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The ''daijôsai'' is a secret ritual performed by the [[Emperor]] immediately following his accession to the throne. Little is known about the details of the rite, but it involves the one performing ritual making his first offering of rice as Emperor, consuming rice, and becoming imbued with the spiritual power of his forebears.
The ''daijôsai'' is a secret ritual performed by the [[Emperor]] immediately following his accession to the throne. Little is known about the details of the rite, but it involves the one performing ritual making his first offering of rice as Emperor, consuming rice, and becoming imbued with the spiritual power of his forebears.
It was replaced for many centuries by a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] ''sokui kanjo'' (即位灌頂) rite, beginning in the [[Nanbokucho Period|Northern & Southern Courts period]]; this Buddhist rite continued to be performed as part of imperial accession ceremonies until [[1847]], but the ''Daijôsai'' was revived, or recreated, by the [[Meiji government]] and was then performed into the 20th century.<ref>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 120.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 253n12.
*Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 253n12.
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[[Category:Shinto]]
[[Category:Shinto]]