Sagitcho

Sagitcho was an element of the New Year festivities in Japan during the Heian period. It involved burning the paraphernalia of the festival, including fans, pine branches and poems, on a pyre constructed from three tied bamboo rods.^[1] It took place on January 15.^[2] The burning ceremony was the climax of the festival in imperial Kyoto, and usually took place within the Imperial Palace,^[3] in the Shinsen-en gardens.^[4]

References

^ Joëlle Rollo-Koster (2002). Medieval and Early Modern Ritual: Formalized Behavior in Europe, China, and Japan. BRILL. p. 183. ISBN 978-90-04-11749-5. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
^ Ihara Saikaku; David C. Stubbs; Masanori Takatsuka (15 November 2005). This Scheming World. Tuttle Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8048-3339-4. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
^ Matthew P. McKelway (2006). Capitalscapes: Folding Screens And Political Imagination in Late Medieval Kyoto. University of Hawaii Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8248-2900-1. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
^ Kenkō Yoshida (1981). Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō. Tuttle Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 978-4-8053-0476-1. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

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[Rollo-Koster2002-1] Joëlle Rollo-Koster (2002). Medieval and Early Modern Ritual: Formalized Behavior in Europe, China, and Japan. BRILL. p. 183. ISBN 978-90-04-11749-5. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

[SaikakuStubbs2005-2] Ihara Saikaku; David C. Stubbs; Masanori Takatsuka (15 November 2005). This Scheming World. Tuttle Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8048-3339-4. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

[McKelway2006-3] Matthew P. McKelway (2006). Capitalscapes: Folding Screens And Political Imagination in Late Medieval Kyoto. University of Hawaii Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8248-2900-1. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

[Yoshida1981-4] Kenkō Yoshida (1981). Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō. Tuttle Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 978-4-8053-0476-1. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

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