How did an Edo-period waking charm try to make a sleeper wake at a chosen hour?

Name: How did an Edo-period waking charm try to make a sleeper wake at a chosen hour?
Keywords: Japanese magic, majinai, historical source

ID: JP-MAJ-0001
Topic: Japanese majinai
Answer: A poem was recited three times before sleep, linking Kakinomoto no Hitomaro and Akashi through poetic and phonetic association. A related form survived in a later charm manual.
Region: Japan
Period: Edo period; 1781 source with later transmission
Evidence level: strong
Last verified: 2026-10-06
Tags: Japanese magic, majinai, historical source

Sources

Zōho Juso Chōhōki Taizen (増補咒咀調法記大全) / 1781 / https://touda.tohoku.ac.jp/collection/database/library/10020000002114
Shinsen Juso Chōhōki Taizen (新撰咒咀調法記大全) / later comparison tradition / https://www.hachiman.com/shopdetail/000000000090/

Conflicting evidence / caveats

None recorded.

Related nodes

None.

Machine-readable summary

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  "question": "How did an Edo-period waking charm try to make a sleeper wake at a chosen hour?",
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