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Amatsu Norito (1890 edition)

天津祝詞（1890年刊本）あまつのりと・せんはっぴゃくきゅうじゅうねんかんぽん

A purification prayer from an 1890 anthology compiled by Shirahata. It addresses the kami of Haraedo and differs in wording and ending from the 1911 edition also published here.

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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 the command of the kami dwelling in Takamanohara,

Kamurogi and Kamuromi,

the ancestral kami Izanagi no Mikoto

performed purification at Tachibana no Odo no Awagihara, in Himuka, Tsukushi.

We address the great kami of Haraedo, who came into being when he performed this purification.

Please hear our request that you cleanse and remove all misfortune, wrongdoing and defilement.

Kami of heaven and earth, and the countless kami, together,

listen attentively, as the heavenly dappled horse pricks up its ears. We humbly and reverently make this request.

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.

高天原（たかまのはら）に神留坐す（かむつまります）。

takamanoharani kamutsumarimasu.

神魯岐（かむろぎ）神魯美（かむろみ）の命（みこと）以て（もちて）

kamurogi kamuromino mikoto mochite

皇御祖神（すめみおやかむ）伊邪那岐命（いざなぎのみこと）。

sumemioyakamu izanaginomikoto.

筑紫（つくし）の日向（ひむか）の橘（たちばな）の小戸（をど）の阿波岐原（あはぎはら）に、

tsukushino himukano tachibanano wodono ahagiharani,

御禊（みそぎ）祓ひ（はらひ）給ふ（たまふ）時（とき）に生坐る（あれませる）祓戸（はらひど）の大神等（おほかみたち）。

misogi harahi tamafu tokini aremaseru harahidono ohokamitachi.

諸（もろもろ）の枉事（まがこと）罪穢（つみけがれ）を、祓ひ（はらひ）賜へ（たまへ）清め（きよめ）賜へ（たまへ）と申す（まをす）事（こと）の由（よし）を、

moromorono magakoto tsumikegarewo, harahi tamahe kiyome tamaheto mawosu kotono yoshiwo,

天津神（あまつかみ）国津神（くにつかみ）、八百萬（やほよろづ）の神等（かみたち）共（とも）に、

amatsukami kunitsukami, yahoyorozuno kamitachi tomoni,

天之斑馬（あまのふちごま）の耳（みみ）振立てて（ふりたてて）聞食せ（きこしめせ）と、恐み恐み（かしこみかしこみ）も白す（まをす）。

amanofuchigomano mimi furitatete kikoshimeseto, kashikomikashikomimo mawosu.

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／白幡義篤・加藤長平 — 諸神拝詞記正訓（1890年）・天津祝詞

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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