御お蔭かげ参まいり

noun

mass Ise pilgrimage

Historical term for large-scale, often spontaneous pilgrimages to the Ise Grand Shrine that occurred periodically during the Edo period. Compare with 伊勢参り, which refers to individual or smaller-scale pilgrimages.

See also: 伊勢参り

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、御お蔭かげ参まいりと呼よばれる集しゅう団だん的てきな伊い勢せ参まいりが何なん度どか起おこった。

  During the Edo period, mass pilgrimages to Ise called okagemairi occurred several times.