| 释义 |
‖ ujigami|udʒiˈgaːmi|
[Jap., f. uji uji + kami god.]
In feudal Japan, the ancestral deity of an uji; later, the tutelary deity of a particular village or area.
1897L. Hearn Gleanings in Buddha-Fields i. 18 The peasants were going to celebrate their harvest by a dance in the court of the ujigami. 1931G. B. Sansom Japan i. ii. 36 The members of a clan all worshipped a guardian god, the uji-gami, or clan god. 1970J. W. Hall Japan iv. 32 The uji-gami venerated by members of certain uji were human or totemistic progenitors. |