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エマ
絵馬
Ema
この木の板は、神様にお願いがある時に奉納する板です。
神社で板を買い、自分の名前と願い書いてから、専用の場所に結んでおきます。ちなみに昔は、人に見られない時間帯に絵馬を飾ることが多かったようです。馬は神様の乗り物とされていたため、古代は本物の馬を奉納したとされています。次第に木や土で作ったもの代わり、奈良時代からは板になったそうです。
This wooden board is dedicated when you have a request to God.
Buy a board at the shrine, write your name and wish on it, and then tie it to a special place. Incidentally, in the past, ema were often displayed at a time when people could not see them. Since horses were considered to be vehicles of the gods, it is believed that real horses were dedicated in ancient times. Gradually, they were replaced by ones made of wood or clay, and from the Nara period (710-794), they became boards.
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