Yasoshima Festival

Japanese: 八十島祭 - やそしままつり

〘Noun〙 In the Heian and Kamakura periods, after the emperor ascended to the throne, an auspicious day was chosen and an imperial envoy was sent to Naniwa in Settsu Province (Osaka City) the year after the Daijo -e ceremony, where they faced the sea and worshiped the gods Sumiyoshi , Oyosami, Umi-no-kami, Tarumi -no-kami , and Sumuji -no-kami , and shook the box containing the emperor's clothes that the envoy had brought with him, giving thanks for the creation of the land and praying for peace and prosperity in the reign. It is said to have been an abbreviated version of the custom of touring the various provinces to worship the gods. Yasoshima no Kami no Matsuri. Yasoshima. ※Engishiki (927), 3 "The Yasoshima Festival Mikoto, Ikushima Mikoto, one Hisashi, one Koto-dan (abbreviated) Two Toneri went to Naniwa-tsu for the _one- _time festival."

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Japanese:

〘名〙平安・鎌倉時代、天皇の即位後、大嘗会(だいじょうえ)の翌年、吉日を選んで摂津国難波（大阪市）に勅使を派遣し、海に臨んで住吉神、大依羅(おおよさみ)神、海神、垂水(たるみ)神、住道(すむじの)神などをまつり、勅使が奉持して来た天皇の御衣を入れた箱を振り動かして、国土の生成を謝し、治世の安泰を祈る一代一度の神事。国々を巡って神をまつるべきところを、略して行なったものといわれる。やそしまのかみのまつり。やそしま。※延喜式（927）三「八十嶋祭御巫、生嶋巫、并史一人、御琴弾一人〈略〉舎人二人、赴_二難波津_一祭之」

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