Offering Prayer for the Kanname Festival at Toyouke no Miya

豊受宮神嘗祭奉幣祝詞

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Kanname offerings at Toyouke no Miya

Kanname offerings at Toyouke no Miya

Sumera ga ōmikoto o mochite watarahi no yamadanohara ni tataegotōe matsuru sumegami no mae ni mōshi tamahaku天皇が御命を以ちて、度会の山田原に称辞竟へ奉る皇神の前に申し給はく

Tsune mo tatematsuru nagatsuki no kamunihe no ōmitegura o sorenotsukasasorenokuraisorenōokiminakatominosorenotsukasasorenokurainanigashi o tsukahitoshite常も進る九月の神嘗の大幣帛を、某官某位某王・中臣某官某位某姓名を使として

Imibe no yowagata ni futodasukitori kakete mochi yumahari sasage motashimete tatematsuri tamau ōmikoto o mōshi tamahaku to mōsu忌部の弱肩に太繦取り掛けて、持ち斎まはり捧げ持たしめて進り給ふ御命を申し給はくと申す

TranslationKanname offerings at Toyouke no Miya

By the Emperor’s command, these words are addressed before the kami enshrined on the plain of Yamada in Watarai. The great offerings customarily presented at the Kanname Festival in the ninth month are entrusted to a royal envoy and a Nakatomi envoy, ritually prepared by the Imibe, and reverently offered.

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Overview

An ancient formula in which the imperial envoy announces the presentation of great offerings to Toyouke no Miya at the ninth-month Kanname Festival.

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Purposes

  • To present the great Kanname offerings at Toyouke no Miya
  • To report the envoy’s offering to Toyouke Omikami

Deities and subjects

Toyouke Omikami
Receives the great offerings of the Kanname Festival

Background

Preserved in the Engishiki, this prayer forms a pair with the offering formula for Kotai Jingu while clearly distinguishing the shrine and divine recipient.

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Presented in a single section: “Kanname offerings at Toyouke no Miya.”

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  • The single section briefly reports the Kanname offering at Toyouke no Miya.

  • Comparison with the Kotai Jingu formula shows service to both shrines within the same festival.

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