Shimenawa (標縄/注連縄/七五三縄, lit. 'enclosing rope') are lengths of laid rice straw or hemp rope used for ritual purification in the Shinto religion. Shimenawa...

"Aposiopesis" (Akira Rabelais) – 5:16 "Hunter Vessel" – 6:36 "Shimenawa" – 2:48 "Vessel Shimenawa" – 1:54 "Repose" (Valgeir Sigurðsson);- 8:49 "Storm" (Björk...

They are joined by a shimenawa (a heavy rope of rice straw) and are considered sacred by worshippers of the shrine. The shimenawa, composed of five separate...

Shinboku can be easily identified by the straw or hemp rope called a shimenawa which is typically wrapped around the tree; the rope acts as both a sign...

the waist. The rope is similar to the shimenawa used to mark off sacred areas in Shinto, and like the shimenawa it serves to purify and mark off its content...

Shide (紙垂, 四手) are zigzag-shaped paper streamers, often seen attached to shimenawa or tamagushi to demarcate holy spaces, and used in Shinto rituals in Japan...

several colors, and are often attached as decorations to straw ropes (shimenawa) used to mark sacred precincts. The shrine priest or attendants (miko)...

occupants or their profession. They can be decorated with miniature torii and shimenawa and include amulets obtained from public shrines. They often contain a...

spirits or kami reside. They are often distinctly visible due to the shimenawa wrapped around them. The related term goshingi refers to trees that are...

Stones (with shimenawa) representing dōsojin found near Karuizawa, Nagano...