神籬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	籬
Grade: 3	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Alternative forms

胙
膰

Etymology 1

/hi₁moro₂ki₁/: [pimorəki] → [pimoroki] → [ɸimoroki] → [çimoroki]. Etymology is unknown. The initial /hi₁/ is likely 霊 (hi₁, “spiritual power”). Suggestions for /moro₂/ include either 森 (mori, “forest”) or 守る (moru, “protect”). The final -ki₁ is not related to the phonetically distinct 木 (ki₂, “tree”).

Noun

神籬 (hiragana ひもろき, rōmaji himoroki)

in Shintō, a holy area surrounded by a barrier of trees; used as a place to summon and worship gods
- 720: Nihon Shoki (page 153)
  汝天兒屋命・太玉命、宜持天津神籬、降於葦原中國、亦爲吾孫奉齋焉。
- 720: Nihon Shoki (page 239)
  [...] 祭於倭笠縫邑。仍立磯堅城神籬。_{神籬、此云此莽呂岐。}
- 720: Nihon Shoki (page 261)
  三年春三月、新羅王子天日槍來歸焉。將來物、羽太玉一箇、足高玉一箇、鵜鹿々赤石玉一箇、出石小刀一口、出石桙一枝、日鏡一面、熊神籬一具、併七物。[...] 仍貢獻物、葉細珠、足高珠鵜鹿々赤石珠、出石刀子、出石槍、日鏡、熊神籬、膽狹淺大刀、併八物。
- 720: Nihon Shoki (page 277-279)
  於是、清彦被勅、乃自捧神寶而獻之。羽太玉一箇・足高玉一箇・鵜鹿鹿赤石玉一箇・日鏡一面・熊神籬一具。
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 11, poem 2657)
  神名火尓 紐呂寸立而雖忌人心者間守不敢物

Etymology 2

/hi₁boro₂ki₁/: [piborəki] → [piboroki] → [ɸiboroki] → [çiboroki]. From earlier himoroki. Medial bilabial -m- looses nasality and becomes a plosive -b-.

Noun

神籬 (hiragana ひぼろき, rōmaji hiboroki)

in Shintō, a holy area surrounded by a barrier of trees; used as a place to summon and worship gods
- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō:
  神籬日本記云、神籬、俗云比保路岐

Etymology 3

/hi₁moro₂gi₁/: [pimorəki] → [pimoroki] → [ɸimoroki] → [ɸimorogi] → [çiborogi]. From earlier 'himoroki. Final -k- voices to -g-.

Noun

神籬 (hiragana ひもろぎ, rōmaji himorogi)

in Shintō, a holy area surrounded by a barrier of trees; used as a place to summon and worship gods

Synonyms

斎垣, 忌垣 (ikaki, igaki)
瑞垣, 瑞籬, 水垣 (mizukaki, mizugaki)

References

Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
Sakamoto, Tarō; Ienaga Saburō, Inoue Mitsusada, Ōno Susumu (1965) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Nihon Shoki (vol. 1), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.