#omikuji — Public Fediverse posts
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5) FUKUROKUJU🍀
Fukurokuju (福禄寿) is the god of wisdom, longevity, wealth and happiness.
In Kyōto he is worshipped at Sekizanzen-in (赤山禅院), 1 of 7 sites that make up a pilgrimage to the '7 Gods of Fortune' (七福神).
The omikuji here are known as 'osugata-mikuji' (お姿みくじ).#omikuji #おみくじ ＃Fukurokuju #福禄寿 #7GodsofFortune #Kyoto
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#BASEsearch technology update:
We ripped out the #DDC classifier created by Mathias Lösch 12 years ago and replaced it with one created by Christoph Broschinski. It is using #annif, the automated subject indexing toolkit.
DDC classification is what allows users to browse our index by subject area: https://www.base-search.net/Browse/Dewey
Christoph found out that the decision tree based #Omikuji https://github.com/tomtung/omikuji outperformed #ANN-based https://fasttext.cc/ so we are luckily using explainable AI #XAI.
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Squirrels are the divine messengers of Hirano-jinja (平野神社). They once populated the shrine's pine forest, and over time became associated with the enshrined gods.
Since Edo times Hirano-jinja has become better known for its sakura and April 10th cherry blossom festival (桜花祭).
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🌸SAKURA SUCCESS🍀
divine providence-
throughout Japan gods
guarding blossoms
冥加あれや日本の花惣鎮守
-Issa (小林一茶), 1795.
Trans. David Lanoue.The rather shrewd Heian-jingū (平安神宮) capitalizes on cherry blossom season with 'sakura omikuji' (桜おみくじ), fortune slips in a shade of pink.
Unrolling the sacred lots reveals 1 of 12(ish) general blessings, from best 'dai-kichi' (桜おみくじ great blessing) to the worst 'dai-kyō' (大凶 great curse).
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Kifune-jinja (貴船神社) enshrines Takaokami (高龗神 also known as Kuraokami 闇龗神), a god that can summon clouds, and so presides over rain, sunshine and water in general.
Takaokami is sometimes known as 'Dragon God of the Mountain' and Kuraokami 'Dragon God of the Abyss'.
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Many shrines & temples across Kyōto and Japan are now using familiars (of the gods & Bodhisattvas enshrined within) to promote and sell their omikuji.
These small clay, wooden or plastic figures, holding the omikuji (aka 'otsuge' お告げ 'divine message'), can be taken home once the fortune is read.
#omikuji #おみくじ #Kyoto #京都 #kawaii #Japan #sacredlots #fortunes
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Omikuji are folded strips of paper that are picked blindly. Each 'sacred lot' is printed with a random fortune, often detailing how lucky your love life, health and happiness will be for the year (or until your next omikuji).
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🐇🐒🐉FAMILIARS AND FORTUNES🐂🦊🐁
Visitors to shrines and temples for a long time have enjoyed having their fortunes determined by lucky dip, but in recent years Kyōto's familiars have helped kickstart a new craze for collecting 'omikuji' (御御籤 'sacred lots').