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...

"Aposiopesis" (Akira Rabelais) – 5:16 "Hunter Vessel" – 6:36 "Shimenawa" – 2:48 "Vessel Shimenawa" – 1:54 "Repose" (Valgeir Sigurðsson);- 8:49 "Storm" (Björk...

They are joined by a shimenawa (a heavy rope of rice straw) and are considered sacred by worshippers of the shrine. The shimenawa, composed of five separate...

Shide (紙垂, 四手) are zigzag-shaped paper streamers, often seen attached to shimenawa or tamagushi to demarcate holy spaces, and used in Shinto rituals in Japan...

spirits or kami reside. They are often distinctly visible due to the shimenawa wrapped around them. The related term goshingi refers to trees that are...

Shinboku can be easily identified by the straw or hemp rope called a shimenawa which is typically wrapped around the tree; the rope acts as both a sign...

several colors, and are often attached as decorations to straw ropes (shimenawa) used to mark sacred precincts. The shrine priest or attendants (miko)...

the waist. The rope is similar to the shimenawa used to mark off sacred areas in Shinto, and like the shimenawa it serves to purify and mark off its content...

yorishiro actually houses a kami, it is called a shintai. Ropes called shimenawa decorated with paper streamers called shide often surround yorishiro to...

occupants or their profession. They can be decorated with miniature torii and shimenawa and include amulets obtained from public shrines. They often contain a...

Futodama used a shimenawa to prevent her from going back to the cave again. This story is said to be the mythical origin of shimenawa. In Kogo shūi, Futodama...

A kamidana displaying a shimenawa and shide...

Prince Arisugawa above the altar. The Kagura-den features the largest shimenawa (sacred straw rope) in Japan; it is 13.5 meters long and weighs around...

kodama is thought to bring misfortune and such trees are often marked with shimenawa rope. Anito Balete tree Tree spirits 草野巧 (1997). 幻想動物事典. 新紀元社. p. 138...

Stones (with shimenawa) representing dōsojin found near Karuizawa, Nagano...

oldest types of torii, it consists of two posts with a sacred rope called shimenawa tied between them. All other torii can be divided in two families, the...

in the swamp offering. They arrive at three trees tied together with Shimenawa and toss their items into the swamp. The wife sees her mother-in-law fling...

Though it was not a traditional shimenawa, Masahiko Nomi conjectured that it may have been related to the shimenawa.[citation needed] Maruyama died in...

the corners without architecture. These in turn support sacred ropes (shimenawa) decorated with streamers called shide. A branch of sakaki or some other...

934 during the Heian period (794–1185). The diary describes a Shinto shimenawa (sacred rope) that was hung on the gate of a house during the New Year's...

to budge so that she could no longer retreat. Another god tied a magic shimenawa (compare the Nuristani myth of a chaff attaching itself to the thread...

sakaki at the four corners, between which are strung sacred border ropes (shimenawa). In the center of the area a large branch of sakaki festooned with sacred...

knotting Chinese button knot Frog (fastening) Macramé Mizuhiki Obijime Shimenawa Hojōjutsu Shūgi-bukuro Spool knitting Kinoshita, Masako (1986). "A Braiding...

original great 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...

the New Year's god. Japanese clean their homes and prepare Kadomatsu or Shimenawa to welcome the god before New Year's Eve. Buddhist temples ring their...

大麻) Otegine (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...

stretching a Shimenawa (注連縄) to Iyo Futami. Every May at the Hōjō Kashima Spring Festival, the Minamoto victory is commemorated with a shimenawa replacement...

pyramid, is a living shintai. For this reason, his waist is circled by a shimenawa, a sacred rope which protects sacred objects from evil spirits. A kannushi...

Kanjo Nawa (Japanese: 勧請縄) is a Japanese custom of stretching shimenawa, a variety of laid rope, with fetishes hung at the border of a village. Michi...

a wagon. At the start of the yamahoko on July 17, the chigo cuts the shimenawa with a swing of his sword. Weight: about 12 tons Height: about 27 meters...