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Hifumi Norito created by 天宇受売命 (Ame-no-Uzume; wife of Sarutahiko Ōkami) to call to 天照大御神 (Amaterasu-O-Mi-Kami) who was sitting in the rock cave. This tells the story of the world’s creation. The recitation of the Hifumi concludes with “to” and the phrase “furube yurayura to furube” which instructs the “shaking” of the treasures (see Tushiro, 1990). Related to the 十種神宝. Part of this is below:
| 1 | ひ hi | 日 Sun/Spirit | 沖津鏡（おきつかがみ） Okitsu-kagami; Mirror of the Deep |
| 2 | ふ fu | 風 Wind/Breath | 辺津鏡（へつかがみ） Hetsu-kagami; Mirror of the Shore |
| 3 | み mi | 水 Water/Body | 八握剣（やつかのつるぎ） Yatsuka-no-tsurugi; Eight-Hands Long Sword |
| 4 | よ yo | 世, 命 World/Birth | 生玉（いくたま） Iku-tama; Jewel of Life |
| 5 | い i | 葦, 大地, 出現, 植物 Life/Breath | 死返玉（まかるかへしのたま） Makaru-kaeshi-no-tama; Jewel of Resuscitation |
| 6 | む mu | 虫 Growth/Form | 足玉（たるたま） Taru-tama; Jewel of Plenty |
| 7 | な na | 魚 Earth/Harvest | 道返玉（ちかへしのたま） Chikaeshi-no-tama; Jewel of Turning Back on the Road |
| 8 | や ya | 鳥 Infinity/Eight | 蛇比礼（おろちのひれ） Orochi-no-hire; Snake Scarf |
| 9 | こ ko | 動物 Solidification | 蜂比礼（はちのひれ） Hachi-no-hire; Bee Scarf |
| 10 | と to | 人間 Completion | 品物之比礼（くさぐさのもののひれ） Kusagusa-no-mono-hire; Scarf to Ward Off Various Evils |
100 (10^2) – も・・百
1,000 (10^3) – ち・・千
10,000 (10^4) – ろ・・万
100,000,000 (10^8) – ら・・億
1,000,000,000,000 (10^12) – ね・・兆
Ueshiba Morihei Doka Reference
The Orochi-no-hire and Hachi-no-hire are alluded to in the Aikidō Secrets (Ueshiba, 1977), in the dōka 126, lines 2-3, “おろちの靈出や蜂の靈出” (Ueshiba, 2025/1977).
References
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Yoshida, T. (2023, March 21). 【日本・ひふみ祝詞】覚えておいた方が良い日本に古くから存在した言霊 [Japan: Hifumi Norito] The ancient Japanese ‘Kotodama’ (spirit/power of words) that you should remember; Blog]. note.com. Retrieved December 15, 2025, from https://note.com/tsunemitsu/n/n82a1ca1b9ae2
Tsushima, H. (2009). 近代 神道の 鎮魂行法をめ ぐっ て: ス ピ リチ ュ ア ル な実践 と超心理 学の 間 [On chinkon exercises in modem Shinto between spiritual exercise and parapsychology]. Japanese Journal of Parapsychology, 14(1&2), 5–10.
Tsushiro, H. (1990). 折口信夫の鎮魂論: 研究史的位相と歌人の身体感覚 [Orikuchi Shinobu’s theory of chinkon: Its place in research history and the poet’s bodily sensibility]. Shunjusha.
Ueshiba, M. (1977). 合気道奥義（道歌）(阿部, 醒石, Ed.). Abe Sasaki (阿部 醒石). Retrieved from http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~yp7h-td/douka.htm
Ueshiba, M. (2025). 植芝盛平道歌–126: Serpent surging, bee springing (L. G. N. R. Space-Coyote, Trans.; OpenAI ChatGPT-5 Pro, Ed.). Shugyokai.org. (Original work published 1977) https://shugyokai.org/9sa4
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