Norito

Norito (祝詞) are ancient Japanese Liturgy.[1]

The first written documentation of Norito dates to 712 AD in the Kojiki and 720 AD in the Nihongi. Later documentation appeared in 927 AD as part of the Engi-shiki, a compilation of laws and minute regulation presented by the court.[2]

Reading

Reading Norito requires furigana because of the strange readings of the kanji.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Philippi, Donald L. (1990). Norito: A Translation of the Ancient Japanese Ritual Prayers. Princeton University Press. p. vii. ISBN 0691014892.
  2. ↑ Philippi, Donald L. (1990). Norito: A Translation of the Ancient Japanese Ritual Prayers. Princeton University Press. p. 1. ISBN 0691014892.
  3. ↑ Ian Reader; George J. Tanabe, Jr. (1998). Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 104.