Sakaki
| Sakaki | |
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| Sakaki, Cleyera japonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Pentaphylacaceae |
| Genus: | Cleyera |
| Species: | C. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Cleyera japonica | |
Sakaki (Cleyera japonica) is a tree that people believe is sacred in Shinto
It is used in offerings like Masakaki[1] and Tamagushi.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 『出雲大社教布教師養成講習会』発行出雲大社教教務本庁平成元年9月全427頁中75頁
- ↑ Bernkastel, Olivia (2018-07-12). "Tamagushi: What is it, and how to offer it". Medium. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
Sources[change | change source]
- Aston, William George, tr. 1896. Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Kegan Paul. 1972 Tuttle reprint.
- Carr, Michael. 1995. "Sacred Twig and Tree: Tamagushi and Sakaki in Japanese-English Dictionaries"[permanent dead link], The Review of Liberal Arts 小樽商科大学人文研究 89:1–36.
- Chamberlain, Basil H., tr. 1919. The Kojiki, Records of Ancient Matters. 1981 Tuttle reprint.
- Min, Tianlu and Bruce Bartholomew, 2015, Cleyera japonica, Missouri Botanical Garden and Harvard University Herbaria.
- Seidensticker, Edward G., tr. 1976. The Tale of Genji. Knopf.
- Shogakukan, 1988, Kokugo Dai Jiten 国語大辞典, rev. ed., Shogakukan.