Also
otabi-no-miya δ·{, otabi δ·, tabisho ·, mikoshiyadori
_`Ι.
A palanquin-like portable sanctuary where a divine spirit is enshrined temporarily
during a shrine festival. This enshrinement is called shinkou _K
or devine fortune. The custom is based on a story related in the NIHON
SHOKI ϊ{I about a princess named Yamato Hime no Mikoto `P½, the daughter
of Emperor Suinin m who reigned from the late 1c BC to the early 1c. AD.
She was entrusted with the task of finding a place to enshrine the great
sun-goddess, Amaterasu Oomikami VΖεδ_. First she went to Uda FΙ in Nara, and then to Oumi ί] in Shiga prefecture before continuing
eastward to Mino όZ the southern part of Gifu prefecture. Finally, she reached
Ise Ι¨ province and was told by the goddess that was where she wished to
dwell. Thus, a shrine was established at Ise and from then on it became
the holiest shrine in Japan. |