WO2021038947A1

WO2021038947A1 - Altar

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Publication number: WO2021038947A1
Application number: PCT/JP2020/015981
Authority: WO
Inventors: 修司川崎
Original assignee: 株式会社ユタカ産業
Priority date: 2019-08-29
Filing date: 2020-04-09
Publication date: 2021-03-04
Also published as: JPWO2021038947A1

Abstract

This altar is characterized by having: a main body 3 in which a tubular body having a hollow interior is divided along one plane to form two or more divided bodies 3A, 3B, it being possible to form the main body 3 into a back wall decoration in a state in which the divided bodies are open; and a commemorative plaque 10 that is accommodated in a state in which the divided bodies 3A, 3B are closed, the commemorative plaque 10 having decedent information recorded thereon.

Description

altar

The present invention relates to an altar used when praying for souls to dead people, dead dogs, cats and other animals (hereinafter collectively referred to as deceased), and in detail, it is a compact with excellent handleability and design. About the altar.

The altar is a special piece of furniture that allows the deceased to pray for souls. On the altar, for example, a dedicated monument (memorial plate; also called a mortuary tablet) with information such as the name and photo of the deceased, flowers, candles, and spaces and drawers for various worship goods, etc. Is provided. Normally, the altar is equipped with a hinged door, a drawer, etc., and the hinged door is closed when not in use, and the door is opened when praying for souls. When the door is opened, the monument, various worship goods, and the decorative back wall arranged behind them are exposed, and prayers for the deceased are performed.

Because the altar mentioned above is large, a typical Japanese house has a dedicated room for installing the altar. However, in recent housing conditions (for example, private rooms such as apartment houses), there may not be enough space to provide a private room. Therefore, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a large number of small furniture and small altars that can be installed on a dedicated table have been proposed. Many of these small altars are miniaturized versions of large altars, and the main body is provided with two doors that open on both sides or a door that opens on one side, and the main body contains goods for worship. Drawers and altars are provided so that the doors can be stored and set.

Utility model registration No. 3052558

Since the conventional miniaturized altar can be visually recognized as an altar, it may not be suitable depending on the interior of the room, and some people can recognize that it is an altar at first glance. Sometimes you don't want it. In addition, even if the altar is miniaturized, a certain amount of space is required, and small furniture and special equipment suitable for the appearance of the altar to be installed (the appearance of the design that is a miniaturized version of the conventional large altar) A certain amount of installation space is required in the room, such as installing an altar, and it is also necessary to consider the balance and design of the furniture to be installed.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above-mentioned problems, and provides an altar that does not require a large installation space, has good handleability and design, and can pray for souls to the deceased. The purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, the altar according to the present invention is formed into two or more divided bodies by dividing a tubular body having a hollow inside along one plane, and each divided body is opened. It is characterized by having a main body that can be decorated on the back wall, and a monument in which each of the divisions is stored in a closed state and in which information on the deceased is written.

The above-mentioned altar has a tubular body and is divided by one plane so that it becomes two or more divided bodies. Each division becomes the back wall of the altar in the open state, and inside the main body, a monument containing information on the deceased (for example, information such as name, date of birth, date of death, photo, etc.) is stored. Has been done. The main body can be used as a back wall in an open state, and by installing a monument on the front side of the main body, an altar that can pray for souls to the deceased is constructed without requiring space. Also, when not praying, the monument can be stored in the cavity inside the main body as it is, so the altar itself can be made compact. Furthermore, since the main body is tubular, it is simple and easy to fit into the interior of various rooms.

In the above configuration, the internal cavity is a concept including a completely closed internal space and a partially opened interior space. For this reason, the main body may be one in which the inside is completely closed when not in use, or one in which a part of the main body is open. Further, the "monument" in the present invention includes a plate-shaped one and a three-dimensional one, and as long as it can be stored inside the hollow shape of the main body, the shape is not limited, and information on the deceased person can be obtained. The content and description method (vertical writing, horizontal writing) are not limited to any special form.

According to the present invention, an altar that does not require a large installation space, has good handleability and design, and can pray for souls to the deceased can be obtained.

It is a figure which shows one Embodiment of the altar which concerns on this invention, (a) is the perspective view which shows the closed state of the main body, (b) is the perspective view which shows the open state. (A) is a perspective view showing a storage example of a monument and a holding body stored in the main body, and (b) is a perspective view showing a stored state. (A) to (d) are perspective views showing the division mode of the holding body housed inside the main body, respectively. (A) is a perspective view showing an example of using the altar, and (b) is a perspective view showing an example of displaying various worship goods. A perspective view showing another embodiment of the monument. It is a monument shown in FIG. 5, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, and (c) is a rear view. The figure which shows the structure of the urn. The figure which shows the storage body which stored the urn.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the altar according to the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the altar 1 according to the present invention includes a tubular main body 3 having a hollow inside (which defines a storage space S). The main body 3 of the present embodiment is configured as a rectangular parallelepiped in which the bottom surface 3a and the top surface 3b are square, and is not large even when placed on a bookshelf, furniture, or a table, and is a normal plate-shaped tablet (for example). It is structured to be large enough to store a monument). Specifically, the height of the main body 3 is about 20 to 30 cm, and one side of the bottom surface 3a and the top surface 3b is about 7 to 10 cm.
The size of the main body 3 should be such that it can be easily carried and does not feel uncomfortable even when placed on a table, and a height of 50 cm or less and a side width of about 30 cm or less is sufficient. is there.

The material of the main body 3 is not limited, but can be made of, for example, resin, metal, wood, glass, etc., and the surface thereof can be painted, plated, etc. as necessary. It is possible to apply decorative processing.

The main body 3 is divided along one plane, and includes two divided

bodies

3A and 3B. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, two divided bodies having the same shape (symmetrical shape) by dividing the bottom surface 3a and the top surface 3b along the longitudinal direction by a plane P on the same diagonal line. 3A and 3B are configured. In this case, each of the divided

bodies

3A and 3B has a rectangular parallelepiped shape (unused state; stored state) shown in FIG. 1 (a) and an open state (used state; prayer state) shown in FIG. 1 (b). They are connected to each other so as to be rotatable by one vertical edge 3d (rotational support portion).
Such a rotation support portion may be formed by a hinge or the like, and since the left and right divided bodies have a symmetrical shape, the balance of the back wall is improved in the open state and the design is also improved. ..

The

inner surfaces

3f and 3g of the divided

bodies

3A and 3B form a back wall decoration (decorative background) as an altar when opened as shown in FIG. 1 (b). For this reason, background patterns similar to those of a general altar are formed on the

inner surfaces

3f and 3g, such as a pattern mainly of gold, a glittering pattern, and a stained glass pattern.

Further, when the

divided bodies

3A and 3B of the present embodiment become a rectangular parallelepiped shown in FIG. 1A, the magnets 4 installed at the contact edges of the divided bodies can maintain the rectangular parallelepiped state. It is configured in. The

divided bodies

3A and 3B may be rotatably connected as described above, or are bonded by a magnet or the like so as to be integrated as shown in FIG. 1A when not in use. , At the time of use, each divided body may be installed independently. Further, it is preferable that the magnet 4 is mounted so as not to be exposed on the surface.

As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the accommodation space S of the main body 3 accommodates a monument 10 and one or more holding bodies 20 having a hollow inside and being divisible. .. The monument 10 of the present embodiment is configured as a substantially rectangular plate-shaped member on which the name of the deceased is written (may be engraved) on the surface, and the monument 10 is erected by the holding body 20. It is configured to be held in a state.

In the present embodiment, three holding bodies 20 are housed in the storage space S of the main body 3, and each holding body is configured as a cube that is divisible and has a hollow inside. The monument 10 is a plate-like structure without a base (a plate-like body that cannot stand on its own), has a height of about 9 to 15 cm, a width of about 5 to 10 cm, and has a surface thereof. Is the name given to the deceased person. As shown in FIGS. 1 (b) and 4 (a), the monument 10 can be arranged in an upright state by using the holding body 20 in front of the main body 3 in an open state. It has become.
The information on the deceased described in the monument 10 includes various information related to the deceased, such as the name, date of birth, date and time of death, and photographs of the deceased, and the monument is in the form of a picture frame. It may be composed of such as.

The holding body 20 has a structure that can be divided so that a locking portion that holds the monument 10 in a vertical state is exposed.
Hereinafter, the configuration of the holding body of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A to 3D.

The holding body 20 of the present embodiment is configured to be separable, becomes a cube when integrated, and can be easily arranged and stored in the storage space S of the main body 3. Specifically, the holding body 20 having a cubic shape can be divided into a plurality (4 pieces) having the same shape, and has a regular tetrahedron shape (one side is open) as shown in FIG. 3 (d). By combining the divided holding bodies 20A of (), it is configured to become an integrated cubic holding body 20 as shown in FIG. 3A.

The holder 20 described above has a shape shown in FIGS. 3 (b) and 3 (c) so that the locking portion for holding the monument 10 in the vertical state can be exposed. Specifically, in the shape shown in FIG. 3B, the opening edges 22 and 22 serve as locking portions, and in the monument 10, both side edge portions are held by the opening edges 22 and 22, and the back surface is a split holding body. It is held in a vertical state while being in contact with the front edge 23 of 20B. Further, in the shape shown in FIG. 3C, the opening edges 24 and 24 serve as locking portions, and the monument 10 is held in a vertical state with both side edge portions held by the opening edges 24 and 24. In this case, magnets 4 are installed on the abutting edges of the divided holding bodies 20A to 20D so that the shape can be maintained when the shapes are as shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C. It is preferable to do so.

In addition, in FIG. 3, the cube shown in FIG. 3A is obtained by combining four divided holding bodies 20A having a regular tetrahedron shape, but the split holding body having the shape shown in FIG. 3C is obtained. The two may be combined to obtain the tetrahedron shown in FIG. 3 (a). Further, the holding body 20 is not divided, and may be housed in the main body 3 in advance in a shape as shown in FIGS. 3 (b) and 3 (c). That is, as long as the structure is provided with a locking portion that causes the monument 10 to stand upright when in use, the structure of the holder can be appropriately modified.

FIG. 4A is a perspective view showing an example of use of the altar 1 configured as described above (a state of praying for the deceased).
In the unused state, as shown in FIG. 1A, the main body 3 constituting the altar 1 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and space saving is realized (a monument and a holding body can be stored). It is the size and is downsized). Further, according to such a shape, the appearance is excellent in design and portability without recognizing the conventional altar (see Patent Document 1).

When praying for the deceased's soul, take out the contents (monument 10, holder 20 and other worship goods) from the main body 3, open the main body 3 and set it, and set the

split holders

20A and 20A in front of it. Then, the monument 10 is set up in an upright position. Further, if necessary, the remaining holding body 20 can be used as a holding body for decorating the flower 30 or installing the LED type candle 40 inside.

In this way, when praying for the deceased's soul, the altar as shown in FIG. 4A can be constructed, and an altar that is compact, easy to handle, and excellent in design can be obtained.
The worship goods that are celebrated using the holding body 20 are not particularly limited. For example, as shown in FIG. 4B, foods such as fruits 50 may be installed as offerings. , A small urn 60 containing the ashes of the deceased (a part of the ashes) can be installed, or an incense holder 70 for making incense sticks can be installed as appropriate.

5 and 6 are views showing another embodiment of the monument, FIG. 5 is a perspective view, FIG. 6 (a) is a front view, FIG. 6 (b) is a side view, and FIG. 6 (c) is a side view. It is a rear view.
The monument 10A is configured as a self-supporting three-dimensional object. In this embodiment, the front side thereof is cut diagonally in the shape of a quadrangular prism, and the name, date of birth, and birth of the deceased are formed on the cut front portion 10a. The shape is engraved with the place, the day of death, and the place of death. Therefore, since the monument 10A as in the present embodiment can stand on its own, it is not necessary to store the holding body 20 in the main body 3, and other worship goods may be stored. Further, the altar 1 may include a decorative plate 80 for installing and decorating the monument 10A as a set, if necessary. Such a decorative plate 80 may be foldable so that it can be stored in the main body 3, or may be made of a fiber material such as cloth.

Inside the monument 10A of the present embodiment, an accommodating portion 10b for detachably accommodating the urn 60A (see FIG. 7) is provided. The accommodating portion 10b of the monument 10A is formed in a cylindrical shape having an opening in the bottom 10c of the monument 10A and a hollow inside, and a receiving member 90 holding the urn 60A in that portion (see FIG. 8). ) Is installed. Therefore, the urn 60A is not exposed from the monument 10A.

The urn 60A is made of, for example, a metal such as brass, pottery, or the like, and has a structure in which a cylindrical main body 60a is covered with a lid 60b. In this case, the lid 60b is detachably attached to the main body 60a by a screw structure with a screw portion 60c. For this reason, a part of the ashes of the deceased is stored inside the main body 60a, and is installed in the receiving member 90 with the lid 60b covered.

The receiving member 90 can be installed in the accommodating portion 10b through an opening formed in the bottom 10c of the monument 10A, and the receiving member 90 is closed by the lid 90a. The lid body 90a is screwed into the receiving member 90, and by rotating the lid body 90a and removing it from the receiving member 90, it is possible to take out the urn 60A housed inside.
In this way, the remains of the deceased can be housed inside the monument 10A, and it is also possible to set it in front of the main body 3 on an anniversary or the like to pray for the deceased's soul.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be variously modified.
The outer shape of the main body 3 can be appropriately deformed, such as being formed into a cylindrical shape or a polygonal prism, and the method and position of division can also be appropriately deformed. Regarding the method of division, it may be divided into three or more. Further, the shapes, holding methods, and the number of stored

monuments

10 and 10A and the holding body 20 stored in the main body 3 can be appropriately modified. Further, the material and appearance forming the main body 3, the

monuments

10, 10A, and the holding body 20 can be appropriately modified.

In addition, the altar of the present invention can be used when praying to the deceased (animals such as humans and pets), and when not in use, it can be made into a rectangular parallelepiped shape to make it compact. It becomes possible to put it in a worship state.

1 Altar 3

Main body

3A, 3B Divided

body

10,10A Monument 20 Retaining body 20A to 20D Divided holding

body

60, 60A Urn

Claims

A main body that can be used as a back wall decoration with each divided body open by dividing a tubular body with a hollow inside into two or more divided bodies along one plane.
A monument with information on the deceased, which was stored in a closed state,
An altar characterized by having.
The main body is a rectangular parallelepiped
By dividing the bottom surface and the top surface by planes that are on the same diagonal line, two divided bodies are formed.
The altar according to claim 1, wherein each of the divided bodies is rotatably connected to each other so as to have a rectangular parallelepiped shape and an open state.
The main body is a rectangular parallelepiped
By dividing the bottom surface and the top surface by planes that are on the same diagonal line, two divided bodies are formed.
The altar according to claim 1, wherein each divided body is integrated so as to become a rectangular parallelepiped by adhering magnets.
The monument is plate-shaped
One or more holding bodies having a hollow inside are housed in the main body, and the holding body includes a locking portion for holding the plate-shaped monument in a vertical state. The altar according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is characteristic.
The retainer is a divisible cube and
The altar according to claim 4, wherein the cube can be divided into a plurality of divided holding bodies having the same shape.
The Buddhist altar according to claim 5, wherein the holding body can be divided into four divided holding bodies having the same shape.
The altar according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the divided holding bodies divided into the plurality of parts are integrated so as to be a cube by adhesion of magnets.
The altar according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the monument is formed as a three-dimensional object, and a housing portion for detachably accommodating an urn is provided inside the monument.