Oharai
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Oharai is a major Shinto purification ritual intended to cleanse people, objects, and spaces of spiritual impurity and misfortune.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto purification ritual
ⓘ
Shinto religious practice ⓘ |
| aimsToAchieve |
harmony with kami
ⓘ
protection ⓘ renewal ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
harae
ⓘ
kegare ⓘ misogi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Amaterasu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hachiman NERFINISHED ⓘ local kami ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | Japanese religious practice ⓘ |
| frequency | periodic ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Great Purification
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ōharae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
communal ritual
ⓘ
individual ritual ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
averting misfortune
ⓘ
removal of kegare (impurity) ⓘ restoring ritual purity ⓘ spiritual purification ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| performedAt |
Shinto shrine
ⓘ
construction site ⓘ home ⓘ workplace ⓘ |
| performedBy |
Kannushi
ⓘ
Miko NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinto priest ⓘ |
| performedForOccasion |
New Year
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
after misfortune ⓘ before festivals ⓘ before important life events ⓘ |
| performedOn |
objects
ⓘ
people ⓘ spaces ⓘ |
| relatedRitual |
Misogi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shubatsu ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| ritualAction |
recitation of norito (prayers)
ⓘ
symbolic transfer of impurity ⓘ waving of purification wand ⓘ |
| symbolicallyRemoves |
bad luck
ⓘ
calamity ⓘ spiritual pollution ⓘ |
| usesRitualObject |
haraigushi
ⓘ
ōnusa ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.