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Encyclopaedia of Ancient, Obscure and Esoteric East Asian Religious Practices

Hyakkaisai — Rite for Expelling Strange Phenomena

Overview

Section titled “Overview”

Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 17_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_II_v2_5.md.

Research layers

Section titled “Research layers”

Layer 1: Hyakkaisai — Rite for Expelling Strange Phenomena

Section titled “Layer 1: Hyakkaisai — Rite for Expelling Strange Phenomena”

Source file: 17_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_II_v2_5.md

Japanese: 百怪祭
Class: ANOMALY / CALAMITY AVERSION

The rite appears among Onmyōdō responses to extraordinary or ominous phenomena.

Research programme

Section titled “Research programme”

For each historical performance:

  1. record the anomaly;
  2. date;
  3. divinatory diagnosis;
  4. officiating onmyōji;
  5. ritual chosen;
  6. offerings;
  7. petition;
  8. claimed political/personal result.

This can reveal how “weird events” were translated into ritual bureaucracy.