Oku-noto no Aenokoto | Global Knowledge Systems

Overview

Oku-noto no Aenokoto is an agricultural ritual transmitted from generation to generation by the rice farmers of the Noto Peninsula, which projects from Ishikawa prefecture in the centre of Japan’s main island, Honshu. The twice-yearly ceremony is unique among the harvest rituals of Asia in that the master of the house invites the deity of the rice field into his home, behaving as though the invisible spirit were really present. In December, to express gratitude for the harvest, the farmer draws a bath and begins to prepare a meal, summoning the deity from the field with the sound of pounding rice cakes. Welcoming his guest in formal clothes with a lantern, the farmer allows it to rest in a guest room before assisting it with a bath and offering a meal of rice, beans and fish. Because the deity is said to have poor eyesight, the host describes the meal as he serves it. A similar ritual...

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Community and Authority

Communities: Japan
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Japan
Countries: Japan

How the System Works

Food, Agriculture and Seasonal Practice Ceremony, Spirituality and Cosmology Land, Sea, Sky and Ecology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

Sources and Evidence

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title: UNESCO DataHub field title_en
preferredTitle: UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
summary: UNESCO DataHub field description_en
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countries: UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
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Original Source Metadata

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ich_public_ref271

inscription_year2009

title_enOku-noto no Aenokoto

title_frL’Oku-noto no Aenokoto

type_of_element_enRepresentative List

type_acronymRL

countriesJP

http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00271

concepts_primary_namesAgricultural ritual, Rituals, Seasonal ritual

concepts_secondary_namesAnimism, Costumes, Farmers, Fermented beverages, Food preparation, Hospitality, Offering, Prosperity ritual, Religious belief, Shinto

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/01462-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enNot supplied

main_image_copyright2007, by Noto-cho, Housu-gun, Ishikawa-ken

main_image_authorNoto-cho, Housu-gun, Ishikawa-ken

videoshttps://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/IQBDHJyfJXE

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Relationships

Agricultural ritual Rituals Seasonal ritual Animism Costumes Farmers Fermented beverages Food preparation Hospitality Offering Prosperity ritual UNESCO representative list

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