sceptre

Japanese: sceptre
sceptre

…Hashaku (scepter) [Keizo Suzuki] [Masatoshi Sugimoto]
[Western]
The scepter is also a symbol of authority in the West, and has the meaning of the world tree or the axis mundi (both of which are symbols of the center where the sacred is manifested), and was considered to be the possession of a divine being who brings order to chaos. The origin of the English word sceptre, which means scepter, is the Greek word skēptron. Many are made of wood, and many have carvings or crown-shaped ornaments on the top, but there are also luxurious ones made of ivory or set with jewels.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "sceptre" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…把笏(はしゃく)【鈴木 敬三】【杉本 正年】
[西洋]
 笏は西洋においても権威の象徴で,世界樹または世界軸(いずれも聖なるものが顕現する〈中心〉の象徴)としての意味を担っており,混沌(こんとん)に秩序を与える神的な存在の持物とされた。笏を意味する英語sceptreの語源はギリシア語のskēptron。多くは木製で,頂部に彫刻や王冠型の飾りがつく例が多く,ほかに象牙製や,宝石をはめこんだ豪華なものもある。…

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