- A
mikoshi (神輿) is a
sacred religious palanquin (also
translated as
portable Shinto shrine).
Shinto followers believe that it
serves as the
vehicle to...
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Mikoshi-nyūdō (見越し入道 or 見越入道) is a type of bald-headed yōkai "goblin" with an ever-extending neck. In ****anese
folklore and Edo
period (1603–1868) kaidan...
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portable shrines, "Kanamara
Mikoshi," "Kanayama Boat
Mikoshi," and "Elizabeth
Mikoshi," are patrolled.
Kanamara Mikoshi A
portable shrine with a square...
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every May at
Asakusa Shrine. Its
prominent parades revolve around three mikoshi (portable
shrines referenced in the festival's name), as well as traditional...
- can
carry p****engers as well.
Mikoshi is used to
carry kami in a
procession called Shinko-shiki.
People carry the
Mikoshi on
their shoulders,
while dashi...
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Ayagasaboko July 10:
Lantern parade to
welcome mikoshi (御輿, 'portable shrines') July 10:
Mikoshi arai,
cleansing of
mikoshi with
sacred water from the Kamo River...
- Hōnen Matsuri,
continue to this day. Typically, the
phallus is
placed in a
mikoshi, a
portable Shinto shrine.
Fertility rite
Liberalia (Roman festival) Dunkle...
- Shrines). Parti****nts: the
parade section has
circa 6,750
people and the
Mikoshi section around 6,000 people. ****anese
imperial year
National Day "建国記念の日となる日を定める政令"...
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birthplace of
mikoshi. The
earliest recorded use of a
mikoshi was in the 8th
century during the Nara period. In 749, the shrine's
mikoshi was used to carry...
- processions, the kami
travel in
portable shrines known as
mikoshi. In
various cases the
mikoshi undergo hamaori ("going down to the beach"), a
process by...
