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Nonomiya — Field Palace as Purity Technology

Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 15_DAOIST_PRECEPTS_ISE_BOUNDARIES_v2_3.md.

Layer 1: Nonomiya — Field Palace as Purity Technology

Section titled “Layer 1: Nonomiya — Field Palace as Purity Technology”

Source file: 15_DAOIST_PRECEPTS_ISE_BOUNDARIES_v2_3.md

Japanese: 野宮
Class: SACRED RESIDENCE / ABSTINENCE ARCHITECTURE

The Nonomiya is not merely housing. It creates a controlled environment for the saiō’s purification before Ise service.

  1. Build/establish a separate palace outside the ordinary palace precinct.
  2. Transfer the consecrated princess there after initial abstinence.
  3. Restrict speech through imikotoba.
  4. Restrict polluting contact.
  5. Maintain kessai.
  6. Remain until dispatch to Ise.

Archaeology, literary representations and court ritual documents should be integrated with the textual entry.