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[n]
{Buddhism,Shinto}
▶ votive tablet ▶ [expl] wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
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| 2. | A 2021-11-04 19:45:15 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 1. | A* 2021-11-04 03:49:55 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | gg5> a votive wooden tablet painted with a picture of a horse offered in prayer or in thanks for a prayer answered. daijr ①祈願または報謝のため社寺に奉納する絵入りの額や板絵。生きた馬を奉納する代用として馬の絵が描かれたものが多い。上部が屋根形になってお り，額絵馬・小絵馬などの種類がある。 |
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| Comments: | I think it wouldn't hurt to explain this in a little more detail. |
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| Diff: | @@ -19 +19,4 @@ -<gloss>votive picture (originally of horse)</gloss> +<field>&Buddh;</field> +<field>&Shinto;</field> +<gloss>votive tablet</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse</gloss> |
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