The is a small
table, desk or platform used during
Shinto
Shinto () is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners ''Shint ...
ceremonies to bear offerings. It may have four, eight or sixteen legs; the eight-legged variety, called , is the most common.
See also
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Glossary of Shinto, for an explanation of terms concerning Shinto, Shinto art, and Shinto shrine architecture.
* ''Basic Terms of Shinto'', Kokugakuin University, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Tokyo 1985
References
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Tables (furniture)
Shinto religious objects
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