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Mountain kami purification

山神祓やまのかみのはらひ

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 invite Ōyamatsumi Ōkami. We stand in one row three blue soft-cloth offerings and three white soft-cloth offerings, and heap up many gifts.

As we offer prayer, receive it swiftly and cleanse away calamity, fault and retribution. Many kami together, hear this wish.

Source text and reading aid

Roman letters are provided for 1 of 2 lines. Readings not fully supplied in the source are left without Roman letters.

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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（たかまのはら）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）をもつて大山祇大神（おほやまずみのおほんかみ）を奉請（おぎまつり）て青體（あをと）の和幣（にきて）三本（みもと）白體（しろと）の和幣（にきて）三本（みもと）を一行（ひとつら）に置立（おきたて）て種々（くさぐさ）の備物（そなへもの）置高成（おきたかなし）て

神祈（かみほぎ）に禱給（みほぎたま）へば速（はや）納受（きこしめし）て禍事（あしきこと）咎（とが）祟（たたり）は不在物（あらじもの）をと祓給（はらひたま）ひ清給（きよめたま）ふ由（よし）を八百萬（やほよろづ）の神等（かみたち）諸共（もろとも）に所聞食（きこしめせ）と申（まう）す

kamihogini mihogitamaheba haya kikoshimeshite ashikikoto toga tatariha arajimonowoto harahitamahi kiyometamafu yoshiwo yahoyorozuno kamitachi morotomoni kikoshimeseto mausu

Connected kami and buddhas

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

Ōyamatsumi no Kami大山津見神

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30項『山神祓』

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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