273
See 'Notes of some Minor Japanese Religious Practices,' by Mr. B. H. Chamberlain, in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, May, 1893, and Sir E. Satow's 'Visit to the Shrines of Ise,' T. A. S. J., 1874.
274
See above, p. 187. (#Page_187)
275
That is, "did honour to."
276
These deities were worshipped at cross-roads, and were called the eight-cross-road deities.
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The date of one Sahe no Kami festival.
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Written on paper and thrown into the flames.
279
See above, p. 168. (#Page_168)
280
See above, pp. 189-190. (#Page_189)
281
See above, p. 313. (#Page_313)
282
That is, died.
283
What was the God of Fire in the previous sentence is here simply "Fire."
284
A branch of the Nakatomi, who claimed descent from Koyane, one of the four Gods worshipped.
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From a modern collection entitled Norito Bunrei.
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In the north of Japan.
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A Buddhist title.
288
See above, p. 197. (#Page_197)
289
'Yenzeki Zasshi,' v. 1.
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When demons and evil influences are expelled. See above, p. 308. (#Page_308)
291
After the manner of the Oho-harahi offerings.
292
'The Golden Bough,' second edition, p. 9.
293
I cannot offer any explanation of the magic used by women and children in order to bring fine weather. They hang upside down to the eaves or on the branch of a tree human figures cut in paper, and called Teri-teri-bōzu (shine-shine-priest).
294
See above, p. 115. (#Page_115)
295
I. 157.
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'The Mikado's Empire,' p. 474.
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See also Ch. K. 263.