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2.3.9.2.3 Rituals of the Japanese Imperial House

2.3.9.2.3.1 Introduction

The most important rituals of Shinto are those of the Imperial House.
* "Imperial House Kunaicho" http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/genealogy/koseizu.html

2.3.9.2.3.2 Daijo-sai

Daijo-sai is the ceremony for a new emperor’s accession to the throne.
It’s a type of annual Niinae-sai (Niiname-sai) harvest festival. The first Niinae-sai of the new emperor after accession to the throne is Daijo-sai. Niinae-sai are harvest festivals similar to Sukkot. In particular, during Daijo-sai, a temporary booth is built, resembling Sukkot. Daijo-sai is recorded in the Jingi-ryo of the Yoro Code. (The original meaning of Sukkot is “booths” in Hebrew.)
* "Sukkot on Wikipedia" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot
*"'Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the Lord for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath- rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath- rest. And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month. You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God'" (Lev 23:39-43).

* "Daijo-sai You Tube" http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri= http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAqrW3V01NB4&v= AqrW3V01NB4&gl=JP
* "Daijo-sai Encyclopedia of Shinto" http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=883
* "Daijo-sai Kunaicho" http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/seido/sokui-01.html
*According to the Nihon Shoki, the Taika Reform (a palace coup against Buddhists in the government) was led by Shintoists including Prince Naka-no-oo-e (later Emperor Tenji) in 645 CE, and the Proclamation of Taika Reform was issued. Subsequently, the succeeding statute, Japan’s first full-scale legal code, the Taiho Code, was enacted in 701 CE, and its revised version, the Yoro Code, in 757 CE. The Taiho Code no longer exists today, but it is said to have been almost the same as the Yoro Code. The Jingi-ryo is the Shinto section of both the Taiho Code and the Yoro Code. The Yoro Code is published today in the Nihon Shisou Taikei 3 Rituryo (Iwanami Shoten; literally “Compendium of Japanese Thought (3) Statutes”). Chapter 6 of the Yoro Code is the Jingi-ryo. Article 14 of the Jingi-ryo concerns Daijo-sai.
* "Yoro code" http://www.sol.dti.ne.jp/~hiromi/kansei/yoro.html

2.3.9.2.3.3 Oo-harai (O-harae)

June 30th and December 31st are dates for the Oo-harai ceremony. The Oo-harai is a Shinto purification rite for the people of Japan, represented by the Imperial Family. Originally, the Oo-harai (Oharae) was prescribed in the Jingi-ryo (the Yoro Code of Rites of the Deities), with Article 18 specifically dedicated to the ceremony.
* "Ooharai Kunaicho" http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/kyuchu/saishi/saishi01.html
* "Oharae Encyclopedia of Shinto" http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=692
* "Jingiryo Encyclopedia of Shinto" http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=1125
Rosh Hashanah (literally "head of the year": Jewish new year) is the first day of the seventh month, called Tishrei, not the month of July, in the Hebrew calendar. This is stated in Leviticus 23:23-25.
* "Rosh Hashanah on Wikipedia" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah
*"Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 'Speak to the children of Israel, saying: "In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath- rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord"'" (Lev 23:23-25).

The Oo-harai (Oharae) prayer is found in the Engishiki, specifically in Volume 8, known as the Norito. The prayer in the Engishiki lists certain transgressions that were considered to be cleansed by the rite. These are referred to as Tsumi (sins or impurities) and include:
Tilling the fields with two types of seeds ("shiki-maki": 頻蒔)
Wounding a living being
The condition of Leprosy ("shira-hito": 白人: white man)
Being a hunchback ("kokumi": 胡久美)
Incest
Bestiality
Occultism (magic)
These concepts of Tsumi share similarities with the prohibitions found in the Old Testament, particularly in books like Leviticus.
* "Ooharae Wikisource" http://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%85%AD%E6%9C%88%E6%99%A6%E5%A4%A7%E7%A5%93%E7%A5%9D%E8%A9%9E
* "Tsumi in Wikipedia" http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E3%81%A4%E7%BD%AA%E3%83%BB%E5%9B%BD%E3%81%A4%E7%BD%AA
* "Encyclopedia of Sinto" http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=1176
*Engishiki is one of detailed enforcement regulations forced in 967 ACE.
* "Engishiki Encyclopedia of Shinto" http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=1268
*"And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 'When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes on the skin of his body like a leprous sore, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests. The priest shall examine the sore on the skin of the body; and if the hair on the sore has turned white, and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous sore. Then the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean'" (Lev 13:1-3).
*"'None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the Lord'" (Lev 18:6).
*"'Nor shall you mate with any animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion'" (Lev 18:23).
*"'You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you'" (Lev 19:19).
*"'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord'" (Lev 19:28).
*"'or is a hunchback or a dwarf, or a man who has a defect in his eye, or eczema or scab, or is a eunuch'" (Lev 21:20).
*"'When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead'" (Deu 18:9-11).

2.3.9.2.3.4 Proclamation of Taika Reform

According to the Nihon Shoki, the Taika Reform was not a coup against Buddhists but a series of political reforms aimed at strengthening imperial power, initiated by Prince Naka-no-oo-e (later Emperor Tenji) and Nakatomi-no-Kamatari in 645 CE. The reforms followed the assassination of Soga-no-Iruka.
The Taika era was the first officially named era in Japanese history, beginning in the year 645 CE. The start date of the Taika era is not directly connected to the Hebrew calendar. The Taika government collected offerings for the Deities in the evening of July 14. (According to the Hebrew calendar, a day begins at 18 o'clock in the evening and Sukkot (July 15: Lev 23:39) starts in the evening of the seventh month (July) 14.)
The proclamation led to the creation of legal codes such as the Taihō Code (701 CE) and the Yōrō Code (718 CE), which established the Ritsuryō system of government. The Yōrō Code, a significant legal and administrative document in ancient Japan, contains various provisions that regulated different aspects of society.
* "Naka no Oe Nihon Shoki Wikidot" http://nihonshoki.wikidot.com/scroll-25-kotoku

2.3.9.2.3.5 Other Articles of the Yōrō Code

2.3.9.2.3.5.1 Farmland Redistribution

The 9th chapter of the Yōrō Code deals with farmland redistribution. Article 3 specifies that land should be allocated based on the number of people in a household. This principle of land distribution by head count is also found in other ancient texts, such as Numbers 26:54.

2.3.9.2.3.5.2 Status of Servants' Children

The twenty-eighth chapter of the Yōrō Code addresses regulations concerning escaped servants. Article 14 states that if children are born to two escaped servants from different masters, the children belong to the master of the female servant. A similar rule can be seen in Exodus 21:4.

2.3.9.2.3.5.3 Interest Restriction

Chapter 30 of the Yōrō Code, which covers civil law, includes an article on interest restriction. Article 19 sets limits on the amount of interest that can be charged on loans. While this could be considered a universal concept found in many cultures and legal systems, it also shares parallels with rules on lending in Exodus 22:25.

2.3.9.2.3.6 Lion and Unicorn beside the throne

Statues of a lion and a unicorn stand beside the Imperial throne in the Shi-shin-den (Hall of State Ceremonies) of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. This is documented with photographs in publications such as 'Nihon Mei-Kenchiku-Shashin-Senshū 18 Kyōto-gosho, Sentō-gosho' (literally "Japasese masterpieces of architecture photoes selection 18 Kyoto Imperial Palace and Sento Imperial Palace, published by Shinchosha). The Kyoto Imperial Palace served as the residence of the emperors from 794 to 1868 CE and is considered the original palace.
While a pair of lion statues is common in Shinto shrines, where they are known as komainu, one of the two statues is actually a unicorn in especially sacred places and shrines, such as beside the throne of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, at the Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto, and at the Kanda Myōjin in Tokyo.
*Shi-shin-den of the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
* "Shi-shin-den"
*The lion beside the throne in Shi-shin-den
* "The Lion Beside the Throne"
*The unicorn beside the throne in Shi-shin-den
* "The Unicorn Beside the Throne"
The lion is a symbol of Judah. On either side of the throne of Solomon, a descendant of Judah, there were two lions, while twelve lions can be a symbol of the twelve tribes of Israel.
*"And Jacob called his sons and said, 'Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:'" (Gen 49:1).
*"Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him?" (Gen 49:9).
*lions in Solomon temple
"The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne; there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests. Twelve lions stood there, one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom" (2Ch 9:18-19).
On the other hand, Moses compared Joseph and his sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to unicorns in versions of the Bible such as the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and the King James Version. On the other hand, Moses compared Joseph and his sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to unicorns (in Septuagint, Vulgate, and King James).
*"And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death" (Deu 33:1, KJV).
*"And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh" (Deu 33:13-17, KJV).
* "Septuagint in English" http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/
* "English Translations of Septuagint" texthttp://www.kalvesmaki.com/lxx/texts.htm
Furthermore, these symbols are linked to the prophecy of Ezekiel, specifically Ezekiel 37:18-22. This passage describes God's promise to reunite the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah, symbolized by two sticks—one representing Judah and the other representing Joseph (Ephraim). The prophecy states that God will "make them one stick" and "make them one nation."
*"'And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, "Will you not show us what you mean by these?" say to them, "Thus says the Lord God: 'Surely I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand. And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.'" Then say to them, "Thus says the Lord God: 'Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again' "'" (Eze 37:18-22).

Additionally, a pair of a lion and a unicorn serves as the heraldic emblem of the Rothschild family. This symbolism is thought to have originated from interpretations of the Vulgate or King James versions of the Bible, which were widely used in Western Christianity.






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