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Local birthland kami purification

產生神祓うぶすなかみのはらひ

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.

By command of Kamurogi and Kamuromi, imperial ancestral kami in Takamagahara, we offer cloth of five colors to the kami and invite the kami of the five organs, five directions and five phases, asking cleansing through sacred purification.

Heavenly kami, earthly kami, many kami, more than three thousand kami, guardians and tutelary kami: receive this swiftly and descend gently to this place.

Protect us so that childbirth may be peaceful, without offence, fault, calamity or impurity, and mother and child may live long. Many kami together, hear this wish.

Source text and reading aid

Roman letters are provided for 2 of 3 lines. Readings not fully supplied in the source are left without Roman letters.

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.

高天原（たかまがはら）に神留座（かみとゞまりましま）す皇親（すめむつ）神漏岐（かみろぎ）神漏美（かみろみ）の命（みこと）をもつて神明（かみありつ）に五色（いついろ）の幣帛（みてぐら）を奉倶（たてまつり）五臟（いつを）の神（かみ）五方（いくも）の神（かみ）五行（いつら）の神（かみ）を奉請（おぎまつ）り神祓（かむはらひ）に祓給（はらひたま）へば

天神地祇（あまつかみくにつかみ）八十萬神等（やそよろづのかみたち）下（しも）三千一百餘神（みちいほをすかみ）鎭守（しづめまもる）氏神（うぢがみ）速（すみや）かに納受（きこしめし）て平（たひら）けく安（やす）らけく皇神（すめかみ）降臨奉（あまくだりたてまつ）る

amatsukamikunitsukami yasoyorozunokamitachi shimo michiihowosukami shizumemamoru ujigami sumiyakani kikoshimeshite tahirakeku yasurakeku sumekami amakudaritatematsuru

如此（かく）平產給（あまくだりたまひ）て罪咎（つみとが）祟（たたり）禍（わざはひ）穢（けがれ）不在物（あらじもの）を母（はは）と子（こ）長壽（ながことぶき）に守給事（まもりたまふこと）の由（よし）を八百萬神等（やほよろづのかみたち）諸共（もろとも）に聞食（きこしめせ）と申（まう）す

kaku amakudaritamahite tsumitoga tatari wazahahi kegare arajimonowo hahato ko nagakotobukini mamoritamafukotono yoshiwo yahoyorozunokamitachi morotomoni kikoshimeseto 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28項『產生神祓』

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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