Title Omikuji and Omigokoro

  • Tokyo
Topic(s):
Shrines/Temples/Churches
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2018
Associated Tourism Board:
Meiji Jingu

ほとんどの神社ではおみくじを引くことができます。運勢は大吉から大凶まで詳細に分かれています。しかし明治神宮のものは「大御心」として知られています。通常のおみくじと異なり、30首の和歌が書かれています。これらは明治天皇・皇后により詠まれた五・七・五・七・七の短歌形式のもので、解説文が入っています。


Most shrines in Japan offer omikuji, or fortune-telling strips. Detailed fortunes which range from very good luck to very bad luck are written on them. The omikuji at Meiji Jingu, however, are known as omigokoro. Rather than regular fortunes, they contain one of 30 different poems. These poems were composed by Emperor Meiji (1852–1912) and Empress Shoken (1849–1914) in the tanka poetry style of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.

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