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Also known as tamakushi

thumb|A tamagushi on a table (an (Shinto)|an) during a ceremony thumb|A kannushi holding a tamagushi

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thumb|A tamagushi on a table (an (Shinto)|an) during a ceremony thumb|A kannushi holding a tamagushi

is a form of Shinto offering made from a sakaki-tree branch decorated with shide strips of washi paper, silk, or cotton. At Japanese weddings, funerals, miyamairi and other ceremonies at Shinto shrines, tamagushi are ritually presented to the kami (spirits or gods) by parishioners, shrine maidens or kannushi priests.

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