Shimenawa (標縄/注連縄/七五三縄, lit. 'enclosing rope') are lengths of laid rice straw or hemp rope used for ritual purification in the Shinto religion. Shimenawa...

(Japanese: 御手杵) Shide (Japanese: 紙垂) Shintai (Japanese: 神体) Shimenawa (Japanese: 注連縄) Suzu (Japanese: 鈴) Tide jewels Three Sacred Treasures (Japanese: 三種の神器)...

yorishiro, a great tree surrounded by a sacred rope called shimenawa (標縄/注連縄/七五三縄). Now such trees have become divine by association, and no longer simply...

yorishiro: a big tree, surrounded by a sacred rope called shimenawa (標縄・注連縄・七五三縄). The first buildings at places dedicated to worship were hut-like structures...

decorations for Japanese New Year, along with kadomatsu. Shimenawa (標縄 / 注連縄 / 七五三縄, lit. 'Enclosing Rope') – Lengths of rope made from laid/woven/braided...

Yashima in 1185, the Kōno prayed for victory by stretching a Shimenawa (注連縄) to Iyo Futami. Every May at the Hōjō Kashima Spring Festival, the Minamoto...

hattō, a ku'in, a sō-dō, a sanmon, a tōsu and a yokushitsu. shimenawa* (標縄・注連縄・七五三縄) – lit. "enclosing rope". A length of braided rice straw rope used for...