Oshira-sama
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Oshirasama (Japanese: おしら様, おしらさま, お白様, オシラ様, or オシラサマ, Hepburn: oshira-sama) is a tutelary deity of the home in Japanese folklore. It is believed that when Oshirasama is in a person's home, one cannot eat meat and only women are allowed to touch it. Born from a stallion and human woman, "images of this god [Oshira] are usually composed of the faces of a horse and a maiden."
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- indigenous to
- Tōhoku region
- time of earliest written record
- 1525-00-00
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Oshirasama (Japanese: おしら様, おしらさま, お白様, オシラ様, or オシラサマ, Hepburn: oshira-sama) is a tutelary deity of the home in Japanese folklore. It is believed that when Oshirasama is in a person's home, one cannot eat meat and only women are allowed to touch it. Born from a stallion and human woman, "images of this god [Oshira] are usually composed of the faces of a horse and a maiden."
The festival day for Oshirasama is called meinichi (命日, or a death anniversary). It is held on the 16th day of the first, third, and ninth month of the Japanese lunar calendar.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oshira-sama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.