Body firmness - To polish

Japanese: 身固 - みがため

A magical ritual performed in Onmyodo to pray for personal safety. Since the Heian period, when the emperor was to be robed, he would give his clothes to an onmyoji, who would perform a spell on them. The Tales of Uji includes a story of Abe no Seimei robing a certain Shosho while embracing him and chanting a spell to bless him. This corresponds to the goji of esoteric Buddhism, and is generally called nademono. In a broad sense, the magic of stroking a doll used by an onmyoji and letting it fall into a river can also be considered part of the ritual of robing. One theory is that robing is an abbreviated form of henbai, which is also called Rokkojutsu, and the ritual was taught by the Kamo and Abe clans, the heads of Onmyodo, and includes the gesture of stepping on the ground (uho).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

陰陽道で一身の安全を祈って行う呪術作法。平安期以来，天皇が身固をする場合，御衣を陰陽師に与え，これに呪術をほどこす。《宇治拾遺物語》には安倍晴明が少将某を身固するのに，この人物を抱き呪文をとなえ加持した話を載せている。これは密教でいう護持に相当し，一般には撫物（なでもの）と称し，陰陽師の用いる人形を，依頼する人がなでまわしてこれを川に流す呪法も，広い意味からは身固の作法の一部とみなしうる。一説に身固は反閇（へんばい）の略法ともいわれ，反閇は六甲術とも称し，その作法の陰陽道の宗家である賀茂･安倍両氏の習伝するところで，大地を踏む所作(禹歩)が含まれる。

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