Goshuin
---- A , also called "Go-shuin (御朱印)" as an Honorific_speech_in_Japanese, honorific, is a seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan, Buddhist temples in Japan. The seal stamps are often collected in books called that are sold at shrines and temples. The stamps are different from commemorative stamps in that they are made by people who work at the shrines or temples: Shinto ''Kannushi or Buddhist Bhikkhu, Hōshi''. To create the shuin, the writer presses down one or more large stamps, and then uses black ink to write, in their Japanese calligraphy, distinctive calligraphy, the day of the visit, the name of the shrine or temple, as well as sometimes the names of the relevant Kami or Buddhist deities, and other messages. There are various theories about the origin of shuin, though the strongest is that it was a receipt for a dedicated Sutra copying, copied sutra. There are still temples where one cannot receive a shuin wit ...
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