(河曲)〉という低湿地に鎮座し(現，北葛城郡河合町河合)古来治水神であるとともに食物女神をまつる。社伝によれば，崇神天皇5年に大御膳津神として創祀され，五穀を守護し，天照大神および天皇の御膳をつかさどるにあたり物忌（ものいみ）を厳重にするので大忌神と称され，祭りを広瀬大忌祭と称された。

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