Uso-kae - Liar

Japanese: 鷽替え - うそかえ
Uso-kae - Liar

This is an event held on January 7th at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Worshippers gather in the evening, bringing wooden titmice (a small bird from the Fringillidae family) and exchanging titmice, saying, "Let's exchange them, let's exchange golden lies for gold." The person who exchanges the golden titmice given to them by the shrine is offered sacred sake by the shrine and is considered to have received good fortune. The titmice are taken home and placed on the Shinto altar as a talisman to prevent fires. It is said that titmice are connected to lies, and that in the ritual all the misfortunes of the year will be turned into lies and turned into good fortune. It was probably a type of fortune-telling for the year in the past, where they would steal things in the same way as in the case of Tamatori.

This event is held at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, Osaka's Domyouji Tenmangu Shrine (Hashi Shrine), Tokyo's Kameido Tenjin Shrine, and Fukuoka's Sumiyoshi Shrine, where items other than bush warblers are also distributed, but most places do not do the "bush warblers exchange" and only distribute bush warblers. At Usa Jingu Shrine in Oita Prefecture, there is a dove exchange ritual. Items exchanged at other shrines include turtles, jewels, swords, flowers, and daruma dolls, and new items have been invented to keep up with the times.

[Hidezaburo Hagiwara]

[Reference] | Lie
Bush warbler
The two in the center and on the left are herons from Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Tokyo). The one on the right is from Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine (Fukuoka Prefecture). ©Shogakukan ">

Bush warbler


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

福岡県太宰府(だざいふ)市の太宰府天満宮で1月7日に行われる行事。参詣(さんけい)者が、夕方、互いに木製の鷽(ウソはアトリ科の小鳥)を持って集まり、「かえましょかえましょ、金のうそとかえましょ」と鷽を交換しあう。神社から出された金の鷽を替え当てた人は神社から神酒(みき)をふるまわれ吉兆を得たことになる。鷽は火伏せのまじないとして家に持ち帰り神棚にあげる。鷽は嘘(うそ)に通じ、神事で1年間の不幸もすべて嘘となり、吉事に変わるといわれる。おそらく昔は玉取りなどと同じように奪い取った年占(としうら)の一種であったろう。

 この行事は、太宰府天満宮、大阪・道明寺天満宮(土師(はじ)神社)、東京・亀戸(かめいど)天神社、または福岡・住吉神社などで、鷽以外のものを交えて行われているが、ほとんど「鷽替え」を行わず、鷽だけを配布しているところが多い。大分県・宇佐神宮には鳩(はと)替神事がある。他の神社で交換されたものに亀(かめ)、玉、剣、花、達磨(だるま)などがあり、流行とともに新しく創案されたりもした。

[萩原秀三郎]

[参照項目] | ウソ

中央と左の二つが亀戸天神社(東京都)の鷽。右が太宰府天満宮(福岡県)の鷽©Shogakukan">


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