伊勢参り

いせまいり

Ise pilgrimage

伊勢神宮

いせじんぐう

Ise Grand Shrine

伊勢大神宮

いせだいじんぐう いせおおじんぐう

the Grand Shrines of Ise

伊勢

Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures)

参宮

さんぐう

visit to the Ise Shrine

伊勢丹

いせたん

Isetan (department store)

伊勢講

いせこう

fraternal religious group formed by Ise Shrine worshippers

伊勢鯉

いせごい イセゴイ

striped mullet (Mugil cephalus)

宮参り

みやまいり

shrine visit

伊勢大廟

いせたいびょう いせおおびょう

the Grand Shrines of Ise

伊勢海老

いせえび いせエビ イセエビ

spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

伊勢防風

いせぼうふう

Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

伊勢乞食

いせこじき

beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise)

伊勢神道

いせしんとう

Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)

伊勢物語

Tales of Ise

初宮参り

はつみやまいり

first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)

お宮参り

おみやまいり

shrine visit

抜け参宮

ぬけさんぐう

pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine without a travel permit or permission from one's parents or relatives (Edo period)

伊勢花菖蒲

いせはなしょうぶ

Iris ensata, Ise Japanese iris