Chōzuya
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Chōzu-ya or temizu-ya (
At shrines, these chōzubachi are used by a worshipper to wash their left hand, right hand, mouth and finally the handle of the water ladle to purify themselves before approaching the main Shinto shrine or shaden (
Originally, this purification was done at a spring, stream or seashore and this is still considered the ideal.[failed verification] Worshippers at the Inner Shrine at Ise still use this traditional way of ablution.[2]
See also
[edit]- Chōzubachi
- Glossary of Shinto
- Harae, a term for all Shinto purification rituals, including temizu
- Misogi, a Shinto ritual of full-body purification
- Ritual purification
- Tsukubai, a wash basin for visitors in Japanese Buddhist temples or roji
- Ablution in Christianity
- Wudhu
References
[edit]- ^ K Yokoi, R Nawata, S Furui, T Nagasawa, S Yanase, M Kimura, Y Itokawa (December 1991).
神社 の手水 の水質 検査 成績 [A Report on the Hygienic Status of Sacred "Temizu" Water in Shrines]. Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi (in Japanese). 46 (5): 1009–13. doi:10.1265/jjh.46.1009. PMID 1779475.{{cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mori Mizue. "Temizuya". Kokugakuin University. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- Sokyo Ono; W. P. Woodard (1998). Shinto: the Kami Way. Rutland, VT: Tuttle. ISBN 9780804819602.
- Kazuo Nishi; Kazuo Hozumi; H. M. Horton (1996). What is Japanese architecture. Tokyo: Kodansha. ISBN 9784770019929.
Further reading
[edit]- "chouzubachi"
手水 鉢 . Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation. Retrieved 15 August 2016., and links therein