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{{Short description|Shinto ritual object}}
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[[File:Masakaki.jpg|thumb|Masakaki at [[Yasaka Shrine]]]]
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'''Masakaki''' (真榊) is an object used in [[Shinto]] rituals.<ref name="d-2015a" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a Masakaki Offering? |url=https://www.jiaponline.org/2016/10/what-is-masakaki-offering.html |access-date=2023-11-27 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-21 |title=Sakaki {{!}} 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921215257/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9610 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> It is put on both sides of a table where the event takes place. Masakaki is made with branches of a tree called [[Cleyera japonica|Sakaki]]. These branches are attached to the top of colorful cloth banners. The banners are in five colors - green, yellow, red, white, and blue.<ref name="d-2015a" />▼
| image1 = Masakaki with Sword.jpg
| alt1 = Left Masakaki at Yasaka Shrine featuring a sword
| caption1 = Left Masakaki featuring a sword
| image2 = Masakaki with Mirror and Jewel.jpg
| alt2 = Right Masakaki featuring a Mirror and Magatama
| caption2 = Right Masakaki featuring a Mirror and Magatama
| footer = Masakaki at [[Yasaka Shrine]]
}}▼
▲'''''Masakaki''''' ({{lang-ja|真榊}}) is an object used in [[Shinto]] rituals.<ref name="d-2015a" /><ref name="Masakaki">{{Cite web |title=What is a Masakaki Offering? |url=https://www.jiaponline.org/2016/10/what-is-masakaki-offering.html |access-date=2023-11-27 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Sakaki-2021">{{Cite web |date=2021-09-21 |title=Sakaki {{!}} 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム |url=https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9610 |access-date=2023-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921215257/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9610 |accessarchive-date=20232021-1109-2721 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> It is put on both sides of a table where the event takes place. Masakaki is made with branches of a tree called [[Cleyera japonica|Sakaki]]. These branches are attached to the top of colorful cloth banners. The banners are in five colors - green, yellow, red, white, and blue.<ref name="d-2015a" /><ref name="Sakaki-2021" />
 
They were mentioned in the [[Kojiki]] and [[Nihon Shoki]] as implements used to get [[Amaterasu]] to leave the cave.<ref name="Sakaki-2021" />
Special treasures are hung on these branches. On the left side, a sword is hung. On the right side, a mirror and a special bead are hung. Sometimes, people call the whole setup with a special name, Masakaki-dai.<ref name="d-2015a" />▼
 
▲Special treasures are hung on these branches. On the left side, a sword is hung. On the right side, a mirror and a special bead[[magatama]] are hung. The three of them symbolize the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan]].<ref name="d-2015a" /> Sometimes, people call the whole setup with a special name, Masakaki-dai. A masakaki offering involves donating two such Masakaki to a shrine or [[Jichinsai|construction ceremony]] with the three treasures.<ref name="d-2015aMasakaki" />
The idea of Masakaki comes from old Japanese stories about gods. It is also written about in old history books. A long time ago, when a new emperor named [[Emperor Meiji|Meiji]] started ruling, Masakaki was used to decorate [[Shinto shrines]] in many places in Japan. At [[Izumo-taisha|Izumo Taisha]], they put long branches on sticks. On the right side branch, they hang a gem, mirror, and colorful cloth. On the left side branch, they hang a sword and colorful cloth.<ref name="d-2015a" />
 
The five colors of the cloth stand for the [[Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)|five elements]]. These elements are wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. At funerals, Masakaki with yellow and white banners is used.<ref name="d-2015a">{{Cite web |last=D |first=John |date=2015-04-05 |title=The Colours of Shinto (masakaki) |url=https://www.greenshinto.com/2015/04/05/the-colours-of-shinto/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Green Shinto |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
ItIn had2016, a[[Shinzo Abe]] got controversy relatedfor tomaking a donationMasakaki offering to [[Yasukuni Shrine]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=20232016-0410-2117 |title=Japan PMAbe sends offeringsritual offering to controversialYasukuni Tokyo shrineShrine |url=https://apnewswww.comjapantimes.co.jp/articlenews/japan2016/10/17/national/politics-yasukunidiplomacy/abe-kishidasends-ritual-offering-militarismyasukuni-chinashrine-koreaname-0a875a9251a8e1cc488fbfa6a8a3c251 |accessprime-date=2023-11-27 |website=AP News |language=en}}<minister/ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kishida donates spring offering to contentious shrine in Tokyo {{!}} The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14890805 |access-date=2023-11-2730 |website=The AsahiJapan ShimbunTimes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webIt |date=2023-04-21was |title=Japanincorrectly PMreported sendsas offeringsbeing toan controversialentire Tokyotree shrineby some |url=https://wwwsources.independent.co.uk/news/china-ap-fumio-kishida-yasukuni-shrine-tokyo-b2324414.html<ref |access-datename=2023-11-27"Masakaki" |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webIn |last=NEWSearly |first=KYODO2023, |title=Japan PM[[Fumio Kishida]] sendsran ritualinto offeringa tosimilar war-linked Yasukuni shrine |url=https://englishcontroversy.kyodonews.net/news/2022/10/6a2fbae3cbd5-urgent-japan-pm-kishida-sends-ritual-offering-to-war-linked-yasukuni-shrine.html |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Kyodo News+}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20222023-1004-1721 |title=Japan leaderPM sends offerings to controversial Tokyo shrine |url=https://www.seattletimesapnews.com/nation-worldarticle/japan-leaderyasukuni-sendskishida-offeringsoffering-tomilitarism-controversialchina-tokyokorea-shrine/0a875a9251a8e1cc488fbfa6a8a3c251 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=TheAP Seattle TimesNews |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kishida makesdonates ‘Masakaki’ ritualspring offering to Yasukunicontentious Shrineshrine |url=https://www.arabnews.jp/en/japan/article_82464/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Arab News Japan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kishida sends autumn offering to war-relatedin Tokyo shrine {{!}} The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/1503118514890805 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=The Asahi Shimbun |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Author |first=No |date=20212023-04-21 |title=Suga sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/national/suga-offering-yasukuni/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Japan leaderPM sends offerings to controversial Tokyo shrine {{!}} CityNews Toronto |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/10/17/japan-leader-sends-offerings-to-controversial-tokyo-shrine/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=toronto.citynews.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yoshida |first=Reiji |date=2013-10-17 |title=Japan P.M. sends offering to war-linked shrine |url=https://www.japantimesindependent.co.jpuk/news/2013/10/17/national/japanchina-pap-mfumio-sendskishida-offering-to-war-linkedyasukuni-shrine/ |access-date=2023tokyo-11-27 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-21 |title=Japan PM sends offerings to controversial Tokyo shrine |url=https://wwwb2324414.mountainviewtoday.ca/politics/japan-pm-sends-offerings-to-controversial-tokyo-shrine-6888673html |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=MountainviewToday.ca |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-18 |title=Japan leader sends offerings to controversial Tokyo shrine |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/japan-leader-sends-offerings-to-controversial-tokyo-shrine/articleshow/94932247.cms |access-date=2023-11-27 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-17 |title=Kishida sends offering to war-linked shrine, risking anger from Beijing, Seoul |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3196180/japan-pm-kishida-sends-ritual-offering-war-linked-yasukuni |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=South China Morning PostIndependent |language=en}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
 
* ''[[Tamagushi]]''
 
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* [http://www.yoshihira.co.jp/sakaeru/sougon.html Masakaki installation example]
 
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