22 Jun 2014

EDO - collecting nightsoil

LINK
http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.jp/2007/12/pissing-shooben.html

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***** shit, shitting (daiben 大便)

shimogoe tori 下肥取り collector of human manure, night soil collector
The ooya 大家 landlord representative of a nagaya long houses living quarters in Edo had to take care of the smooth transportation of the night soil and made a good extra money with it (糞尿代 funnyoo dai).



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shooben kaishuu 小便回収 collecting urin -
- - - 立小便をする女 a woman doing it into a bucket



- source and more photos : sinyoken.sakura.ne.jp




Night soil was carted from Edo to the outlying agricultural land
(Illustration © Azby Brown).

Night soil
is a term used for human excrement collected for fertilizer. Night soil collectors retrieved the waste during the night from city households and then transported it to outlying agricultural land.
. Recycling and Re-use in Edo .


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. . . . . the rice people eat comes out of their bodies as excrement. A long time ago, when excrement was a precious fertilizer, it naturally belonged to the person who produced it. Farmers used to buy excrement for cash or trade it for a comparable amount of vegetables.

Fertilizer shortages were a chronic problem during the Edo period. As the standard of living in cities improved, surrounding villages needed an increasing amount of fertilizer. This resulted in further shortages, and thus fertilizer prices were continually rising.
- - - - - Living with Nature's Cycle - Ishikawa Eisuke
- source : www.japanfs.org/en/edo



肥取りへ尻が増えたと大家言い
koedori e shiri ga fueta to ooya ii

one more backside (asshole) -
says the landlord
to the night soil collector



koebishaku, koe-bishaku 肥柄杓 ladle for urin or night soil
When the farmer came to empty the toilet, it would smell all over the place!


source : blog.goo.ne.jp/aboo-kai

koebishaku naminami to namu fuyu no asa

the night soil ladle
makes a lot of wi-wa-waves
on a morning in winter


naminami namu - is a pun with the polupar Amida prayer - namu Amida Butsu

. senryu, senryū 川柳 Senryu in Edo .



. Toilet, Outhouse (benjo, no setchin, toire) .
Japanese God of the Toilet
kawaya no kami 厠の神

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