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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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174 <strong>Japanese</strong> Miscellany<br />

" Namu<br />

Hanao ga kirete,<br />

Shaka Nyorai<br />

Te de ogamu,<br />

Te de ogamu<br />

If we go to [visit the temple <strong>of</strong>^ the August Lord Emma.i<br />

on the sixteenth day <strong>of</strong> the Bon, Bon, Bon, the string <strong>of</strong><br />

the praying beads having been broken, and the thong <strong>of</strong><br />

the sandal having been burst, Namu Shaka Nyorai!'^ [we<br />

cry] , — and pray with hands joined, and pray with hands<br />

joined.<br />

Ill<br />

" O-Bon ga kita kara<br />

Kamiyute okure."<br />

" Shimada ga yoi ka ?<br />

Karako ga yoi ka ?<br />

! "<br />

" Shimada mo iya yo<br />

Karako mo iya yo<br />

O-Edo de hayaru<br />

O-sage-gami !<br />

" Now that the Bon-festival has come, please to dress<br />

my hair." — " Will the Shimada-style' suit you ?— or will<br />

1 Yama, the King <strong>of</strong> Death. His festival is held on the i6th day <strong>of</strong><br />

the 7th month, after the three days' Festival <strong>of</strong> the Dead. — usually<br />

called the Bon.<br />

2 " Hail to the Tathagata, Sakyamunil " — an invocation uttered, by<br />

the members <strong>of</strong> certain Buddhist sects, on all occasions <strong>of</strong> distress. —<br />

It is believed to be a bad omen for the thong <strong>of</strong> one's sandal to break.<br />

' The SAfmarfa-style is the fashion in which a bride's hair is dressed.<br />

" !<br />

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