noun
staff with shide streamers; gohei staff
A wooden staff to which zigzag paper streamers (shide) are attached, forming a gohei used in Shinto purification rituals. The term is technical and primarily encountered in religious or cultural contexts.
神主が幣串を手に取り、お祓いを始めた。
The Shinto priest took the gohei staff in hand and began the purification rite.