A family like that of a Shinto priest, which conducts a funeral according to Shinto rites, has a kamidana to enshrine the souls of the ancestors, which is equivalent to a butsudan (a Buddhist altar) in Buddhism, and this is called a mitamaya (literally, "the abode of the souls of the dead"). |
神職の家など神式で葬儀を行う家には、仏教の仏壇に相当する祖先の霊をまつるための神棚があり、これは御霊舎(みたまや)という。 |