幣へい串ぐし

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.

See also: 御幣 · 四手

• 神かん主ぬしが幣へい串ぐしを手てに取とり、お祓はらいを始はじめた。

  The Shinto priest took the gohei staff in hand and began the purification rite.