笏しゃく

noun

shaku; ceremonial baton

A flat wooden or ivory baton held in the right hand during formal imperial or Shinto ceremonies. The term is culturally specific and often left as 'shaku' in English.

• 神かん主ぬしが笏しゃくを持もって儀ぎ式しきを執とり行おこなった。

  The Shinto priest performed the ceremony holding a shaku.

• 笏しゃくは、昔むかしの貴き族ぞくが朝ちょう廷ていで使つかったものだ。

  The shaku was used by ancient nobles at the imperial court.