Prayer of Reverence to Atsuta Shrine, Owari

拝尾張熱田宮詞

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The kami of Atsuta Shrine

The kami of Atsuta Shrine

Tsurugitachioharinokuniaichinokohoriatsutanomiya ni shizumarimashimasu ōkamitachi no mimae o剣太刀、尾張国愛智郡熱田宮に鎮座坐す大神等の御前を

Closing words of distant worship

Tsutsushimi uyamahi kashikomi kashikomi mo haruka ni ogami matsuru慎み敬ひ、畏み畏みも遥かに拝み奉る

TranslationThe kami of Atsuta Shrine

Before the great kami enshrined at Atsuta Shrine in Aichi District, Owari Province,

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About Prayer of Reverence to Atsuta Shrine, Owari

Overview

A brief historical morning prayer that reveres from afar the kami enshrined at Atsuta no Miya in the province of Owari.

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Japanese text
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Purposes

  • To worship the kami of Atsuta from afar
  • To name their place of enshrinement and offer reverence

Deities and subjects

The great kami of Atsuta no Miya
Are worshipped with reverence from a distant place

Background

This nineteenth-century prayer refers collectively to the great kami of Atsuta rather than listing individual names, linking the origin of the Kusanagi sword with distant worship of their divine presence.

Flow of the text

Across 2 sections, the text moves from “The kami of Atsuta Shrine” to “Closing words of distant worship.”

What to know before reading

  • Its compact structure identifies the place of enshrinement and proceeds directly to the act of distant worship.

  • The opening term tsurugi-tachi is historical and permits more than one interpretation.

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