Offering Prayer for the Ise Grain-Petitioning and Regular Festivals

神宮祈年・月次祭奉幣祝詞

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Reporting the offering to the Imperial Great Kami

Reporting the offering to the Imperial Great Kami

Sumera ga ōmikoto o mochite watarahi no uji no isuzunokawakami no shitatsu iwane ni tataegotōe matsuru sumeōkami no ōmae ni mōsaku天皇が御命を以ちて、度会の宇治の五十鈴川上の下つ石根に称辞竟へ奉る皇大神の大前に申さく

Tsune mo tatematsuru kisaragi no toshigohi no ōmitegura o sorenotsukasakurainanigashi o tsukahitoshite sasage motashimete tatematsuri tamau ōmikoto o mōshi tamahaku to mōsu常も進る二月の祈年の大幣帛を、某官位姓名を使として、捧げ持たしめて進り給ふ御命を申し給はくと申す

TranslationReporting the offering to the Imperial Great Kami

By the Emperor’s command, these words are addressed before the Imperial Great Kami enshrined above the Isuzu River at Uji in Watarai. The great offerings customarily presented at the Grain-Petitioning Festival in the second month are entrusted to the appointed envoy and reverently offered. At the Regular Festival, the name of the sixth-month observance is substituted.

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Overview

An ancient offering formula announcing that the imperial envoy presents great offerings to Kotai Jingu at the second-month Grain-Petitioning Festival and the regular festivals of the sixth and twelfth months.

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Purposes

  • To present the great offerings for the Grain-Petitioning and regular festivals
  • To report the envoy’s offering to Amaterasu Sume Omikami

Deities and subjects

Amaterasu Sume Omikami
Receives the great offerings for the Grain-Petitioning and regular festivals

Background

This Engishiki formula for offerings at Jingu uses the second-month festival as its base, changes the wording for the sixth-month regular festival, and applies the same sequence to the twelfth month.

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Presented in a single section: “Reporting the offering to the Imperial Great Kami.”

What to know before reading

  • The single concise section reports the festival, the envoy, and the fact of the offering directly.

  • A rubric changes part of the wording according to the festival date.

Offering Prayer for the Ise Grain-Petitioning and Regular Festivals

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