Oeshiki - Oeshiki

Originally, it meant a gathering and a ceremony, but mainly in the Nichiren sect, it refers to a memorial service held by followers in memory of the founder Nichiren around October 13th, the date of his death. The Goeshiki ceremony at Ikegami Honmonji Temple in Ota Ward, Tokyo, is famous, and especially on the 12th, a vigil, there is a procession of many lanterns and fan drums, and it is crowded with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. In 1282 (Kōan 5), Nichiren left Mt. Minobu due to illness and headed for Hitachi (Ibaraki Prefecture), where he rested at the residence of his follower, Ikegami Munenaka, and passed away at the Ikegami residence (currently Daibo Hongyō-ji Temple) in the same year. Nichiren's memorial service was called Miei-ko or Gomyoko, and followers gathered at their respective temples every year to remember Nichiren and to confirm their ideal of "the whole heaven and seas return to the Mystic Law." Over time, however, it became an event for the common people. During the Edo period, the Manto procession became popular, and the lively atmosphere of the event in the city of Edo is conveyed in Basho's haiku, "Gomyoko and five sho of sake like oil."

[Watanabe Takaaki]

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本来、集会して式を行うという意味であるが、もっぱら日蓮(にちれん)宗で、宗祖日蓮入滅の10月13日を中心に、門下が宗祖を追慕して行う法会(ほうえ)をいう。東京都大田区の池上本門寺(いけがみほんもんじ)の御会式は著名で、とくに12日の逮夜(たいや)には、数多くの万灯(まんどう)と団扇太鼓(うちわだいこ)の行進があり、数十万の参詣(さんけい)者でにぎわう。日蓮は1282年（弘安5）病のため身延山(みのぶさん)をあとにして常陸(ひたち)（茨城県）に向かう途中、信徒の池上宗仲(むねなか)の邸に休息し、同年池上邸（現在の大坊本行寺(だいぼうほんぎょうじ)）で入滅した。日蓮忌は、御影講(みえいこう)、御命講(ごみょうこう)などといわれ、門下が毎年それぞれの本山に集会(しゅうえ)して日蓮をしのび、「一天四海皆帰妙法(いってんしかいかいきみょうほう)」の理想を確かめ合ったが、時代とともに庶民の間に行事化されていった。江戸時代には万灯行列が盛んになり、江戸市中におけるそのにぎわいぶりは芭蕉(ばしょう)の句「御命講や油のやうな酒五升」などに伝えられている。

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