家内安全 kanai anzen Peace and Prosperity in the Household

家内安全 is the wish that no one in a family meets accident or illness. It is said for the people inside one house, and it is one of the wishes an amulet is issued for, the amulet a family keeps on its house-shelf or in its Buddhist altar. The word says safe. Its companion 家庭円満, a harmonious home, wishes for what happens inside.

The English title also says prosperity. Among the wishes an amulet is issued for, 家内安全 stands in a set with 商売繁盛, a thriving trade.

家内安全 is composed of the word 家内 (read kanai) meaning "household; one's family" and 安全 (read anzen) meaning "safety; security".

家内安全 is a prayer for a household's safety, first known from a Muromachi priest's prayer of about 1400, kept in a later copy, and printed on shrine and temple amulets by the late Edo period.

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