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Script error: No such module "Nihongo".[1] are random fortunes written on strips of paper at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan. Literally "sacred lot", these are usually received by making a small offering and randomly choosing one from a box, hoping for the resulting fortune to be good. As of 2024Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., vending machines sometimes dispense Script error: No such module "lang"..Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The Script error: No such module "lang". predicts the person's chances of their hopes coming true, of finding a good match, or generally matters of health, fortune, life, etc. When the prediction is bad, it is a custom to fold up the strip of paper and attach it to a pine tree or a wall of metal wires alongside other bad fortunes in the temple or shrine grounds. A purported reason for this custom is a pun on the word for Script error: No such module "Nihongo". and the verb Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., the idea being that the bad luck will wait by the tree rather than attach itself to the bearer. In the event of the fortune being good, the bearer has two options: they can also tie it to the tree or wires so that the fortune has a greater effect or they can keep it for luck. Script error: No such module "lang". are available at many shrines and temples, and remain one of the traditional activities related to shrine or temple-going.

A similar custom of writing a prayer on a specially-prepared wooden block called an Script error: No such module "lang"., which is then tied to an ad hoc scaffold, also exists.

History

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Ryōgen (left), 18th chief abbot (Script error: No such module "lang".) of Enryaku-ji

The Script error: No such module "lang". sequence historically commonly used in Japanese Buddhist temples, consisting of one hundred prophetic five-character quatrains, is traditionally attributed to the Heian period Tendai monk Ryōgen (912–985), posthumously known as Script error: No such module "Nihongo". or more popularly, Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and is thus called Script error: No such module "Nihongo". or the Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., after a legend claiming that these verses were revealed to him by the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Kannon).[2][3][4]

Historically, however, the Japanese Script error: No such module "lang". system is thought to have been modeled after the Chinese Script error: No such module "lang"., a similar form of divination involving a tube full of bamboo sticks and a sequence of written or printed oracles. A wooden container containing oracular lots dated 1409 (Ōei 16) is preserved in Tendai-ji in Iwate Prefecture, suggesting that this method of fortune telling was imported to Japan somewhere before the Muromachi period (1336–1573).[5][6] The quatrains of the Script error: No such module "lang". are themselves ultimately based on a set of oracles dating from the Southern Song period (1127-1279) known as the Script error: No such module "lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Lit; Japanese: Script error: No such module "lang".).[7][8]

The Script error: No such module "lang". became popular in the Edo period due to the notable monk Tenkai (1536–1643), who is credited with attaching Ryōgen's name to it. A story related by one of Tenkai's disciples claims that Tenkai was once visited in a dream by Ryōgen, who revealed to him the existence of the 100 quatrains, which had been supposedly lost for centuries. Copies of these short poems were eventually discovered at Togakushi Shrine in Shinano Province (modern Nagano Prefecture) and widely disseminated. The Script error: No such module "lang". eventually became standard across many Buddhist temples (even those not affiliated with the Tendai school) and served as a model for other Script error: No such module "lang". sequences. Various books explaining the meaning of the oracles were published during the period, suggesting their widespread popularity.[3][6][9]

Fortunes

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Script error: No such module "lang". at Hokkaido Shrine Tongu in Sapporo

The standard Script error: No such module "lang". sequence contains the following fortunes (from best to worst):

  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
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  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
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Other sequences may include additional degrees such as Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., or Script error: No such module "Nihongo"..

It then lists fortunes regarding specific aspects of one's life, which may include any number of the following among other possible combinations:

  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – auspicious/inauspicious directions (see feng shui)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – one's wish or desire
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – a person being waited for
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – lost article(s)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – travel
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – business dealings
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – studies or learning
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – market speculation
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – disputes
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – romantic relationships
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – moving or changing residence
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – childbirth, delivery
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – illness
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo". – marriage proposal or engagement

Relation to fortune cookies

The random fortunes in fortune cookies may be derived from Script error: No such module "lang".; this is claimed by Seiichi Kito of Fugetsu-Do,[10] and supported by evidence that American fortune cookies derive from 19th century Kyoto crackers called Script error: No such module "lang"..[11]

Gallery

See also

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  • I Ching divination
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  • Poe divination
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References

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  1. ↑ Basic Terms of Shinto, Kokugakuin University, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Tokyo 1984
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ A History of Fugetsu-Do, www.fugetsu-do.com
  11. ↑ Lee, Jennifer 8. (January 16, 2008). "Solving a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside a Cookie" "feb 24 2004 how to see your fortune the fortune cookie" The New York Times. Retrieved on January 16, 2008.

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