Cast & Chart

Omikuji

These are the Ganzan Daishi hundred lots (元三大師百籤), 100 numbered four-line verses, each with a grade. The text is read directly from two scanned woodblock printings, and the English is our own.

This site is not a temple or shrine, and no lot here is issued by any religious body.

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How the lots grade

Each lot carries one of seven grades. The counts are from the 1813 printing.

GradeReadingEnglishLots
大吉Dai-kichiGreat good fortune17
吉KichiGood fortune34
小吉Sho-kichiSmall good fortune6
半吉Han-kichiHalf good fortune3
末吉Sue-kichiGood fortune later7
末小吉Sue-sho-kichiSmall good fortune later2
凶KyoBad fortune31

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