神籬

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	籬

Alternative forms

• 胙
• 膰

Etymology 1

/hi₁moro₂ki₁/: [pimorəki] > [pimoroki] > [ɸimoroki] > [çimoroki]. Etymology is unknown. The initial /hi₁/ is likely hi₁ (“spiritual power”). Suggestions for /moro₂/ include either mori (“forest”) or mor- (“protect”). The final -ki₁ is not related to the phonetically distinct ki₂ (“tree”).

Noun

神籬 (hiragana ひもろき, romaji himoroki)

1. in Shintō, a holy area surrounded by a barrier of trees; used as a place to summon and worship gods
   • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 153)

     汝天兒屋命・太玉命、宜持天津神籬、降於葦原中國、亦爲吾孫奉齋焉。

   • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 239)

     [...] 祭於倭笠縫邑。仍立磯堅城神籬。神籬、此云此莽呂岐。

   • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 261)

     三年春三月、新羅王子天日槍來歸焉。將來物、羽太玉一箇、足高玉一箇、鵜鹿々赤石玉一箇、出石小刀一口、出石桙一枝、日鏡一面、熊神籬一具、併七物。[...] 仍貢獻物、葉細珠、足高珠鵜鹿々赤石珠、出石刀子、出石槍、日鏡、熊神籬、膽狹淺大刀、併八物。

   • 720: Nihon Shoki (page 277-279)

     於是、清彦被勅、乃自捧神寶而獻之。羽太玉一箇・足高玉一箇・鵜鹿鹿赤石玉一箇・日鏡一面・熊神籬一具。

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 11, poem #2657)

     神名火尓 紐呂寸立而 雖忌 人心者 間守不敢物

Etymology 2

/hi₁boro₂ki₁/: [piborəki] > [piboroki] > [ɸiboroki] > [çiboroki]. From earlier himoroki. Medial bilabial -m- looses nasality and becomes a plosive -b-.

Noun

神籬 (hiragana ひぼろき, romaji hiboroki)

1. in Shintō, a holy area surrounded by a barrier of trees; used as a place to summon and worship gods
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō

     神籬 日本記云、神籬、俗云比保路岐

Etymology 3

/hi₁moro₂gi₁/: [pimorəki] > [pimoroki] > [ɸimoroki] > [ɸimorogi] > [çiborogi]. From earlier 'himoroki. Final -k- voices to -g-.

Noun

神籬 (hiragana ひもろぎ, romaji himorogi)

1. in Shintō, a holy area surrounded by a barrier of trees; used as a place to summon and worship gods

Synonyms

• 斎垣, 忌垣 (ikaki, igaki)
• 瑞垣, 瑞籬, 水垣 (mizukaki, mizugaki)

References

• 1968 May 22 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

• 1965, Tarō Sakamoto; Ienaga Saburō, Inoue Mitsusada, Ōno Susumu, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Nihon Shoki (vol. 1), Iwanami Shoten, 10-ISBN 4-000-60067-2:
• 2002 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man'yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240003-4: