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[273] See 'Notes of some Minor Japanese Religious Practices,' by Mr. B. H. Chamberlain, in the _Journal_ of the Anthropological Institute, May, 1893, and Sir E. Satow's 'Visit to the Shrines of Ise,' _T. A. S. J._, 1874.

[274] See above, p. 187.

[275] That is, "did honour to."

[276] These deities were worshipped at cross-roads, and were called the eight-cross-road deities.

[277] The date of one Sahe no Kami festival.

[278] Written on paper and thrown into the flames.

[279] See above, p. 168.

[280] See above, pp. 189, 190.

[281] See above, p. 313.

[282] That is, died.

[283] What was the God of Fire in the previous sentence is here simply "Fire."

[284] A branch of the Nakatomi, who claimed descent from Koyane, one of the four Gods worshipped.

[285] From a modern collection entitled _Norito Bunrei_.

[286] In the north of Japan.

[287] A Buddhist title.