Jisho

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Noun
1. primitive shrine (originally a swath of sacred land surrounded by evergreens; later a decorated sakaki branch on an eight-legged table)Archaic
Wikipedia definition
2. Himorogiin Shinto terminology are sacred spaces or altars used to worship. In their simplest form, they are square areas with green bamboo or sakaki at the corners. These in turn support sacred ropes decorated with streamers called shide. A branch of sakaki or some other evergreen at the center acts as a yorishiro, a physical representation of the presence of the kami, a being which is in itself incorporeal.
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Other forms
神籬 【ひぼろぎ】神籬 【ひもろき】神籬 【ひぼろき】

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