太ふと玉たま串ぐし

noun

sacred sakaki branch with paper/cotton strips (Shinto offering)

Archaic poetic name for a 玉串 (tamagushi), a branch of the sacred sakaki tree decorated with paper or cotton streamers and offered in Shinto rituals.

See also: 玉串

• 古ふるい祝詞のりとには「太ふと玉たま串ぐしを捧ささげて」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old Shinto prayers, the phrase 'offering a futotamagushi' can be found.