Norito for the Food Offering

神供祝詞

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Offering the sacred food

Offering the sacred food

Hiromae ni aki no tariho no yatsukaho o mochi kiyomahari mikashikite sonaheru mike wa kashihaha ni広前に秋の垂穂の八握穂を持ち清まはり御炊きて供る御食は柏葉に

Takaraka ni utsu yahirade no ototahirakeku yasurakeku kami wa kikimase uzu no ōmike高らかに拍つ八平手の音平けく安らけく神は聞きませ、宇豆の大御膳

TranslationOffering the sacred food

Includes interpretation

Before the kami, we purify the abundant ears of autumn rice, cook and prepare the sacred food, and present it upon oak leaves. With the sound of resounding ritual claps, may the kami calmly and peacefully receive this honored meal.

Editorial note

The 1891 source titles the text Shinku Norito; a later public transcription calls the same text Shinsen Norito. The rendering does not treat “eight” in the old ritual expressions as a fixed modern instruction.

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Overview

A short food-offering prayer presenting a meal cooked in purity from the autumn rice harvest and honoring the abundance received from the kami.

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Purposes

  • To present a ritually prepared meal before the kami
  • To offer the rice harvest as sacred food

Deities and subjects

The kami before whom the rite is held
Receives the meal prepared from the autumn rice harvest

Background

Published as Shinku Norito in an 1891 collection, with related transmissions titled Shinsen Norito, the prayer centers on preparing and presenting a meal from newly gathered rice ears.

Flow of the text

Presented in a single section: “Offering the sacred food.”

What to know before reading

  • One section proceeds from rice ears through purification and cooking to the offering.

  • Ya-tsuka-ho and ya-hirade express abundance and ritual action and should not be treated as fixed modern measurements or procedures.

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