Read, reflect, pray
Prayer to the hearth kami (1890 edition)
竈神祭祝詞(1890年刊本)
A historical prayer addressing Homusubi, Okitsuhiko and Okitsuhime. It gives thanks for daily blessings and asks for peace in the household and protection from fire. This is the text of the 1890 anthology, distinct from the 1897 hearth prayer also published here.
English meaning and source text
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.
Before the revered kami Homusubi, Okitsuhiko and Okitsuhime, we humbly speak.
Not a single day passes without
our receiving the blessings of your exalted divine power. We honor these gifts with reverence.
On this life-filled, abundant day, we offer ritual gifts as a sign of respect.
Please receive our words of praise peacefully and graciously, and let our household be at peace.
Let it be free of misfortune and trouble. If we have committed a fault,
through Kamunaobi and Ōnaobi, please rectify it and regard and hear it anew.
Let no fearful calamity of fire arise.
Guard us by night and by day and grant us well-being: this we humbly and reverently ask.
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.
掛巻も畏き、火産霊神、奥都比古神、奥都比売神の御前に、恐み恐みも白さく。
kakemakumo kashikoki, homusubinokami, okitsuhikonokami, okitsuhimenokamino mimaheni, kashikomikashikomimo mawosaku.
一日も落ちず欠くる事無く、
hitohimo ochizu kakuru koto naku,
大神等の高貴き霊を被る事を、尊み畏み。
ohokamitachino takakitafutoki mitamanofuyuwo kagafuru kotowo, tafutomi kashikomi.
今日の生日の足日に、礼代の幣を捧奉りて、
kefuno ikuhino taruhini, wiyashirono mitegurawo sasagematsurite,
称辞おへ奉る事を、平く安く聞食して、家内安全に、
tatahegotoohe matsuru kotowo, tahirakeku yasukeku kikoshimeshite, yanuchi odahini,
凶悪無く事無く、過犯す事の在むをば、
maga naku kotonaku, ayamachiokasu kotono aramuwoba,
神直日大直日に、見直し聞直し坐して、
kannahobi ohonahobini, minahoshi kikinahoshi mashite,
可畏くも火の災不令有、
kashikokumo hino wazahahi arasezu,
夜の守日の護に守幸へ賜へと、恐み恐みも白す。
yono mamori hino mamorini mamorisakihahe tamaheto, 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)
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.