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Rite of transferring the seat. The ceremony to transfer a kami to another "seat" perhaps during rebuilding or repair of a shrine (see Sengu). It is usually a solemn ceremony carried out in darkness in a spirit of awe and mystery. Some larger shrines have a special building called o-kari-den to house the kami during repairs to the honden. See Senko no gi A Popular Dictionary of Shinto (Brian Bocking) |