Gohei

( Read jap御 币, also Onbei or onbe ) Gohei or Heisoku (币 束) are wooden rods to which paper strips are attached. In various rituals of Shinto, they are used (particularly for cleaning, harai ) and make there a type of heihaku (币帛). Other names are Nusa (币, ie御 币without Honorativpräfix and Kun - reading). , And Mitegura, but can also heihaku generally denote

The rods themselves (usually bamboo ) hot heigushi (币 串), the paper strip in a zigzag shape (垂, shide ) attached thereto and mostly white. This arose historically as symbols of clothing that were originally attached as offerings to the Kami to the heigushi.