Bunrei or wakemitama (分霊) is a Shinto technical term that indicates both the process of dividing a Shinto kami to be re-enshrined somewhere else (such as a house's kamidana), and the spirit itself produced by the division.[1] Shrines conduct bunrei to distribute them to "child" shrines elsewhere.[2] The spirit of kami does not decrease through this act, and a bunrei functions the same way as the original spirit.[3] The reason for conducting bunrei is often to make a kami more accessible to worshipers far from the main shrine.

For details, see the article about the similar term Kanjō.

References

  1. ↑ Smyers, Karen Ann (1999). The Fox and the Jewel: Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824820589.
  2. ↑ "「分霊」の意味や使い方 わかりやすく解説 Weblio辞書". www.weblio.jp (in Japanese).
  3. ↑ "これで納得！　同じ名前の神社がたくさんある理由　～同じ名前の神様がたくさんいるの？～ – 早稲田神社". wasedajinja.jp (in Japanese).


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