{"id":1365,"date":"2018-05-31T19:49:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T10:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/history-here.com?page_id=1365"},"modified":"2018-05-31T20:35:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T11:35:56","slug":"namahage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/stories\/namahage","title":{"rendered":"Namahage [Great Mask]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Namahage [Great Mask]<\/strong><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"115\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/img_20171011_103556\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_20171011_103556-e1512383775709.jpg?fit=1285%2C1695&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1285,1695\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20171011_103556\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_20171011_103556-e1512383775709.jpg?fit=685%2C904&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-115\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/history-here.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/img_20171011_103556-e1512383775709.jpg?resize=95%2C125&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_20171011_103556\" width=\"95\" height=\"125\" \/>The ritual of Namahage on New Year\u2019s Eve is observed in most parts of Oga Peninsula. Namahage, sent by the gods of the Shinzan Shrine, visit every household to warn wrongdoers, exorcise disaster, and to bring an abundant harvest, fishing haul, and luck, yelling: \u201cIs anyone Lazy? Is any child crying?\u201d The \u201cNamahage of Oga\u201d is a folkloric event of long tradition, which was designated as a National Important Folk Cultural Property in 1978. The etymology of Namahage is sought in the imagined act of \u201cnamomi wo hagu (peeling off fire blisters).\u201d Fire blisters appear on the hands and feet of lazy people who spend all day and night by the hearth in winter. The purpose of Namahage is to admonish laggards by peeling off their fire blisters. [Translated from the inscription in Japanese.]<br \/>\nFor more about Namahage, read <a href=\"http:\/\/nanmoda.jp\/2017\/11\/1276\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Learning about Akita Lore &#8211; Namahage&#8221; by Fumiko Yabuki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/stories\/akita-pref-gov\">Back to Akita Prefectural Government Buildings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Namahage [Great Mask] The ritual of Namahage on New Year\u2019s Eve is observed in most parts of Oga Peninsula. Namahage, sent by the gods of the Shinzan Shrine, visit every household to warn wrongdoers, exorcise disaster, and to bring an abundant harvest, fishing haul, and luck, yelling: \u201cIs anyone Lazy? Is any child crying?\u201d The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/stories\/namahage\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Namahage [Great Mask]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":414,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1365","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9gCtR-m1","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1365\/revisions\/1385"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/history-here.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}