In the early Meiji period, possession by divine spirits and acts to obtain oracles from that possession, belief in sex gods and so on were rejected as vulgar or superstitious and many folk customs were prohibited. |
明治初期において、神霊の憑依やそれによって託宣を得る行為、性神信仰などが低俗なものや迷信として否定され、多くの民俗行事が禁止された。 |