祭文

Readings

Kana: さいぶん、さいもん

Romaji: saibun, saimon

Definition

noun

1

address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era

Kanji

祭

Readings: サイ、 まつ.る、 まつ.り、 まつり

Meanings: ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship

文

Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや

Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)