Misogi (禊, misogi)

Misogi is a Shinto purification practice in which the entire body is washed to remove ritual impurity. Its canonical origin is located in the Kojiki myth of Izanagi's purification in the sea at Tachibana in Hyūga Province after his return from Yomi; the act of washing by Izanagi is narrated as producing deities and establishes a mythic precedent for bodily washing as cosmologically efficacious. Misogi is conceptually related to harae, and together both forms of purification are often referenced under the compound term misogiharae (禊祓). The supplied source material identifies the core element of the ritual as washing the body (often associated with natural water such as the sea in the mythic account), but does not specify standardized liturgy, exact sequences, timing, or detailed implements in the textual excerpt provided.