The Feast of Kingship: Accession Ceremonies in Ancient Japan

5th Rank accession Amaterasu ancestral ancient archaic banquet Buddhism buildings ceremony Chinese Chinkon-sai clan kami Court culture Daijō Daijō-sai dance deity descended divine emperor Emperor Jimmu empress Engi-shiki enthronement gate Grand Shrine hagoromo Harvest Festival heaven and earth heavenly water Heian period Hocart Holtom ibid Imperial Grandson Izanagi Izumo Japan Japanese Jimmu Jingi-kan Jingū Jōgan Jōgan Ritual Kada no Azumamaro kami king kingship Kojiki Kojiki and Nihon-shoki maidens male Man'yōshū mats meaning Ministry of Official Mononobe moon mountain mythology Nakatomi Nara period Nihon-shoki Nihongi Niiname Niiname-sai norito offerings Official Shinto Ōkuninushi Origuchi Palace performed perhaps presented priest purification regalia religion renewal rice rice-ears rite role sacred sakaki sakatsuko sake shaku shamanism shamanistic shiki Shinten Shrine of Ise sovereign sovereignty spirit Suki lodges Suki provinces Susano-o symbols taboo Taihō Code Taika Reform Takami-musubi tamagushi Temmu throne Toshigoi Toyouke tradition worship Yamato Yamato-mai yogoto Yuki and Suki