Hu (ritual baton)
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A hu is a flat scepter originating from China, where they were originally used as narrow tablets for recording notes and orders. They were historically used by officials throughout East Asia, includin
Fan Zhongyan, a Chancellor of the Northern Song Dynasty, holding a hu in this portrait
Han dynasty stone relief of scholar-officials with an early hu.
Statue of Yama bearing a shaku; Hino, Shiga, Japan
An ivory hu, Ming Dynasty; Jiangxi Provincial Museum
Shinto priest
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Shinto priests are members of the clergy at a Shinto shrine responsible for maintaining the shrine and leading worship of the kami there. In Japanese, they are also commonly referred to as kannushi. T
Hu (ritual baton)
…yew, holly, cherry, sakaki, or Japanese cedar. The shaku is often seen in portraits of the Japanese shōgun, emperors, nobleman, and Shinto priests (kannushi). Gohei…
A Shinto priest wearing a jōe being accompanied by two miko
A Shinto priest in full dress, Katori Shrine
A Shinto priest wearing a kariginu and an eboshi hat