精しょう霊りょう舟ぶね

noun

straw boat for ancestral spirits

A small boat made of straw, used in Obon or similar rituals to send off the spirits of ancestors. Regional and traditional; not an everyday item.

• お盆ぼんの終おわりに精しょう霊りょう舟ぶねを川かわに流ながす地ち域いきもある。

  In some regions, straw boats for ancestral spirits are floated down the river at the end of Obon.