yuniwa　斎庭

KEY WORD :　architecture / shrines

Also 斎場. A place to perform purification rituals and to worship the gods. The ritual chiefly associated with the Great Thanksgiving Festival which is enacted after an emperor's enthronement ceremonies are completed.

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*daijoukyuu 大嘗宮, *daijousai 大嘗祭.

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