Eishoki

Japanese: 永正記 - えいしょうき

This book records the regulations for taboos, defilement, and other matters at the Inner Shrine of Ise. It was written by the Inner Shrine's chief priest, Arakida Moritoki. It was written in 2 volumes in 1513 (Eisho 10). The title is taken from the era when it was written. The first volume records 30 articles such as the rules for temporary dress for relatives inside and outside the shrine, the number of days for defilement from the date of temporary dress for married couples, the taboos for working in sacred places, and fires. The second volume records 120 articles including the Shinmei Imperial Rescript, the Imperial Family Charter, and the norms of both shrines, as well as past examples, the style of the Middle Ages, and the ceremonies of the time. In other words, the book first classifies and organizes the old rules, and then records the sources for them, with the aim of ensuring that taboos and other matters were strictly observed at the shrine even during the turbulent warring states of the Warring States period.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

伊勢の内宮の忌服･触穢（そくえ）･禁忌などについての制規を記した書。内宮禰宜（ねぎ）荒木田守晨（もりとき）の撰。2巻。1513年(永正10)成る。書名はその成立時の年号にちなむ。上巻には内外親族仮服事，夫婦仮服有無事より触穢日数事，神忌所労禁忌事，忌火物事など30条について記し，下巻には神明遺勅並びに朝家憲章および両宮の規範，また往昔の例，中古の趣，当時の儀など120条について，つまりその戦国の争乱期にも神宮において忌服などについて厳重に守らせる目的で，まず旧例を分類整理して記し，ついでその典拠を記している。

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