Offering Prayer for the Toyouke Grain-Petitioning and Regular Festivals

豊受宮祈年・月次祭奉幣祝詞

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Reporting the offering to Toyouke no Sume Kami

Reporting the offering to Toyouke no Sume Kami

Sumera ga ōmikoto o mochite watarahi no yamada no haranoshitatsu iwane ni tataegotōe matsuru toyōke no sumegaminomae ni mōsaku天皇が御命を以ちて、度会の山田原の下つ石根に称辞竟へ奉る豊受皇神の前に申さく

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 Toyouke no Sume Kami

By the Emperor’s command, these words are addressed before Toyouke no Sume Kami enshrined on the plain of Yamada 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 formula announcing that an imperial envoy presents great offerings to Toyouke no Miya at the Grain-Petitioning Festival and 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 at Toyouke no Miya
  • To report the envoy’s offering to Toyouke Omikami

Deities and subjects

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

Background

This Engishiki offering formula is the counterpart to the prayer for Kotai Jingu. Its concise wording centers on the festival date and the presentation of offerings at Toyouke no Miya.

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Presented in a single section: “Reporting the offering to Toyouke no Sume Kami.”

What to know before reading

  • The single section directly announces the envoy and the offering.

  • Comparison with the corresponding Kotai Jingu formula makes the change of recipient and shrine clear.

Offering Prayer for the Toyouke Grain-Petitioning and Regular Festivals

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