Read, reflect, pray

Provincial first shrines and concluding prayer

大日本国々一ノ宮・結びの祈願だいにつぽんくにぐにいちのみや・むすびのきぐわん

A text in the 1911 Shintō Ōharai Zenshū anthology. It is presented as a historical reading, not the current ritual of every shrine or temple.

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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.

We address the 3,132 kami dwelling throughout Japan’s more than sixty provinces, especially the kami governing each province at its collective shrine.

We invite here the kami manifesting their venerable forms throughout those provinces. Descend and fully receive and fulfill what we ask of your divine hearts.

Grant protection and blessing: again we offer these words with reverence.

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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.

惣（さう）じて大日本六十余州（だいにつぽんろくじうよしう）鎮座（ちんざ）の神霊（しんれい）都合（つがふ）三千一百三十二神（さんぜんいつひやくさんじうにじん）中（なか）にも、一国（いつこく）に総社（さうしや）主宰座（つかさどりまします）神霊（しんれい）、

saujite dainitsuponrokujiuyoshiu chinzano shinrei tsugafu sanzen'itsuhiyakusanjiunijin nakanimo, itsukokuni saushiya tsukasadorimashimasu shinrei,

六十余州（ろくじうよしう）に尊（みこと）が顕（あらは）し奉（たてまつ）りて、此処（このところ）へ勧請（くわんじやう）し奉（たてまつ）る当（まさ）に降臨（かうりん）あつて、神慮（しんりよ）を祈（いの）る所（ところ）願（ねが）ふ所（ところ）は、祈願円満（きぐわんゑんまん）感応成就（かんおうじやうじゆ）、

rokujiuyoshiuni mikotoga arahashi tatematsurite, konotokorohe kuwanjiyaushi tatematsuru masani kaurin'atsute, shinriyowo inoru tokoro negafu tokoroha, kiguwanwenman kan'oujiyaujiyu,

守幸給（まもりさいはひたまひ）と恐（おそ）れみおそれみも申（まう）す。

mamorisaihahitamahito osoremiosoremimo mausu.

Sources and edition (1)

国立国会図書館／神誠館ほか — 神道太祓大全：神拝祝詞（1911年）第12項『大日本国々一ノ宮・結びの祈願』

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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