Noun
year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th and 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter)
see 式年祭
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式年祭しきねんさい
Nounimperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years)
式年遷宮しきねんせんぐう
Nounconstruction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time
式年遷宮祭しきねんせんぐうさい
Nounfixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)