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Updated: June 12, 2025
The office is hereditary; the training begins in boyhood; and the impassive deportment eventually acquired is really a wonderful thing. Officiating, the Kannushi seems rather a statue than a man, an image moved by invisible strings; and, like the gods, he never winks.
Next day the hitogata are returned to the kannushi, who, after having recited certain formulae over them, burns them with holy fire. By this ceremony it is hoped that all physical misfortunes will be averted from the family during a year. IT is the fifteenth day of the seventh month and I am in Hokii. The blanched road winds along a coast of low cliffs the coast of the Japanese Sea.
Their assistants wear various colours, according to grade; and the faces of none are completely shaven; some wear full beards, others the mustache only. The actions and attitudes of these hierophants are dignified, yet archaic, in a degree difficult to describe. Each movement is regulated by tradition; and to perform well the functions of a Kannushi, a long disciplinary preparation is necessary.
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