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The an (案 ) is a small table or platform used during Shinto ceremonies to bear offerings. It may have four, eight or sixteen legs; the eight-legged variety, called hassoku an or hakkyaku an (八足案, 八脚案 , lit. "eight-legged an"), is the most common.