Rokudosen - Rokudosen

Japanese: 六道銭 - ろくどうせん
Rokudosen - Rokudosen

When the dead are placed in a coffin, a six-mon coin with a hole is placed in a paper bag worn around the neck. Six copper coins or paper cut into the shape of coins (shisen) are placed inside. It is said that this is the fare for the dead to cross the Sanzu River. The six paths refer to the six journeys the dead take: hell, hungry ghosts, animals, asuras, humans, and heaven. The six path coins are said to be travel money, offerings to Jizo Bodhisattva, who enables the six paths, or the magical power of the metal to drive away evil spirits.

[Shoji Inoguchi]

[Reference] | Six Paths

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

死者を納棺するとき、首にかけるずだ袋に入れる六文(ろくもん)の穴あき銭。銅銭6個、または紙を銭形に切ったもの(紙銭(しせん))を入れる。死者が三途(さんず)の川を渡るときの渡し賃にするのだという。六道は、死者が旅をするという地獄道(じごくどう)、餓鬼道(がきどう)、畜生道(ちくしょうどう)、阿修羅道(あしゅらどう)、人道、天道の六つの行程をいう。六道銭はその路銀(ろぎん)だとか、六道能化(のうげ)の地蔵菩薩(ぼさつ)への賽銭(さいせん)であるとか、金属の呪力(じゅりょく)で悪霊を払う意味だとかいう。

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[参照項目] | 六道

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