Standing pillar

Japanese: 立柱 - たてばしら

It refers to the day when the first pillar is erected in a newly built house, and this day is celebrated as the beginning of construction. At Ise Grand Shrine, there is an event to erect the central pillar, the imubashira (traditional pillar) or shin no mihashira (heart pillar). First, an auspicious day is chosen and the Yamaguchi Festival is held, and an auspicious day for building the heart pillar is determined, and the uchindo (inner servants) begin lumbering, a Konomoto Festival is held, the imitation pillar is built, and it is carried from the lumber to the site. Here, another auspicious day is chosen and a ground-breaking ceremony is held. After that, grass is cut and holes are dug, and then an inner servant called the oomonoimi (large-scale imubashira) erects the imubashira, followed by the erection of the pillars on all four sides.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

家屋の新築にはじめて柱を立て，その日を造作の事始めとして祝うことをいう。伊勢神宮では神殿造営のはじめ中央に立てる忌柱（いむばしら）または心御柱（しんのみはしら）の御柱立の行事がある。まず吉日を選んで山口祭をし，心の柱を造る吉日を卜して内人（うちんど）たちが杣入し，木本祭（このもとまつり）を行い忌柱を造って杣より敷地に運び出す。ここでまた吉日を選んで地鎮祭を営む。その後草刈り，穴掘りなどをしたうえ，大物忌（おおものいみ）という内人が忌柱を立て，その後に四方の柱が立てられる。

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