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Prefecture. This shouldering style usually uses two poles. The mikoshi is moved up and down rhythmically, and more slowly than in the "Edomae style". One shout is "dokkoi dokkoi dokkoi sorya" and there is a song called a "Jink | lively
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Typical shapes are rectangles, hexagons, and octagons. The body, which stands on two or four poles (for carrying), is usually lavishly decorated, and the roof might hold a carving of a
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from the shrine, carry it around the neighborhoods that worship at the shrine, and in many cases leave it in a designated area, resting on blocks called
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In this "united" style, the mikoshi uses the full width of the road, moving from side to side and turning corners at full speed.
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while moving between main shrine and temporary shrine during a festival or when moving to a new shrine. Often, the
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Sokyo Ono, William P. Woodward, Shinto - The Kami Way, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Tokyo 1992,
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on their shoulders by means of two, four (or sometimes, rarely, six) poles. They bring the
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followers believe that it serves as the vehicle to transport a deity in
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in the water of a nearby lake, river or ocean (this practice is called
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Shin'yo, in the Encyclopedia of Shinto by the Kokugakuin University
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resembles a miniature building, with pillars, walls, a roof, a
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wave it wildly from side to side to "amuse" the deity (
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Another one is "Odawara style | 小田原担ぎ " observed in
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Hiyoshi-taisha

Himeji

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tōshō-gū
Nikkō
palanquin
Shinto shrine
Shinto
Japan
veranda
Japanese honorific
Nara period
Hachiman
Kyushu
Nara
Daibutsu
Tōdai-ji
Hachiman shrines
Usa Jingū
Ōita Prefecture



Sanja Matsuri

Tomioka Hachiman Shrine

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