Oshira faith - Oshirashinkou

Japanese: おしら信仰 - おしらしんこう

A belief in the household god in the Tohoku region. A pair of sticks about one foot long are fitted with heads depicting men, women, livestock, etc., and are covered in multiple layers of cloth called osendaku. When an itako holds these in her hands and recites a ritual text, this is called oshirasama asobase. The sticks are often made of mulberry wood, and oshira means silkworm. In the Kanto and Chubu regions, she is worshipped as the goddess of silkworms, and a hanging scroll of the goddess holding a mulberry branch is worshipped.

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Japanese:

東北地方における家の神の信仰。約１尺の一対の棒に男，女，家畜などを描いた頭をつけ，オセンダクと称する布片を幾重にも着せる。いたこがこれを手に取って祭文を語るのをオシラサマアソバセという。棒は桑の木が多く，〈おしら〉とは蚕のこと。関東，中部地方では蚕の神で，桑の枝を持った女神の掛軸を祭る。

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