Sengu

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Sengū ( Japanese 遷 宮 ) is the Japanese term for the transfer of a Shintai to a Shinto shrine . When the Honden , the main hall of a Shinto shrine, is repaired or rebuilt, the Shintai must be relocated. Ceremonies for this occasion are also known as sengu.

As Shikinen-Sengu ( 式年遷宮 ) the ceremony is Ise-jingū ( Mie Prefecture ) and Sumiyoshi-Taisha in Osaka referred to, wherein the central hall at specified time intervals ( Shikinen ) on an adjacent two plots identical and completely re- is erected. When the cabinet is renewed, the Shintai is then transferred to the new honing at a solemn ceremony ( sengū ) and the old building is burned down. One of the new holy mirrors is offered by the Tennō himself. It is said that this ceremony is related to the Shikinensai , the commemoration of the anniversary of the death of a historical emperor.

In addition to the shrines in Ise and Sumiyoshi, such ceremonies were once held in other shrines, including the Katori-jingū , the Kashima-jingū , the Usa-jingū , the Kasuga-Taisha and the Suwa-Taisha (the Onbashira-sai ).

The term Sengū is only used for the sanctuary of a Shintō shrine, another term is used for the move of the imperial palace, a Buddhist temple or a Buddha statue: Senza ( 遷 座 ).

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