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THE FIRST BIG FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR
Kyōto's Ebisu-jinja (京都ゑびす神社), known familiarly as 'Ebessan' (えべっさん), is 1 of Japan's 3 most popular Ebisu shrines.
The other 2 are Ōsaka’s Imamiya Ebisu-jinja (今宮戎神社) & Nishinomiya-jinja (西宮神社), head of the Ebisu sect.pic.twitter.com/wzkB75RZKa
Ebisu-jinja's 'Tōka Ebisu Matsuri' (十日えびす祭 lit. 'Ebisu’s Festival on the 10th Day'), from January 8th-12th, is the first big festival of the year. It's held around Ebisu's birthday on January 10th (he was born in the Year of the Tiger). Photo thanks-http://www.imamiya.jp/haruhanakyoko/ pic.twitter.com/uI1k4GN17l
Ebisu (恵比寿) is the god of business prosperity, successful crops, and abundance...& is quite possibly the most popular of the '7 Gods of Fortune' (七福神).
about the Shichifukujin
https://twitter.com/camelliakyoto/status/1473156097276248064?s=20 …
As this is a tiger year, expect the festival to be especially busy
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In the Muromachi period the idea of celebrating the '7 Gods of Fortune' began in Kyōto, and it is likely that the first Shichifukujin Mairi pilgrimage (都七福神まいり) originated at Ebisu-jinja (えびす神社).
From Kyōto similar pilgrimages spread across Japan.
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In 1191 Myōan Eisai (明菴栄西), a monk credited with bringing the Rinzai school of Zen (臨済宗) and the tradition of tea-drinking to Japan, was returning from Song China. A great storm struck his boat.
Eisai desperately prayed for divine assistance
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As a massive wave towered above the ship, the god Ebisu appeared at its base. The wave crashed harmlessly down & the boat was saved.
Ebisu-jinja (ゑびす神社) was built by Eisai in 1202 to thank the god and act as guardian for Kennin-ji (建仁寺), founded at the same time.
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The Tōka Ebisu faith (十日えびす信仰) spread to Kyōto from Imamiya-jinja (今宮神社) in Ōsaka in the mid-Edo period, but it was Kyōto's merchants that helped to popularize the festival nationwide.
So crowded is the festival that the shrine's bell ropes are often removed
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One of the most common sights at the festival is 'fukuzasa' (福笹 lit. 'lucky bamboo grass'), bamboo fronds adorned with auspicious symbols.
The 18th head of Ebisu-jinja first promoted bamboo as symbol of the god and festival.
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Photos thanks to- http://www.imamiya.jp/haruhanakyoko/ pic.twitter.com/XbWxEDoUgZ
The fast growing grass is strong & hardy, qualities people wish to pass on to their own businesses. As the leaves aged & yellowed they were thought to look like old coins. It was the shrine's 30th head that struck upon the idea of selling auspicious objects to adorn the bamboo.pic.twitter.com/7KrHEi03T2
Ebisu Festival vinegar salesman decked out in formal wear 恵比寿講酢売に袴着せにけり -松尾芭蕉 Ebisu-jinja's 30th head priest was also the first to invite vendors to set up stalls, creating a carnival-like atmosphere that survives to this day. Photos-http://www.imamiya.jp/haruhanakyoko pic.twitter.com/rOEal1fp9N
On the south side of Ebisu-jinja's (ゑびす神社) main shrine building is a worn board. After praying before the shrine it is customary to knock on the board (to wake the somewhat hard of hearing Ebisu) and repeat the request to ensure it is answered.
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In the Meiji period businesses used the festival as an excuse to improve the post-New Year slowdown by holding special 'seimonbarai' (誓文払い) 'bargain sales' on the same days. The sales in Ōsaka and Kyōto were known as 'Ebisukō Ōuridashi' (えびす講大売り出し).
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