| The renaissance and re-establishment of rituals, including the Harvest Festival, was actively pursued from the middle to the latter half of the Edo period, when the imperialism based on Mitogaku (the scholarship and academic traditions that arose in the Mito Domain) was enhanced. |
水戸学に基づいた尊王論の高まりがあった江戸時代中・後期には新嘗祭など祭祀の再興・復興がさかんになった。 |