This term also means presentation, to present, to respect and so on, and generally refers to acts conducted to humanized divinities (deities created in Japan which had human portraits and humane minds) in the Japanese Mythology, the Imperial Court and Court nobles. |
献上や召し上げる・上に見るなどの意味もあり、一般的な捉え方として、日本神話の人格神(人の肖像と人と同じような心を持つ日本創世の神々)や朝廷や公家に対する行為をさす。 |