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This second name is called _Yeboshina_,[122] the cap name, which is compounded of syllables taken from an old name of the family and from the name of the sponsor. If the sponsor afterwards change his name, his name child must also change his name. THIS SECOND NAME IS CALLED YABOSHINA THE CAP NAME WHICH IS COMPOUNDED OF SYLLABLES TAKEN FROM AN OLD NAME OF THE FAMILY AND FROM THE NAME OF THE SPONSOR IF THE SPONSOR AFTERWARDS CHANGES HIS NAME HIS NAME CHILD MUST ALSO CHANGE ITS NAME
n's guardians, who wrap it in paper and offer it up at the shrine of the family gods. But this is wrong. The locks should be well wrapped up in paper and kept in the house until the man's death, to serve as a reminder of the favours which a man receives from his father and mother in his childhood; when he dies, it should be placed in his coffin and buried with him. The wine-drinking and presents are as before. * * * * * In the "Sho-rei Hikki," the book from which the above is translated, there is no notice of the ceremony of naming the child: the following is a translation from a Japanese MS.:-- "On the seventh day after its birth, the child receives its name; the ceremony is called the congratulations of the seventh night. On this day some one of the relations of the family, who holds an exalted position, either from his rank or virtues, selects a name for the child, which name he keeps until the time of the cutting of the forelock, when he takes the name which he is to bear as a man. AND LEAVING THE ROOM GIVES IT TO THE YOUNG MAN'S GUARDIANS WHO WRAP IT IN PAPER AND OFFER IT UP AT THE SHRINE OF THE FAMILY GODS BUT THIS IS WRONG THE LOCK SHOULD BE WELL WRAPPED UP IN PAPER AND KEPT IN THE HOUSE UNTIL A MAN'S DEATH TO SERVE AS A REMINDER THE FAVORS WHICH A MAN RECEIVES FROM HIS FATHER AND MOTHER IN HIS CHILDHOOD WHEN HE DIES IT SHOULD BE PLACED IN HIS COFFIN AND BURIED WITH HIM THE WINE DRINKING AND PRESENTS ARE AS BEFORE IN THE SHOW RAHIKI THE BOOK FROM WHICH THE ABOVE IS TRANSLATED THERE IS NO NOTICE OF THE CEREMONY OF NAMING THE CHILD THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSLATION FROM A JAPANESE M S ON THE SEVENTH DAY AFTER ITS BIRTH THE CHILD RECEIVES ITS NAME THE CEREMONY IS CALLED THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THE SEVENTH NIGHT ON THIS DAY SOME ONE OF THE RELATIONS OF THE FAMILY WHO HOLDS AN EXALTED POSITION EITHER FROM HIS RANK OR VIRTUES SELECTS A NAME FOR THE CHILD WHICH NAME HE KEEPS UNTIL THE TIME OF THE CUTTING OF THE FORELOCK WHEN HE TAKES THE NAME WHICH HE IS TO BEAR AS A MAN
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