gohei
Sign in to savethumb|150px| in front of Shinto shrine , , or are wooden wands, decorated with two (zigzagging paper streamers) used in Shinto rituals. It may be considered an Ōnusa with only two Shide.
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- name in kana
- ごへい
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- Gohei
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- 御幣
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thumb|150px| in front of Shinto shrine , , or are wooden wands, decorated with two (zigzagging paper streamers) used in Shinto rituals. It may be considered an Ōnusa with only two Shide.
The streamers are usually white, although they can also be gold, silver, jade, or a mixture of several colors, and are often attached as decorations to straw ropes () used to mark sacred precincts.
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