Anecdotes of Oyasama 35
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 35 presents the contents of "The Red Garments," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears between page 28 and 29 of the print edition.
Text: English translation and original Japanese
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35. The Red Garments It was on December 26, 1874, that Oyasama wore red garments for the first time. Oyasama had suddenly said:
Then Matsue and daughter Kokan set out to Nara in the morning to buy cloth, and came back toward noon. When they returned, Naragiku Nishio (renamed Osame Masui), Masu Masui (renamed Suma Murata), Kaji Nakata and other women were doing chores in the Residence. Since Oyasama had said:
they all helped, sewing in haste, and the red garments were completed by evening. Oyasama wore them for the first time that night. It is said that Oyasama, dressed in the red garments, sat on the dais; and the people in attendance enjoyed sweet rice wine in celebration of the occasion. |
三五 赤衣 教祖が、初めて赤衣をお召しになったのは、明治七年十二月二十六日（陰暦十一月十八日）であった。教祖が、急に、
と、仰せ出されたので、その日の朝から、まつゑとこかんが、奈良へ布地を買いに出かけて、昼頃に帰って来た。それで、ちょうどその時、お屋敷へ手伝いに来ていた、西尾ナラギク（註、後の桝井おさめ）、桝井マス（註、後の村田すま）、仲田かじなどの女達も手伝うて、教祖が、
と、仰せになっているので、大急ぎで仕立てたから、その日の夕方には出来上がり、その夜は、早速、赤衣の着初めをなされた。赤衣を召された教祖が、壇の上にお坐りになり、その日詰めていた人々が、お祝いの味醂を頂戴した、という。 |
