Court ceremonies SPRING

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Court Ceremonies in Spring

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Observance

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Explanation

The court ceremonies date back to the Heian period.

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Kinensai 祈念祭 (きねんさい) Kinensai ritual
Ritual at the beginning of the year
toshigoi no matsuri 年祈いの祭（としごいのまつり）
observance kigo for early spring

February 4
Performed by the imperial officials (jingikan, kamizukasa 神祇官 )
Prayers for a good harvest and peace of the country are offered to the deities.

This ritual has been revived after the Meiji restauration.


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Reken, rekken 列見 (れけん) Reken ritual
observance kigo for mid-spring

On the 11th day of the second lunar month.
Now February 11.

Audience of high officials with the Emperor, since the Heian period.
The audience is held in the park. According to the behaviour of the officials their rank was confirmed.
The officials wore flowers in their headgear.


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Shunki kooreisai 春季皇霊祭 (しゅんきこうれいさい)
spring commemoration for the Imperial Spirits)
..... kooreisai 皇霊祭（こうれいさい）Koreisai ritual
observance kigo for mid-spring

21st day of the third lunar month

The present emperor performs rituals for all the other emperors before him.
It used to be a public holiday until WW II.
Now it is celebrates on the day of the spring equinox.




There is another Koreisai ritual in autumn 秋季皇霊祭.
(23 of September)


. Spring Equinox, haru higan, 春彼岸 .


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Kikaku 其角　


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