sakaki

Then, holding branches of the sacred sakaki tree, they laugh out loud three times.

Matsuri report » Japundit Blog 2005

Beside it was the Haraigushi, the purification wand, a small branch from the sacred sakaki tree.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

Amaterasu retired into a cave, magatama were hung from the branches of a sakaki tree to assist in enticing her out.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Kagu a "five-hundred branched" sakaki tree (cleyera Japonica), from whose branches the mirror together with a "five-hundred beaded" string of curved jewels and blue and white streamers of hempen cloth and paper-mulberry cloth are suspended, and causes divination to be performed with the shoulder blade of a stag.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

The _sakaki_ tree is especially sacred, even to this day, in funeral or Shint [= o] services.

The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885

In every home on these days sake is poured as an offering into the o-mikidokkuri, and in the vases of the kamidana are placed sprays of the holy sakaki, or sprigs of pine, or fresh flowers.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Young lads came first, carrying Shinto emblems -- little white flags, and branches of the sacred sakaki; and after the coffin the mother walked, a young peasant, crying very loud, and wiping her eyes with the long sleeves of her coarse blue dress.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Before the miya, or whatever holy object of Shinto worship be placed upon the kamidana, are set two quaintly shaped jars for the offerings of sake; two small vases, to contain sprays of the sacred plant sakaki, or offerings of flowers; and a small lamp, shaped like a tiny saucer, where

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

This ancient grove -- so dense that when you first pass into its shadows out of the sun all seems black -- is composed of colossal cedars and pines, mingled with bamboo, tsubaki (Camellia Japonica), and sakaki, the sacred and mystic tree of Shinto.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

At the conclusion of the ceremony, the sakaki branches used in it were eagerly bid for, and sold at high prices, being believed to possess talismanic virtues.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877