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Homage to the two Ise sanctuaries

拝伊勢両宮詞いせのりょうぐうをおがむことば

A prayer honoring the kami of Ise’s Inner and Outer Sanctuaries and associated sanctuaries. It is this historical edition’s form, not the current official liturgy of Ise Jingū.

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English meaning

About this English rendering

This site’s English rendering of the Japanese meaning guide, aligned with this edition. It is separate from the source words for recitation and is not an official liturgy. Sacred sounds are explained where possible, not given speculative literal translations. Historical beliefs, royal authority, illness and protection claims belong to the text; they are not present-day judgments, medical advice or guarantees of results.

In Ise Province, praised as the land where divine winds blow,

with great sanctuary pillars set firmly into the bedrock at Isuzuhara,

and roof finials raised as high as Takamagahara, dwells

Amaterasu Sume Ōmikami in her sanctuary.

Likewise, at Yamadahara in Watarai, where the Outer Sanctuary stands, with great pillars set firmly into the bedrock,

and roof finials raised as high as Takamagahara, dwells

Toyouke Ōmikami.

Before the venerable kami enshrined alongside them in the two sanctuaries,

and the kami of their separate sanctuaries and associated shrines also, with deep respect I offer distant homage.

Source text and reading aid

Roman letters are provided for every line of this source text.

How to use the Roman letters

Roman letters follow the kana displayed in this site’s Japanese reader; some readings are editorial additions documented on the Japanese page. These are a reading aid, not restored Sanskrit or a recording of a temple’s chanting. Historical spellings (such as wo, wi, we and ha used as a particle) are kept. Double vowels and repeated vowels mark the written kana; rhythm and pronunciation can differ by tradition.

You can simply read the meaning or sit quietly. No recitation is required. For a temple or shrine’s own recitation, follow that tradition’s published guidance.

本文（ほんぶん）

神風（かむかぜ）の伊勢國（いせのくに）、

kamukazeno isenokuni,

拆鈴（さくすず）五十鈴原（いすずのはら）の底津石根（そこついはね）に大宮柱（おほみやばしら）太敷立（ふとしきたて）、

sakusuzu isuzunoharano sokotsuihaneni ohomiyabashira futoshikitate,

高天原（たかまのはら）に比木（ひぎ）高知（たかし）りて鎭座坐（しづまりま）す、

takamanoharani higi takashirite shizumarimasu,

天照皇大御神（あまてらすすめおほみかみ）の大朝廷（おほみかど）、

amaterasusumeohomikamino ohomikado,

外宮（とつみや）の度會（わたらひ）の山田原（やまだのはら）の底津石根（そこついはね）に大宮柱（おほみやばしら）太敷立（ふとしきたて）、

totsumiyano watarahino yamadanoharano sokotsuihaneni ohomiyabashira futoshikitate,

高天原（たかまのはら）に千木（ちぎ）高知（たかし）りて鎭座坐（しづまりま）す、

takamanoharani chigi takashirite shizumarimasu,

豐受大御神（とようけのおほみかみ）、

toyoukenoohomikami,

及（また）二宮（ふたみや）の相殿（あひどの）に座（ま）す皇神等（すめがみたち）、

mata futamiyano ahidononi masu sumegamitachi,

枝宮（えだみや）枝社（えだやしろ）の神等（かみたち）の御前（みまへ）をも愼（つつし）み敬（ゐやま）ひ畏（かしこ）み畏（かしこ）みも遙（はるか）に拜（をが）み奉（たてまつ）る。

edamiya edayashirono kamitachino mimahewomo tsutsushimi wiyamahi kashikomi kashikomimo harukani wogami tatematsuru.

Connected kami and buddhas

These connections include figures addressed, mentioned, or associated by tradition. They do not assign a universal recitation practice.

Sources and edition (1)

国立国会図書館／内田芳兵衛 — 毎朝神拝詞記（平田篤胤編・平田鉄胤訂、1881年）・拝伊勢両宮詞

English explanations on this page were prepared by Inori no Mori from the cited text and its Japanese explanations. They are not an official translation or a prescribed liturgy.

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