MINGEI - kagu furniture

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kagu 家具 furniture


wa kagu 和家具　Japanese furniture
小泉和子 Koizumi Kazuko (1933 - )

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The traditional Japanese household had furniture and features that were directly related to the Japanese culture: simplicity, functionality, and the attention to nature and space.
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Imagine that every single thing you owned had a purpose and place, and you're coming pretty close to imagining a traditional Japanese household. Great thought and care were given to the culture when designing Japanese furniture. Every piece, while simple, had a function and elegance that helped enhance the living area of the family it belonged to.
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If you were to look at the interior of a Japanese household, the first word that comes to mind might be 'sparse'. This is because in traditional Japanese houses, from ancient times to the present, there was very little furniture to sit or sleep on. Without chairs or bedding, the Japanese generally used the floor to sit and sleep on. This is because the Japanese believe in the concept of ma, or negative space and a desire for simplicity. Objects would be placed very far apart, as the traditional Japanese believed that this space encouraged creativity. ...
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Even though their spaces often appeared to be mostly empty, that was not the case. There were several main kinds of furniture that could be found in traditional Japanese homes. Most of the furniture was made of wood, and much of it had handles on the sides so it could be picked up and moved if needed for aesthetic reasons or in response to a fire. Since the homes were made mainly of wood and rice paper, fires were a common occurrence.

Furniture in Japan had three main purposes:
sleeping and sitting, prayer, and storage.

To replace seating and sleeping furniture, a mat called a tatami was used. Tatami mats were made of woven straw and could be arranged in multiple ways.
There were also Buddhist prayer tables and altars found in most households.
They were made of wood and were usually simple in design, though wealthier households sometimes had altars that were gilded (covered with gold) and ornately carved.
A chest, or tansu,
was first used in the 700s in Japan. This armoire had doors that opened and drawers. The tansu was used for clothing storage and was generally very utilitarian, though sometimes these chests had iron banding or decorations. A tansu used in the kitchen was called a mizuya, and it differed from clothes storage in that it had sliding doors to hide utensils and dishes.
A special kind of tansu was called the kaidan tansu.
This was a storage chest that was in the shape of a staircase and also often functioned as one. In place of doors, this chest had drawers that were equipped with iron handles.
source : study.com/academy/lesson/japanese-furniture...


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Matsumoto kagu 松本家具 Matsumoto furniture, Nagano


source : m-k-k.jp/exhibition...
松本家具研究所

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Matsumoto furniture
Matsumoto-kagu furniture was first made in the latter half of the 16th century to meet the demands of people living in the area. Around the 18th century production of furniture such as chests of drawers and dining tables for everyday use began. With the development of transport, furniture began to be shipped to all parts of Japan, and became known throughout the country. Matsumoto furniture is made of timber such as zelkova and Japanese oak, and is assembled using traditional methods into extremely solid furniture. It is then coated with over ten layers of lacquer, which brings out its depth and beauty.
Chests of drawers, display shelves and low tables are still being made today.
Matsumoto furniture was designated a traditional craft in 1976.
Matsumoto Furniture Craft Association:3-2-12 Chuo, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano
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. butsuma 仏間 room for the Buddhist house altar .
. . . . . butsudan 仏壇 Buddhist house altar

. byoobu, tsuitate 屏風、衝立 folding screen .

. chabudai ちゃぶ台 / 卓袱台 / 茶部台 table for tatami rooms .
shippoku しっぽく  // karazukue 唐机(からづくえ) "Chinese Tang Table"

. chigaidana, chigai-dana　違い棚 staggered shelves .

. fusuma 襖 and shoji 障子 sliding door .

. ranma 欄間 transom, open panel carvings .

. tansu 箪笥 / 簞笥 -- たんす chest of drawers, Kommode .

. tatami 畳 floor mats .


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. The Japanese Home - Introduction .
with a long list of furniture


. Kaguya Hime かぐや姫 .
Not related to 家具 kagu at all, but the daughter of a friend used to call herself thus, daddy being a kaguya　家具屋, maker of furniture.


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EDO - Tokyo 2020 Olympics mascots

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics Mascots



Candidate A
A pair of futuristic digital characters will be the mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

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#2020マスコット
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The Fox and Tanuki did not make it . . .
They were inspired by traditional fairy tales.


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sennin to netsuke 仙人と根付 Netsuke of Immortals

Most Netsuke have as their subject the
. Eight Immortals 八仙 Pa Hsien from China .

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. Amulets in the form of a netsuke 根付お守り netsuke omamori .




. Gama Sennin 蝦蟇仙人 "Toad Immortal" .

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Bashiko
Bashiko, another Taoist immortal, is considered by the Japanese to be the first veterinary surgeon. He supposedly lived in China in the years 2697-2597 B.C. and cured a dying dragon by operating on its throat. Bashiko is rarely depicted in art, while another Taoist sage, Chinnan, is more popularly shown with dragons.

Bushishi
Chinnan
Chochu
Chodoryo

Chokaro - Chowkaro
Chokaro traveled a lot and had an elegant solution to the transportation problem. He had a magic pumpkin. He only had to blow into the pumpkin and out of it came a horse. Chokaro therefore is always shown with a pumpkin of which a horse is peeping out.

Choshika
Genkei
Ikkaku
Jittoku and Kanzan
Jogen Fujin

. Kinkoo 琴高仙人 Kinko Sennin - Qin Gao.
Kinko, who lived beside a river and was a painter of fish.
One day a giant carp offered to take him for a ride into the realm of the immortals. He returned after a month, telling his followers never to kill another fish. He then jumped into the river, where he was transformed into a carp himself. Kinko is usually shown reading a Taoist scroll while riding on the back of the magical fish.

Kohaku
Koko

Koshohei

Sennin Koshohei with a short stick in his hand leaning slightly over a small rock that turns into a goat. Koshohei led a herd of goats to the mountains and stayed there for 40 years in meditation. His brother found him after all that this time and was wondering where the goat were. Koshohei touched the boulders around him with a stick, and they turned into goats.

Kozen
Ryosho
Ryojo

Seiobo - Queen of the West
"Sei-o-bo" (Si Wang Mu in Chinese. Queen of the West).
The Taoist deity who lives in Konron (Kuen Lun) mountains. She cares for the mythical peach tree which bears fruits every three thousand years. Eating this peach bestows immortality. According to the legend, Tobosaku stole and ate the peach and made himself "sennin".

Shosen
Shukkeio
Sonto
Tekkai

Tobosaku
Tobosaku is the bad guy in the Japanese mythology who stole not only one, but three peaches out of Seibo's garden. So he became immortal. No wonder that Tobosaku is always shown as an old man, with a broad smile and a peach in his hand. Happy old man!

Tohakkuka

Tsugen - another name for Chokaro / Chang Kuo-lao
- associated with a mouse
Sennin Tsugen mit zotteligem Haar und langem Bart fröhlich lachend in tänzerischer Pose mit Astknotenstab in der Rechten, an dem hinter seiner Schulter eine Kürbisflasche hängt.

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Netsuke Subjects: A Study on the Netsuke Themes with Reference to Their Interpretation and Symbolism : Containing Photographs and Details on More Than 400 Netsuke
By Karl M. Schwarz


Dmitry Levit Asian Art 16 pages
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. Kooan - 黄安仙人 / 黄安 Koan, Kame Sennin .
Kame Sennin 亀仙人 "Turtle Immortal"


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MINGEI - oboko child dolls

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oboko, o-boko おぼこ child doll

oboko is a name for a child, used in many prefectures of Tohoku.

. kibokko 木ぼっこ / 木ぼこ kiboko wooden oboko child dolls .
from Tohoku

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- ABC - List of Oboko dolls from the Prefectures

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Clay Dolls from Fushimi - 伏見土人形


about 19 cm high




. Clay Dolls from Fushimi - 伏見土人形 .




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. oboko おぼこ head-doll from Sendai .




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Oboko おぼこ O-Boko, O-Hogo
. Daihooji tsuchiningyoo 大宝寺土人形 clay dolls from temple Daiho-Ji .


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MINGEI - Okoso zukin winter hood

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okoso zukin, okoso-zukin 御高祖頭巾 / お高祖頭巾 hood for winter

These are dolls of women with okosozukin, a special large hood, usually worn in winter to keep warm.
Sometimes also worn by women who needed to hide their mouth or face, serving as a veil. The cloth is square and can be tied under the chin with a string.
The hood can be wrapped clockwise or counter-clockwise.

. zukin 頭巾 (ずきん) hood - introduction .
..... maruzukin 丸頭巾（まるずきん） round hood
..... hoorokuzuki 焙烙頭巾（ほうろくずきん） flat round hood



The "okoso-zukin" (combination hood and veil) was a winter costume for women. Covering the entire head and part of the face, it is a square cloth with a string that is tied under the chin. Women sometimes used the "okoso-zukin" to cover their mouth. Women wrapped it in both a clockwise and counter clockwise direction.
source : oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac


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Inuyama tsuchi ningyo 犬山土人形 clay dolls from Inuyama




Okoshi tsuchi ningyoo 起土人形 clay dolls from Okoshi






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Tsuneishi hariko 常石張子人形 papermachee doll from Tsuneishi





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Choosa tsuchi ningyoo 帖佐土人形 clay dolls from Chosa






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Fushimi tsuchi ningyoo 伏見土人形 clay dolls from Fushimi














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Hase tsuchi ningyoo 初瀬土人形 clay dolls from Hase 






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Obata tsuchi ningyoo 小幡土人形 clay dolls from Obata






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Sagara tsuchi ningyoo 相良土人形 clay dolls from Sagara







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MINGEI - Okkawa dolls Aichi

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Okkawa tsuchi ningyoo 乙川土人形 clay dolls from Okkawa
Otsugawa ningyoo 乙川人形 Otsugawa dolls
Okkawa ningyo オッカワニンギョウ .
Okkawa, a town at the river Otogawa 乙川（おとがわ）- 半田市 Handa town
The reading of the characters varies.

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Ebisu and Daikoku for Good Luck

The tradition started when craftsmen from Fushimi / Kyoto settled in the area.
Sugiura Izaemon 杉浦伊左衛門 was one of the Fushimi craftsmen.
During the Isewan Taifun all was lost, but in the 6th generation
杉浦実 Sugiura Minoru revived the craft of his ancestors.

Many dolls feature themes of the seasonal festivals and Kabuki actors.
They were also used as amulets at Taketoyo Inari Shrine　武豊稲荷.

知多半島の四季を愛する会 Four seasons of the Chita peninsula - Video
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Okkawa "Dashi" Festival
This Sunday it was the "Dashi" Festival in Okkawa - small town near Nagoya. This is a very dangerous festival to carry floats up and down the hill. Young men who take the first position of a steersman can merry the most beautiful girl in Okkawa area. Of course now it's only a tradition, but the men are fighting for the important place as it was long time ago. The clothes which everybody in town wears on this day is hundred years old (literally). They don't wash it so it does not bleach.
The Dashi's (floats) are extremely beautiful.
They have such a fine chasing that you can admire it for hours. On the top of them there is a place for performance of karakuri mechanical dolls which is very strange for the western eyes and even more strange for the ears.
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. maneki neko 招き猫 Manekineko beckoning cat .


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Fukusuke 福助貯金玉 Fukusuke as a piggy bank

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taikomochi dooji 太鼓持ち童子 child with a drum


. komori 子守 / 子守り taking care of a baby .

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EDO - Edo Yokai Karuta game

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Edo Yookai Karuta 江戸妖怪かるた Edo Yokai monsters card game
Edo Period Ghost Cards

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. 江戸 Edo - 妖怪 Yokai monsters, 幽霊 Yurei ghosts .

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多田克己 Tada Katsumi

96 cards with the most famous Yokai monsters of the Edo period.




A あ 青鷺の化物 Ao-sagi no bakemono - blue heron monster


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NE ね 寝床へ出る髪引き pulling the hair of sleeping women


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U う 碓氷峠の撞木娘 Shumoku Musume girl at Usui pass

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Shumoku musume - hammer girl
APPEARANCE:
Shumoku musume has a head which resembles that of a hammerhead shark or a snail. She has large eyes which extend out from the sides of her head. She wears a furisode kimono, usually worn by young, unmarried women.
ORIGIN:
Shumoku musume is not a major yōkai, yet her image is fairly well known. This is because she was included in obake karuta, a yōkai-themed version of the popular card matching game karuta. Although no story accompanies her in obake karuta, her card says that she appears on the Usui Pass, which separates Gunma and Nagano Prefectures.
The word shumoku
refers to the wooden hammers used to strike temple bells. It is not clear if shumoku musume is a tsukumogami of a bell hammer, or if her name merely refers to the fact that her head resembles a wooden hammer's head.
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江戸妖怪かるた - List of all of them in the Wikipedia

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千葉幹夫 (著),‎ 石黒亜矢子 (イラスト)


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O-Bake Karuta おばけかるた Karuta of Monsters
from the year 1860 （万延元)


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HEIAN - Yama no Kami Festivals matsuri

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Yama no Kami matsuri 山の神祭り Yamanokami festivals
おやまのかみさままつり O-Yama no Kami Sama Matsuri
山の神祭り（やまんかんまつり) Yamankan Matsuri
山神祭 Sanjinsai - やまのかみさい Yamanokami sai
Juunikoo matsuri 十二講まつり Juniko Matsuri




. ta no kami matsuri 田の神祭り Tanokami festivals and rituals .
Including some for Yamanokami.
- Fukui, Wakasa no Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り

- Kigo for early winter
. yama no kami matsuri 山の神祭 festival for the god of the mountain .
yama no kami matsuri 山の神祭 festival for the god of the mountain
yama no maki koo 山の神講 prayer group for the god of the mountain
..... yama no koo 山の講（やまのこう）
yama no ko matsuri 山の講祭 festival of the prayer group for the god of the mountain
Held in the winter months at various shrines.
The prayer groups consisted of people who worked in the mountains. They had offerings twice a year, in early spring to open the season and in early winter to give thanks for the year.


Most festivals are held on the day 16 of a lunar month, one day after the full moon
. izayoi 十六夜 (いざよい) moon on day 16 .
In Spring to welcome Yama no Kami to the fields
In Autumn to see him off to the mountain.
Many rituals involve the offering of 16 rice dumplings.



. juuroku dango 十六団子 dumpling offerings for day 16 .

Some dates are given in the old lunar calendar, some in the modern version.

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

............................................................................ Aichi 愛知県

Sanjinsai 山神祭
People carry home some branches with flames from the festival bonfire - and there has never been a damaging fire in the village.
Even if sparks fall on dry leaves or grass, they will not cause a fire.
If people drink ritual sake and mochi rice cakes on top of the mountain to venerate Yamanokami, they will not get ill all summer.

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知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita

mikigura 神酒倉 storehouse for ritual Sake
In 中洲 Nakasu there are eight families who prepare ritual sake (miki　神酒) for Shinto rituals.
Once there was a huge fire in Nakasu and most of the homes burned to the ground.
But the Storehouse in the middle of the village was spared !




............................................................................ Ehime 愛媛県
上浮穴郡 Kamiukena district 久万町 Kuma

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭
The festival is on the 9th day of June. It is celebrated near a big tree between two villages. To cut down this tree will bring bad luck.
Every month on the 9th day the lumberjacks will not go into the mountain to cut trees.




............................................................................ Fukui 福井県
武生市 Takefu 坂口村 Sakaguchi

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
The festival is on the 9th day of January and December. Yamanokami is quite wild and usually brings frost on these days.
Some people have seen Yamanokami to ride past on a white horse on these days.





............................................................................ Fukushima 福島県
南会津郡 Minami-Aizu district 檜枝岐村 Hinoe

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
If something unfortunate happens in the mountains, the hunters go back to the village and start the festival all over again (matsuri naoshi まつりなおし).
They bring the head and breast bones of a bear as offerings, sometimes even the heart of a bear as a ritual dish for Yamanokami.




............................................................................ Hyogo 兵庫県

. 山の神の祟り the curse of Yamanokami .





............................................................................ Ibaraki 茨城県
西茨城郡 Nishi Ibaraki district 岩瀬町 Iwase

Sanjinsai 山神祭
The day of the festival is the 15th day of the 11th lunar month. The straw rope around the sacred tree is burned. Eating fish grilled at this fire will prevent getting a cold in winter.





............................................................................ Iwate 岩手県
雫石町 Shizukuishi

Yamanokamisama no o-matsuri ヤマノカミ様のお祭り
At the village 南畑 / ミナミハタ Minamihata they have a festival in honor of Yamanokami. They all come together, a furoshiki 風呂敷 cloth wrapper around the head, dancing in the Shrine compound and then fall asleep all together, a custom known as zakone 雑魚寝.
This is also called daki matsuri 抱き祭 festival of embracing each other.
If people do not do it, the growth of asa 麻 hemp will be bad in the coming year.




............................................................................ Niigata 新潟県

. 山の神，猿，犬 Yamanokami, monkey and dog .
The 9th day of February and December are set for rituals of Yamanokami.

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東蒲原郡 Higashikanbara 鹿瀬町 Kanose

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
The festival is on the 9th day of February and December.
The 9th day is 山の神の木調べの日 the day when Yamanokami inspects the trees.

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東蒲原郡 Higashikanbara 津川町 Tsugawa

. Yamanokami oroshi 山の神おろし for the festival .
kamioroshi, kami oroshi カミオロシ / 神おろし / 神降ろし "calling a Kami to earth" for an oracle

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糸魚川市 Itoigawa

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
If people go to the mountain on the festival day of the second and 12th lunar month, they will never come back.

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岩船郡 Iwafune district 朝日村 Asahi

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
On February and December. The 12th day is called
山の神の木種蒔きの日 - Day when Yamanokami is planting seedlings of trees
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On the 12th day of the 12th lunar month, they call a Yamabushi 山伏 mountain priest from 山形県小国町 Oguni village in Yamagata. He puts a sacred rope around the festival altar in the home of the tooya 頭屋 "head of the festival" / 当屋. The men of the village are dressed as shrine acolytes, have their eyes blindfold and hold a ritual wand while the Yamabushi recites the 陀羅尼 Darani Sutra. Next the villagers hit the floor with a stick while chanting the 心経 Heart Sutra. Some kind of oracle is performed, asking about the hunting season and other village affairs.
shiratsuke シラツケ or shiramono tsuke シラモノツケ.
This custom has been abolished in the early Taisho period (1912).

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刈羽郡 Kariwa district 小国町 Oguni


「十二講」まつり Juniko Matsuri

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
The festival is on the 12th day of the third lunar month. The people celebrating belong to the juunikko ジュウニッコウ（十二講) Junikko.
Everyone in the village takes a rest. If someone dares to go to the forest, he will be punished by Yamanokami.
Going to the forest on the day before the festival, one has to get a purification ritual from a special priest, 太夫様 Tayu sama.
People who do not follow the Junikko rituals are not allowed to go to the forest in spring to gather firewood.



. juunisama, jūni sama 十二様 Juni Sama - Yamanokami .

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南蒲原郡 Minamikanbara 下田村 Shitada

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
The festival is on the 9th day of February and December.
On the ninth day Yamanokami is sowing seedlings 種蒔きの日.
On the 12th day is the New Year for Yamanokami, where he goes 木調べ to inspect the trees.

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三島郡 Mishima district 三島町 Mishima

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
On the 9th day of February and December.
On this day the villagers are not allowed to use saws, sickles, howes and other tools.
Since Yamanokami is a female deity, they never make a knot in the rope around the charcoal hut with the binding of men 男結び.

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中頚城郡 Nakakubiki district 清里村 Kiyosato

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
The festival is on the 8th day of February, and also called Miyama ミヤマ "Honorable Mountain".
If there are clouds in the moutain forest on this day, the harvest will be bad.

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佐渡郡 Sado district 相川町 Aikawa

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
The festival is on the 9th day of February.
On this day Yamanokami is shooting arrows and nobody can enter the mountain forest.


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............................................................................ Tottori 鳥取県
岩美郡 Iwami district 岩美町 Iwami

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
The festival is on the 9th day of February and October.
On these days Yamanokami walks through the forest and counts the trees. If a human is in the forest, he will be counted as a tree and die.
In the 荒金集落 Arakane hamlet, Yamanokami is giving birth, so nodody can go to the mountain. If anyone does, he will meet monsters and become crazy for the rest of his life.




............................................................................ Toyama 富山県
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氷見市 Himi

Sanjinsai 山神祭
On this festival day, Yamanokami gets drunk and nobody is allowed to disturb him.

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南砺市 Nanto city

Tengu han 天狗ハン Mister Tengu - Sanjinsai 山神祭
On the day of the festival, the charcoal makers take a rest, come together and offer ゴヘイモチ Goheimochi rice cakes and buri no sashimi ブリの刺身 Sashimi of yellowtail to the Tengu.
Once a man went into the forest to cut a tree, but was hit 睾丸 in the testicles by a branch of a tree and died.

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西砺波郡 Nishi-Tonami district 福岡町 Fukuoka

Yamanokami 山の神 / Sanjinsai 山神祭
On the festival day, Yamanokami inspects the mountian and humans are not allowed to go there.
They also should not use tools with blades on this day.




............................................................................ Yamagata 山形県
西村山郡 Nishimurayama district

Yamanokami Matsuri 山の神祭り
The festival is on the 17th day of March. On this day people do not go to the mountain. If they do and happen to meet Yamanokami, they will have bad luck for the rest of their life.

Another festival day for Yamanokami is the 12th day of the third and 12th lunar month.





............................................................................ Yamaguchi 山口県

Sanjinsai 山神祭
The day of the festival is the 26th day of the 2nd lunar month.
People bring yamaimo 山芋 yam as offerings, but they are not allowed to whistle in the compound or underground in the coal mines. To kill a dog was forbidden.
There were other taboos concerning the tankoo 炭鉱 coal mines.

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- - - - - Yamanokami as the protector deity of the coal mines.



古河好間炭鉱山神祭（昭和20年) Koga Yoshima Tanko Saijinsai Festival
Fukushima



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Kiyomizu mame ningyoo 清水豆人形

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