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The interval during which time the coffin remained there was termed kari-mo-gari, or "temporary mourning." Known as kakushi-matsuri, or the "rite of hiding." It would seem that the term of one year's mourning prescribed in the case of a parent had its origin in the above arrangement. All these observances were dispensed with in the case of the Emperor Sushun.