Chōzuya
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Chōzu-ya at Make-jinja
Chōzu-ya or temizu-ya (手水舎) are purification buildings in Shinto shrines. They provide water for a purification ceremony called temizu or chōzu (手水, lit. 'hand-water'). They contain a water filled object called chōzubachi (手水鉢, lit. 'hand water basin').
The water sometimes comes from wells and sometimes from tap water.[1]
Chōzuya Media
Chōzu-ya at rural Make-jinja
A sign (read right-to-left) explains how to do chōzu
Inside a pavilion, performing chōzu
Related pages
References
- ↑ K Yokoi, R Nawata, S Furui, T Nagasawa, S Yanase, M Kimura, Y Itokawa. No Title (in ja). Nihon Eiseigaku Zasshi 46 (5) (December 1991). p. 1009–13. doi:10.1265/jjh.46.1009.
Further reading
- chouzubachi. Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users SystemAtsumi International Scholarship Foundation. Retrieved 15 August 2016., and links therein