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Read, reflect, pray

Prayer to the hearth kami (1890 edition)

竈神祭祝詞(1890年刊本)かまどのかみをまつるのりと・せんはっぴゃくきゅうじゅうねんかんぽん

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.

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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.

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(かけまく)も畏き(かしこき)、火産霊神(ほむすびのかみ)、奥都比古神(おきつひこのかみ)、奥都比売神(おきつひめのかみ)の御前(みまへ)に、恐み恐み(かしこみかしこみ)も白さく(まをさく)。

kakemakumo kashikoki, homusubinokami, okitsuhikonokami, okitsuhimenokamino mimaheni, kashikomikashikomimo mawosaku.

一日(ひとひ)も落ちず(おちず)欠くる(かくる)事(こと)無く(なく)、

hitohimo ochizu kakuru koto naku,

大神等(おほかみたち)の高貴き(たかきたふとき)霊(みたまのふゆ)を被る(かがふる)事(こと)を、尊み(たふとみ)畏み(かしこみ)。

ohokamitachino takakitafutoki mitamanofuyuwo kagafuru kotowo, tafutomi kashikomi.

今日(けふ)の生日(いくひ)の足日(たるひ)に、礼代(ゐやしろ)の幣(みてぐら)を捧奉り(ささげまつり)て、

kefuno ikuhino taruhini, wiyashirono mitegurawo sasagematsurite,

称辞(たたへごと)おへ奉る(まつる)事(こと)を、平く(たひらけく)安く(やすけく)聞食し(きこしめし)て、家内(やぬち)安全(おだひ)に、

tatahegotoohe matsuru kotowo, tahirakeku yasukeku kikoshimeshite, yanuchi odahini,

凶悪(まが)無く(なく)事無く(ことなく)、過犯す(あやまちおかす)事(こと)の在む(あらむ)をば、

maga naku kotonaku, ayamachiokasu kotono aramuwoba,

神直日(かんなほび)大直日(おほなほび)に、見直し(みなほし)聞直し(ききなほし)坐して(まして)、

kannahobi ohonahobini, minahoshi kikinahoshi mashite,

可畏く(かしこく)も火(ひ)の災(わざはひ)不令有(あらせず)、

kashikokumo hino wazahahi arasezu,

夜(よ)の守(まもり)日(ひ)の護(まもり)に守幸へ(まもりさきはへ)賜へ(たまへ)と、恐み恐み(かしこみかしこみ)も白す(まをす)。

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.

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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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