Kanjō

Kanjō (勧請^?) in Shinto terminology indicates a propagation process through which a kami, previously divided through a process called bunrei, is invited to another location and there reenshrined.

Kanjō was originally a Buddhist term and later entered the Shinto vocabulary. A kanjō was the request of the Buddha's sermon with a sincere heart, and later came to mean the urging of a buddha or bodhisattva to remain in this world to preach and save other human beings. The concept then evolved further to mean the act (and the actual words) of asking buddhas or bodhisattvas to descend to the altar during a Buddhist service. In Japan, the word gradually assumed the present meaning of enshrinement of a buddha or kami in a building for the first time.

Before it can be transferred to its new location the kami must be divided. The division sub-process and the divided spirit itself are called bunrei (分霊^?), go-bunrei (御分霊^?) or wakemitama (分霊^?).　The process of propagation, described by the priests as akin to the lighting of a candle from another already lit, leaves the original kami intact in its original place and therefore doesn't alter any of its properties. The wakemitama has all the qualities of the original and is therefore "alive" and permanent. The process is used often, for example during Shinto festivals (Matsuri) to animate temporary shrines called mikisho (神酒所^?) and their mikoshi.

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