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Tensō-Chifu-sai — Celestial and Terrestrial Bureau Rite

Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 20_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_V_v2_8.md.

Layer 1: Tensō-Chifu-sai — Celestial and Terrestrial Bureau Rite

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Japanese: 天曹地府祭
Class: MAJOR ONMYŌDŌ COURT RITE
Museum object: H-679-8-7
Date: 1781
Creator/copyist: Yoshikawa Wakasa Tatsunao
Dimensions: 68.4 × 48.1 cm
Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0

The surviving plan documents the rite held for five days beginning 29 January 1781 at the Tsuchimikado residence in connection with Emperor Kōkaku’s accession.

  • seat of the chief officiant / Tsuchimikado;
  • deputy and ritual personnel;
  • court noble seating;
  • altar placement;
  • ritual implements;
  • directional arrangement.

This is an actual ritual floor plan, allowing spatial reconstruction at a level impossible from textual summaries alone.