稿こう人じん

noun

straw figure; straw effigy

A human-shaped figure made of straw, often used in rituals or as a target for curses.

• 丑うしの刻こく参まいりでは、藁わらで作つくった稿こう人じんに釘くぎを打うち込こむ。

  In the ushi-no-koku-mairi curse ritual, nails are driven into a straw effigy.