EDO - kasugai clamp cleat

LINK
http://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2014/12/kasugai-clamp-cleat.html

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　

kasugai 鎹 / かすがい clamp, cramp, cleat, staple

. Japanese Architecture 日本建築 technical terms .
- Introduction　-




. My collection in facebook .


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


- quote
kasugai　- cleat
A strip of metal or wood driven into two members to hold them together securely. A metal cleat that is bent at each end has sharp points.


a) watari　渡り　b) tsume　爪

Each end of the cleat is pounded into one part of the two members to be joined. The bent parts, that function like nails, are called tsume 爪 and the center is called watari 渡り meaning cross over.
- source : JAANUS

..............................................................................................................................................


- from our kasugai discussion on facebook -

forged iron staple for a blacksmith

"cramp" in carpentry
and joinery usually refers to a mechanical "clamp" used to hold parts of an assemblage together while they are in process of construction.

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::




- quote

Children are Staples (ko wa kasugai)
There is a Japanese saying to the effect that "Children are Staples," ("ko wa kasugai" 子はカスガイ・鎹）.


In Japanese culture, the love between men and women is seen as being beautiful and natural, but like most things in nature, not particularly permanent. Love, between women and men does not last forever. There is no bridge across forever, no soulmate, no happy end. Japanese love stories tend, or tended, to end in double suicide: the most romantic outcome that one can hope for, at least far more so than domestic bliss.

The love or at least the relationship between parents and children, between ancestors and their descendants is however seen as being eternal. Parents and offspring are considered to be indivisible. No one is born again. This goes for the relationship between children and both mothers and fathers.

So when a couple have a child, while their own emotions for each other may wax and wane, they will be irretrievable linked forever in the flesh of their flesh, their child.

Hence, just as a staple can be used to join two pieces of wood together, so a children are considered to be like staples that join their parents together forever.


Related there are :
Children are the shackles of this world and the next
ko wa sankai no kubikase 子は三界の首枷
which refers to pretty much the same thing.
- source : ww.burogu.com/2010


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::





かすがい【鎹】
① -- 二本の材木をつなぎとめるための両端の曲がった大釘。

② -- 二つのものをつなぎとめる役をするもの。 「子は－」

③ -- 戸締まりに用いる金具。かけがね。 「 －もとざしもあらばこそ／催馬楽」
- source : 世界大百科事典

1 - a metal clamp to hold wood together
2 - to hold something together, a bond (e.g. a child)
3 - kakegane, a kind of metal door lock

.......................................................................

かすがい clamp cramp
丸鋼、角形鋼、平鋼などの鉄棒の両端を折り曲げ、先端を爪(つめ)状にとがらせた建築金物で、二つの部材をつなぎ合わせるために金槌(かなづち)などで打ち込む。丸かすがい、角かすがい、平かすがいの名称がある。折り曲げた部分を爪、中央部を渡りといい、木材や石材を相互に緊結させるために用いる。建具や家具に使用する長さ3センチメートル程度のものから、建物の軸組を緊結する長さ18センチメートル程度のものまで各種あり、さらに、先端の爪が互いに直角になるような手違いかすがい、一方を短冊状にしてこれに釘(くぎ)穴をつけた目かすがいがある。前者は桁(けた)と垂木(たるき)に、後者は縁甲板と根太(ねだ)の取り付けなどに用いる。また両爪の長いものは輪かすがいといわれ、形状、名称など使用場所によっても異なる。古くは加須可比とも書き、建具などをつなぎ止めるために用いられた金物で、掛金、繋金(かきがね)を意味した。
「子は（夫妻の）かすがい」なども、つなぎ止める意味からのことばといえる。
［坂田種男］
- source : 日本大百科全書

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

- quote
Kasugai shi 春日井市 Kasugai town
is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, north of the Nagoya metropolis..

As of February 2012, the city has an estimated population of 306,573 and a population density of 3,310 persons per km². The total area is 92.71 km².
Former Nagoya Airport, is located between Kasugai and neighboring Komaki.
- - History
During the Meiji period, the area was organized into villages under Higashikasugai District, with the town of Kachigawa established on July 25, 1900. On June 1, 1943, Kachigawa was merged with neighboring villages of Toriimatsu and Shinogi to form the city of Kasugai. In 1958, Kasugai annexed the neighboring towns of Sakashita and Kozoji. Kasugai gained Special city status on April 1, 2001.
- source : wikipedia


- - - - - The mascots of Kasugai
Haruyo - Nichimaru and Inosuke



................................................


- quote
Kasugai town, Sumirezuka in Autumn


When walking up the path from the garden of Utsutsu Shrine to "Sumirezuka", you will see an array of stone monuments.
These monuments carry "Haiku" poems dedicated to Matsuo Basho an ancient "Haiku"poet.

- - - - - -more interesting English links to Kasugai Town
Kasugai City Tofu Memorial Museum - Ono no Tōfū 小野道風 (894-966)
Festivals . . . etc
- source : www.city.kasugai.lg.jp


..............................................................................................................................................

- quote
Kasugai Snack Foods 春日井 製菓 Kasugai Seika
a Japanese snack company that exports to the United States and United Kingdom. It mainly exports candy, but also Japanese snacks.


The company was founded in 1923 by Rai Winsuto in Kasugai, Aichi. It began as a small shop selling dried snacks such as nuts, peas, and fruit. However, since then they have become a company that produces many different snack products that they export to other countries.
- source : wikipedia


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

- - - - - H A I K U and S E N R Y U - - - - -


あばらやの戸のかすがいよなめくじり
abaraya no to no kasugai yo namekujiri

the clamp on the door
of my tumbledown home -
a slug

. Nozawa Boncho 野沢凡兆 . (1640 - 1714)




. namekujiri なめくじり slug .
namekuji 蛞蝓 (なめくじ) slug / namekujira なめくじら
- - kigo for all summer -


..............................................................................................................................................


日の盛鎹打たる仁王の脛
hi no sakari kasugai uchitaru nioo no sune

the sun at its best -
hitting a clamp
in the shin of Nio

Takazawa Ryooichi 高澤良一 Takazawa Ryoichi




. Nioo 仁王 Nio, Deva Kings .



. hizakari 日盛 (ひざかり) "the sun at its best" .
..... hi no sakari 日の盛（ひのさかり
the strong heat of the day
- - kigo for late summer - -

..............................................................................................................................................





白玉や鎹の子も十七に
shiratama ya kasugai no ko mo juushichi ni

white dumplings -
our child, our bond
now already seventeen
Tr. Gabi Greve

Suzuku Shigeo 鈴木しげを

. shiratama 白玉 (しらたま) Shiratama Dango .
"white treasure, white pearls"
- - kigo for all summer - -


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::



- - - To join me on facebook, click the image !

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

. Japanese Architecture - Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. - Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .



[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]
[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　

-

EDO - Kitamaebune ships

LINK
http://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2014/12/kitamaebune-ships.html

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　

Kitamaebune 北前船 North-bound trade ships
"Kitame-bune" "Kitamae-bune"

Matsumaebune 松前船 Matsumae trade ships to Hokkaido


source :　tsclip.net/ship



- quote
The Kitamaebune (北前船 literally northern-bound ship)
was a shipping route (and also the ships involved) in Japan from the Edo to the Meiji periods. The route went from Osaka through the Seto Inland Sea and the Kanmon Straits to ports in Hokuriku on the Sea of Japan and later to Hokkaidō.

The Kaga Domain, which sold approximately 70,000 koku of rice every year in Osaka, succeeded in sending 100 koku by boat through this route in 1639. The Tokugawa Shogunate also received rice from Dewa Province through merchant Kawamura Zuiken in 1672, but it is thought to be a response from these ships. Japanese ships at the time normally could only make one trip per year, but with the arrival of Western schooners in the Meiji Period, ships were able to make up to four trips annually.


A house of kitamaebune sailors, now a museum in Kaga, Ishikawa.

However, the Meiji Restoration also brought the end of the feudal system and the introduction of the telegraph, getting rid of gaps between regional markets and making it difficult for the shipping routes to make large profits. The national construction of railroads further led to the end of the Kitamaebune.

Currently, the Shin-Nihonkai Ferry is sometimes called the modern Kitamaebune, with stops along the old route at Maizuru, Niigata, Akita, Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, and Otaru.
- source : wikipedia



CLICK for more photos !



Kitamaebune Ship Museum
I-Otsu 1-1 Hashitate-machi, Kaga town

- quote
The Kitamaebune is a shipping route mainly through the Sea of Japan from late Edo Period to the Meiji Period. The ships spent a year to sail a round-trip between Osaka and Hokkaido and transported a great amount of fortune and culture. The facility itself was built by a former owner of a Kitamaebune Ship named Chohei Sakatani in 1878 (Meiji 11), and is registered as one of the national tangible cultural assets.
The beams and pillars inside the Museum were constructed with expensive materials transported from different regions, and with many layers of lacquer painted on them, these beams and pillars still have the lust and shine even after 120 years.



Inside the Museum, there are various exhibitions on everything about the Kitamaebune Ships including navigating tools, ship cabinets, a 20:1 model and other information on the lives as a sailor on the Ships.
- source : www.hot-ishikawa.jp


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


. Matsumae in Hokkaido 松前 .
Matsumae, one of the oldest port towns in Hokkaido, used to be busy during the summer months in the Edo period for fishing.
The name Matsumae at that time was almost identical with the old name of Ezo / Hokkaido.


The Matsumae clan (松前藩, Matsumae-han)
was a Japanese clan which was granted the area around Matsumae, Hokkaidō as a march fief in 1590 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and charged with defending it, and by extension all of Japan, from the Ainu 'barbarians' to the north.



. Matsumaebune 松前船 Matsumae trade ships .
and the temple Tamonin 多聞院 Tamon-In in Akita
The sailors from the Matsumaebune 松前船 trade ships from Hokkaido to Osaka passed here. The sailors of the famous ship 辰悦丸 Shinetsu Maru owned by Takadaya Kahei came here to pray for safety on the sea.



. Takadaya Kahei 高田屋嘉兵衛 (1769 - 1827) .
In 1795, he constructed a ship named Shinetsu-maru with a displacement of 417 tons in Dewa (Yamagata and Akita Prefectures) and captained it. The following year he opened trading stores with the name of Takadaya in Hyogotsu and Hakodate, and started selling goods he transported between Ezo and the Osaka area.



. Engakuji 円覚寺 / 圓覚寺 Engaku-Ji .
西津軽郡深浦町深浦字浜町２７５ / Hamamachi-275 Fukaura, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun

During the Edo period, sailors on the Northern-bound trade ships (Kitamaebune 北前舟) came here to pray for safety on sea.




..............................................................................................................................................





船絵馬栄宝丸（瀬越白山神社奉納）

CLICK for more ema　絵馬　 votive tablets with Kitamaebune in temples and shrines along the road.

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

oboro konbu おぼろ昆布
shredded konbu kelp seaweed


High-quality konbu are softened in vinegar and then shredded into very thin pieces.
They can be eaten in sumashi soup or used for aemono dressing, placed into onigiri rice balls or eaten like this with a bit of additional flavored vinegar or sanbaizu vinegar.

Most oboro come from Tsuruga 敦賀, Fukui. There was even an old road connectiong Tsuruga with Kyoto to transport the freshly shredded oboro konbu (oboro kaidoo おぼろ街道).
The oboro must be shredded by hand, which is quite a delicate job.
Tesuki Oboro Konbu (hand-sliced tangle seaweed) is produced after dampening it with vinegar and soften it.Today, 85% of the Japanese hand-sliced silk-like tangle kombu is produced in Tsuruga.
This tradition dates back to the Kitamaebune ships, which brought dried konbu from Hokkaido.
http://www.fukui-c.ed.jp/~cdb/shoku/konbu/index.html

. WASHOKU - denbu 田麩 and oboro shredded fish .
For food, we have oboro of fish, oboro of konbu seaweed, oborodoofu of tofu and others.

.............................................................................................................................................


Tsuruga 敦賀, a traditional harbour where the ships from Hokkaido (Kitamaebune 北前船) used to stop over and unload things, mostly marine products, that were transported to Kyoto by land via the Shiotsu Kaido 塩津街道 along the lake Biwako, linking to Kohoku Shiotsu in Omi. (Kohoku is Northern Shiga region.)
Tsuruga was also the endpoint of the road Tango Kaidoo 丹後街道 Tango Kaido.

. WASHOKU - Food from Fukui .


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::



source :　www.mugajin.jp

北前船～寄港地と交易の物語
加藤貞仁




:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

- quote
Back in Edo era not only "Kitamae-bune" route but also other sea routes flourished.
snip
Japanese traditional ships such as "Kitamae-bune" had some different points than western-styled ships.
Japanese ships didn't have their keels, that western ships had.
Ships without keels were relatively weak, and they easily got broken when they were confronted with strong waves.
Another different point was that Japanese ships had only one mast per a body. Western ships usually had two or three masts per a body, that enabled ships to raise many sails upon the bodies and take advantage of the power of winds efficiently. On the other hand a Japanese traditional ship raised only one large sail with one high mast in order to let it go as rapidly as possible. But that lost a Japanese ship's balance and made it vulnerable to heavy winds
and waves.
All in all, Japanese traditional ships had a higher risk to be wrecked or capsized than western ones.

Why had Japanese traditional ships kept such disadvantages?
Because Tokugawa Shogunate didn't permit building any advanced ships and kept them old-fashioned and unable to sail a big travel.
Edo government closed Japan's borders and prohibited any immigrations and emigrations across the sea.
So they banned residents to build any ships that could sail over the oceans.
As a result Japanese traditional ships lacked a structure for long travels – strength and stability of their bodies to defy wild waves in oceans.
Against such disadvantages and risks, though, Japanese sailors carried a vast amount of loads across Japan to meet an increasing demand of Japanese economy.

"Kitamae-bune" carried various kinds of loads from contemporary Hokkaido and Aomori prefecture , via many ports along Sea of Japan, to Osaka.
Osaka in Edo era was the largest market for trading goods made in all places of Japan.
Products from rice crops to salt and dried seafood were transported into Osaka, wholesaled there and distributed to all over Japan.
And the Kinki region (近畿地方) including Osaka was once the most advanced manufacturing center in Edo Japan.
Industry such as brewery, oil processing, and shipbuilding were conspicuous in Kinki region.
Producers along Sea of Japan sent their goods to Osaka to sell them, and bought processed goods from Kinki region. To link them "Kitamae-bune" took their voyages and carried goods frequently.

One example of traded goods carried by "Kitamae-bune" is "kombu (昆布)", a species of a long kelp.
- source : Oda Mitsuo/ YouAT - 2012


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

- - - - - H A I K U and S E N R Y U - - - - -



北前船　島の歴史を　満載し
kitamaebune shima no rekishi o mansai shi

Kitamae sailboat -
it carries the history
of this island
Tr. Gabi Greve

- batabata nikki - iori ばたばた日記


..............................................................................................................................................



尼も乗る松前船の南風かな
ama mo noru kitamaebune no minami kana

South Wind
for the Matsumae Sailboat
with a nun on board . . .

. 飯田蛇笏 Iida Dakotsu .

- the cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3 - -


. south wind (nanpuu, minami 南風) .
- - kigo for all summer - -


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::






- detail with sailors


source :　www.artisticnippon.com


. Kutaniyaki 九谷焼 Kutani Pottery　 .


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::



- - - To join me on facebook, click the image !

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

. Japanese Architecture - Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. - Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .


[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]
[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　

--
Posted By Gabi Greve to Edo - the EDOPEDIA - on 12/16/2014 01:36:00 pm

DARUMA doraemon

LINK
http://darumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2007/12/doraemon.html

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::



source :　門司ヶ関人形工房


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


Small keyholder and toy Doraemon-Daruma



Otoshi, Daruma Otoshi 　だるま落とし　/ だるまおとし


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::






. WASHOKU
Dorayaki (どら焼き, どらやき, 銅鑼焼き, ドラ焼き) 　
The favorite food of Doraemon !


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


hai - poo zu -



. My Fujisan Gallery - Facebook .


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


Manga Daruma マンガ ダルマ


Manga, Anime and Japanese Food
料理漫画



:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　


quote
Mascots on a mission to explain the mundane

Throughout Japan's legal system and elsewhere, cuddly characters are at hand to hammer home the government line
By COLIN P. A. JONES (Japan Times, August 2011)


Pipo-kun, the vaguely creepy mascot of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, a contraction of "pipuru" (people) and "police
Kasutamu-kun by customs authorities
Jinken Mamoru-kun and Jinken Ayumi-chan (names which mean "protect" and "advance" human rights)
Tasuppi from Okayama Bar Association : "Help Peach," derived from the Japanese for "help" and the English for "peach."
Kashikashika from Kyoto Bar Association
Hoterasu, Japan's government-sponsored legal aid system
Saiban-inko from Fukuoka prosecutors' office
Puruto-kun ... by nuclear authorities to market plutonium-fueled nuclear power.
Nato-chan ... to spread the word about the sodium (natrium) cooling process in fast-breeder reactors such as the Monju
Uran-chan from Fukushima Prefecture Nuclear Power Marketing Association
Tappy (combination of "tax" and "happy") by Osaka Prefecture
source : Japan Times


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


神さまの言うとおり弐　１巻



「生きる。」それだけがルール。ありきたりの日常が、「だるま」の出現で儚くも崩れ去る。それでも生きろ。生きてみせろ。死にたくなったことのある全ての人に贈る、「生」の物語！



Taking about being alive!
- source : blog.nicovideo.jp


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::





Osamu Tezuka 手塚治 Tezuka Osamu 手塚治虫
November 3, 1928 – February 9, 1989

a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack. He is often credited as the "Godfather of Anime", and is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during his formative years.
His prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the father of manga", "the god of comics" and "kamisama of manga". His grave is located in Tokyo's Souzen-ji Temple Cemetery.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

quote
Dark Side of the Manga: Tezuka Osamu's Dark Period
Tezuka Osamu spent the first two decades of his career entertaining Japanese children with his manga like Tetsuwan Atomu, but the rigors of being Japan's most visible creative public icon sent him down a dark path that would transform both his career and his legacy.

As global economies lurch from the popping of financial bubble after bubble, industrialized nations with identities forged in the aftermath of World War II are looking back on past histories, both near and far, with longing—a comingling of the urge to retreat into a cultural memory of triumph while searching for the elusive path back to greatness. Japan is no exception.
The success of novels like Murakami Ryū's Popular Hits of the Shōwa Era (2011; see WLT, Sept. 2011, 63) and Urasawa Naoki's manga 20th Century Boys (1999–2006) is a telling sign that many Japanese people are reacting to current economic and social instabilities by dissecting the remains of their country's dynamic recent past for answers to modern problems.

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
source : wlt.ou.edu/03_201


Garo Manga, 1964-1973
. GARO MAGAZINE EXHIBIT IN NEW YORK! .

more

SHRINES - kannushi Shinto priest

LINK
http://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.jp/2014/11/kannushi-shinto-priest.html

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

kannushi　神主 Shinto priest



- quote
saikan　斎館
Also kandachi 神館, shinkan 神館.

1　At Ise Jinguu 伊勢神宮, saikan refers to those who serve the shrine: the master of religious ceremonies, saishu 祭主; the chief priest, daiguuji 大宮司; the assistant priests, shouguuji 少宮司; lower rank priests, negi 禰宜; assistants to lower rank priests, gonnegi 権禰宜; and shrine administrators, guushou 宮掌.

2　A person involved in religious duties at a Shinto shrine. Also kannushi 神主, shinshoku 神職.

3　A purification hall where all priests, and at Ise Jinguu the head priestess as well, purify themselves prior to participating in any ceremony.
- source : JAANUS


. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja　神社) .
- Introduction -


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

- quote
Becoming a Shintō Priest or Priestess
Titles - Roles of Men & Women Serving Shrines
To work officially as a priest in modern Japan, individuals must pass examinations given by the Association of Shintō Shrines (Jinja Honchō 神社本庁) -- these tests are open to both men and women who want to become Shintō priests. But until modern times, there was no standardized certification or qualification system.
snip
Other Important Terms for Those Serving Shintō Shrines
Hafuri 祝. A term for Shintō priests, usually a rank beneath kannushi and negi. (Kokugakuin)
Hafuribe 祝部. One type of priest established under the ancient ritsuryō system. (Kokugakuin)
Kandachi 神館; place for Shintō purification rites, as well as a place for priests to go into seclusion for a set amount of time; also known as Saikan 斎館 or Shinkan 神館.
Kannushi 神主; generic term for shrine priests and those who perform religious duties at Shintō shrines; also known as Saikan 斎館 or Shinshoku 神職. Says the Kokugakuin University Encyclopedia of Shintō: "The kannushi was a mediator (nakatorimachi 仲執り持ち or 仲取持ち) between kami and humans, and served the kami on behalf of humanity. Sometimes the kannushi played the role of the kami or even acted as a kami to transmit the will of the kami to humanity."
Nai-Shōten 内掌典. Female attendants who assist the emperor in the performance of the annual Niinamesai ceremony 新嘗祭 (rice tasting ceremony), when the emperor offers the first fruits of each year's rice harvest to the gods and then eats a little himself.
Saikan 斎館; one who performs religious duties at Shintō shrines; aka Kannushi 神主 or Shinshoku 神職. Saikan also refers to a purification hall where priests purify themselves prior to participating in ceremonies. At Ise Jingū, the head priestess as well undergoes purification in the Saikan.
Shashi 社司. One who performs religious duties at higher ranking Shintō shrines.　
Shashō 社掌. Deputy priest, one rank below Shashi.
Shikan 祠官. Priest at low-level village and hamlet shrines; those serving so-called "people's shrines" (Minsha 民社)
Shinkan 神館; see entry for Kandachi.
Shinkan 神官; general term for Shintō priest.
Shinshoku 神職; performs religious duties at Shintō shrines; aka Kannushi 神主 or Saikan 斎館.
Shishō 祠掌. Priest at low-level village and hamlet shrines; those serving so-called "people's shrines" (Minsha 民社)
Shōten 掌典. Male clergy who assist the emperor in the performance of the annual Niinamesai ceremony 新嘗祭 (rice tasting ceremony).



Shintō Attire Among Clergy
The robes worn today by Shintō priests and priestesses are reportedly derived from gowns worn by the court and nobility in the Heian period (794 to 1185).

- more details and further LINKS
- source : Mark Schumacher


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


- quote
How to Become a Shinto Priest
Shintoism is the original faith of the indigenous Japanese, involving the worship of various Gods, Spirits and demons called Kami.



Shintoism is rare outside Japan though it is gaining popularity outside Japan in some countries. For those who wish to devote themselves to Shintoism and become priests, here is a guide.
- source : www.wikihow.com


- Reference : English


. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja　神社) - Introduction .


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

- - - - -　 H A I K U　 - - - - -

宮一つ神主一人大吹雪
miya hitotsu kannushi hitori daifubuki

just one shrine
just one Shinto priest
super blizzard

Muramatsu　Azami 村松紅花


- - - - -  More haiku about the Shinto priests
- source : HAIKUreikuDB


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]
[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

FUDO - Horindo store Osaka

LINK
http://fudosama.blogspot.jp/2014/12/horindo-store-osaka.html

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Hoorindoo　法輪堂　Horindo store



Homepage of the store, Osaka
- source : www.e-horindo.com



More links to their Fudo Myo-O pages
- source : www.e-horindo.com/butuzou

More links to Fudo Myo-O information
- source : www.e-horindo.com/search

.......................................................................



Fudo Myo-O and Kobo Daishi
from tsuge box wood

総柘植　最上彫　弘法大師・不動明王仏像セット
- source : www.e-horindo.com

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::



. - Join Fudo Myo-O on facebook - Fudō Myō-ō .

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

EDO and MINGEI - suikinkutsu

LINK
http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/06/kashima-jingu.html

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


suikinkutsu 水琴窟 - literally "water koto cave"
a type of Japanese garden ornament and music device. It consists of an upside down buried pot with a hole at the top. Water drips through the hole at the top onto a small pool of water inside of the pot, creating a pleasant splashing sound that rings inside of the pot similar to a bell or a Japanese zither called koto.
It is usually built next to a traditional Japanese stone basin called chōzubachi, part of a tsukubai for washing hands before the Japanese tea ceremony.


It is usually built next to a traditional Japanese stone basin called chōzubachi, part of a tsukubai for washing hands before the Japanese tea ceremony.
... Constructing a suikinkutsu is more difficult than it looks, because all components have to be finely tuned with each other to ensure a good sound.
... Historically, suikinkutsu were known as tōsuimon (洞水門, literally "water gate"), but they were rarely used in Japanese gardens. It is believed that initially a vessel was buried upside down next to the washing basin in Japanese gardens to act as a drainage system.
- - - - - Acoustics
The sound of a suikinkutsu has its own name in Japanese, called suikin'on. the sounds can furthermore be divided in two sub groups, ryūsuion and suitekion. The ryūsuion is the sound of the first few water drops at the beginning of washing hands. The suitekion describes both the sound of a lot of water falling at the same time during washing hands and the slower drops at the end of the washing.
A superior suikinkutsu has water drops originating from different spots on the surface of the jar. Unglazed jars hold moisture better, and therefore have drops originate from more spots on the surface. The impact of the water on the surface creates a sound, that is amplified by the design of the jar. Some suikinkutsu do provide a bamboo tube nearby, which can amplify the sounds if one end is put on the ground near the top of the suikinkutsu and the other end is placed on the ear.
It is said that every suikinkutsu sounds different.
MORE
- source : wikipedia


. The Tea Ceremony and the Water Harp .

..............................................................................................................................................


suikin suzu 水琴鈴まもり bell with the sound of a water harp



日本庭園の装飾のひとつで、水滴により琴のような音を発生する水琴窟を再現した鈴です。
心の琴線に触れてくるような優しく澄んだ音色でお持ちになられる方の心を癒し、煩悩を洗い流してくれますよう特別に祈願されております。

from Nihonmatsuji 二本松寺 Nihonmatsu-Ji
1230 Horinouchi, Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture 311-2433
- source : www.nihonmatsuji.com

other amulets from this temple

玉力製菓のあめ
福を呼ぶ幸運の鳥　ふくろう守 fukuro omamori
あじさいのお守り ajisai omamori (The temple is famous for its hydrangea ajisai park)
その他に others 、
天然石ストラップ、姿絵　シール、姿絵　心の灯り（懐中電灯キーホルダー）など



.......................................................................


白崎八幡宮 Shirasaki Hachimangu


The dragon is about 6 cm long!

龍神水琴鈴 ストラップタイプ strap with a dragon deity water harp bell
開運招福 厄除け　健康　身代りお守り to protect the health and bring good luck



- Homepage of the shrine
山口県岩国市今津町６丁 - 6-12-23 Imazumachi, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- source : www.sirasaki.com

.......................................................................


There are many more !
. . . CLICK here for Photos !

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

EDO - mitaoshiya recycle shop

LINK
http://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2014/08/furugi-old-robes.html

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::



mitaoshiya　見倒し屋 / 見倒屋 second-hand dealer


source :　wishpafupafu.blog110.fc2.com

An important recycle business in Edo for used things, including all kobutsu shoo 古物商 dealers in "old things".

mitaosu, mi-taosu 見倒す means to "look down", to underrate, under-value.

The dealers would take a look down at the shoes of the new client to judge his status, then at the things he brought to the shop, and underrate them quite a bit accordingly to make a good deal.
Therefore many Edokko 江戸っ子 "true men of Edo" took great care to have expensive-looking footware.


見倒しは刀を差して鍋をさげ
mitaoshi wa katana o sashite nabe o sage

things get under-valued -
be it a sword
be it a cooking pot

and on his way home

　the mitaoshiya
wears a sword
and dangles a cooking pot


The mitaoshiya could not afford to feel sorry for his clients, even if they brought the valuables and mementos of a deceased family member -
and yet sometimes this happens -

見倒屋ついでに後家も仲人し
mitaoshiya tsuide ni goke mo nakoodo shi

the mitaoshiya
in the course of time finds a husband
for the widow . . .

nakoodo 仲人 is a go-between for a couple.




隠れ岡っ引 見倒し屋鬼助事件控
by 喜安 幸夫 (著), ヤマモト マサアキ (イラスト)

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

The town government soon produced some laws for dealing with
kobutsu shoo 古物商 "dealing with old things" .
古物商 へ売買定法再令

furumono kai　古物買い　to buy old things
shoku akindo 職商人（しょくあきんど) they bought old things and repaired them.

in our modern times they are sometimes called
risaikuru shoppu リサイクルショップ　recycle shop


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

- - - - - H A I K U and S E N R Y U - - - - -

行春や我を見たをす古着買
yuku haru ya ware o mitaosu furugigai

spring departs -
the old clothes buyer
undervalues my things

. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

DARUMA - Nichirin-Ji Kumamoto

Yamaga Nichirin-Ji
1607 Sugi, Yamaga City Kumamoto Prefecture (Nichirin-ji Park)

Nichirinji Temple preserves numerous historic relics such as the Buddhist pagoda/"Gorinto" (or "five-ring tower") for Ryoshinsokakuni, the daughter of Kikuchi Takekoku, as well as a monument which contains hairs of Forty-seven Ronin - Oishi Yoshio and 17 others from this samurai clan (their honorable acts of loyalty and sacrifice are still strongly honored throughout Japan today).

Not only is this temple known for retaining historically significant tokens, but also is known for the park with a small mountain growing azalea flowers in the spring time; hence the nickname "Nichirinji Tsutsuji (Azalea) Park". During the season between the end of March to the middle of May, the view of the hill on which some 35,000 azaleas and 200 cherry blossoms captures the eyes of the visitors with the absolute beauty. The entire park will be lit up with Japanese paper lanterns till 9pm at night during this season.
.
http://kumanago.jp/en/events/detail/430000003412.html
.
日輪寺
日輪寺公園つつじ祭り
.
With a statue of a laied-back Buddha O-Binzuri sama
.

おびんづる様（日輪禅寺）

ISSA - Issa - kasen 1827

LINK
http://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2014/12/issa-kasen-1827.html

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .




. WKD : New Year (shin-nen, shinnen 新年) .

....................................................................................................................................................

The beginning of a kasen renku written on lunar New Year's Day in 1827:

1
New Year's Day --
we, too, bloom in our
blossoming world

元日や我等ぐるめに花の娑婆
ganjitsu ya warera-gurume ni hana no shaba - Issa


2
this our guest book
for all three to sign

sannin-mae o tsukeru reichou - Baijin


3
an east wind
cools the hot sake
perfectly

sake samasu kagen-gokochi ni kochi fuite - Ranchou


4
sideways I swing up
onto the horse

hirari to uma ni yokozama ni noru - Issa


These are the the first four verses of a 36-verse kasen renku written by Issa, his follower Baijin, and Baijin's father Ranchou, also a haikai poet. Issa was staying with them in Nakano, a few miles from his hometown, at lunar New Year's in 1827 -- what turned out to be the last lunar year of Issa's life. Baijin, head of a firm that produced soy sauce and soybean paste, was one of Issa's closest followers in his final years and helped publish a collection of his hokku after his death.

As the visitor, Issa writes the hokku. In it he expresses his warm, ebullient regards and his deep friendship with Baijin. He mentions blossoms, and since this is New Year's, before the cherries have begun to bloom, he must be referring to the friendship and love of haikai that is blossoming and bringing all three people together. And Issa goes farther. He feels they are also part of the larger wave of blossoming humanity that is now enjoying New Year's celebrations and good feelings across the land or perhaps all over the world. Issa writes "blossoming world," but the world (shaba) here refers mainly to the world of humans, to society or humanity.

The word shaba began as a Buddhist term for the samsaric world of imperfect and delusion-filled human life as opposed to other modes of existence, such as animals, fierce shura demons, or hungry ghosts. It is the world into which Buddhas and bodhisattvas are born and teach and the world in which human beings are able to achieve enlightenment and freedom from suffering. Gradually the word also became an ordinary secular Japanese word meaning this world, the human world, the everyday world, this life, human relations, society, the material world, and it came to resemble the phrase "floating world," which had both positive and negative meanings. When Issa writes about suffering in the human world he often uses ku no shaba, the world of suffering, and when he wants to praise the world, he uses a phrase like the blossoming world, as he does here.

Issa's reference in the hokku to the world being filled with blossoming people at New Year's is an expression of praise for his hosts and for all the people in the human world who are trying to find happiness at New Year's. It is not related, however, to the separate concept of the "degenerate latter days of the Dharma" (masse, mappou). This was a belief that became widespread in the medieval period in Japan according to which Buddhism had entered its third and most degenerate age after beginning with the appearance of Buddha in the Age of Correct Dharma, followed by the Age of Semblance Dharma. In the contemporary degenerate age, it was believed, monks and ordinary people were too weak and confused to be able to follow Buddha's original teachings, and society had become thoroughly corrupt. Honen and Shinran, who founded the two main schools of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan, used the doctrine of the age of degenerate Dharma above all as justification for founding their new schools.

The high-ranking clerics of the older Tendai school declared chanting the Buddha's name to be a heresy and exiled both of them, so Honen and Shinran needed the degenerate age doctrine in order to establish their new, simpler schools of Buddhism for ordinary commoners. According to their argument, ordinary humans, including farmers and fishers, were too weak to understand sutras and to do difficult meditation or rituals, and therefore deep, sincere belief in Amida Buddha, the chanting of Buddha's name, and the simplification of Buddhism itself were all necessary in order to give ordinary people access to salvation. Shinran even allowed priests to marry and declared chanting Amida Buddha's name was not necessary but only an expression of thanks. Issa's age was more peaceful and more world-affirming than was Shinran's, and the degenerate age doctrine was mainly quoted not to condemn the contemporary world but to state the basic reason why the Pure Land schools were necessary. Issa's hokku, however, does not refer to degeneration but to the ordinary concept of the impure samsaric human world in general, a world that was believed, following Book 16 of the Lotus Sutra, to be non-separate from and thus overlapped with the Pure Land. Issa seems to imply that at New Year's people's hearts and minds blossom in a way that is reminiscent of Amida Buddha's love, and the world may thus suggest the temporary blossoming of the Pure Land itself in this world.

In verse 2, the wakiku, Baijin responds to Issa's friendly praise and says that all three members writing the renku have signed the visitor's book -- the book of the world. New Year's Day was a busy day, and people went around to other people's homes for brief visits during which they offered their best regards to their friends, relatives, and neighbors and signed the visitor's book at each house they visited. In Baijin's version, the three poets give their best regards not only to each other but to the whole world and to everyone alive. In the verse the visitor's book seems to be the thick paper on which the kasen is being written, which the poets sign (tsukeru) by linking (tsukeru) verses.

In verse 3, the daisan, Ranchou evokes sake drunk to greet a visitor to his house. The sake has been heated and is still too hot to drink, but a fresh spring breeze from the east blows on the sake and cols it until the people are able to toast each other. The verse says that it seems as if the breeze has kindly blown into the house in order to cool the sake for the humans.

In verse 4, the yonku-me, Issa seems to be making a scent link. The sake has been drunk in order to say farewell to someone. After exchanging cups of warm sake, the traveler seems to put one foot in a stirrup and then swings his body upward and sideways over the horse in order to sit on it. His swinging motion is very light, according to the language used, so perhaps, helped by the sake, he feels as if the wind is helping him up onto the horse. From this upward swinging motion begin all the wide-ranging images that fill the kasen, which Issa literally imagines as a journey. It seems possible that Issa's image of leaping sideways up onto a horse is a reference to one of Shinran's most important teachings called ouchou 横超, to pass or cross over sideways -- what The Collected Works of Shinran calls "to transcend crosswise." Simply put, this means that it is possible for some believers, if their trust in and reliance on Amida is total and complete, to rapidly pass over all minor stages and enter directly into the Pure Land with Amida's help. Is the rider in verse 4 setting out for the Pure Land? If so, then the renku paper itself is a sudden opening onto the Pure Land that keeps blossoming with each new verse. There are no commentaries on this kasen, however, and this remains just an hypothesis.

Chris Drake

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Latest updates about Issa on facebook - CLICK to join !




. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 - Introduction .


[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]
[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

EDO - Edo Cherry Blossoms ISSA

LINK
http://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2014/12/edo-cherry-blossoms-issa.html

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .


. WKD : Cherry Blossoms (sakura 桜) .

....................................................................................................................................................

江戸桜花も銭だけ光る哉
edo sakura hana mo zeni dake hikaru kana

Edo Cherries --
glittering coins outshine
their blossoms
Tr. Chris Drake

This hokku is from the second month (March) in 1820, when Issa was in and around his hometown. "Edo Cherries" (edo-zakura) in the first line is one name for "Somei-Yoshino Cherries," a type of cherry tree artificially created by gardeners in Somei, a village on the edge of Edo, who crossed two traditional types of cherry trees. The Somei nurseries also produced other kinds of new flowers and trees and actively marketed them. Some of these creations became very popular with samurai lords, who generally had very large gardens, and with Edo's merchants, most of whom sought to imitate the warrior class. In Issa's time various nurseries competed to see which could create the most striking or unusual new varieties of flowers and trees. Flower contests became common in the city, and Issa has several hokku about the unnatural shapes of the artificially large and fancy chrysanthemums that became popular in Edo, where the flowers could be amazingly expensive.

Edo Cherries became a choice commodity not long before Issa was sent by his father to Edo to find a job, so he has no doubt seen them in bloom and has compared them with other, more traditional types, such as the wild mountain cherries growing in profusion at Mt. Yoshino. Edo Cherries have bowl-like blossoms that are a strong red at the center when they first bloom, though they gradually turn to a very light pink before they fall, and the blossoms grow fairly close together, covering the whole tree and giving it a rather ostentatious look that many Edoites preferred.

Issa, however, isn't overly impressed by either the blossoms or the tree. He says "even" (mo) the blossoms, so he may refer to the fact that the tree is mainly for show: only very sour cherries or no cherries at all grow on it. And he may feel the overall shape of the tree is a bit unbalanced, since the blossoms bloom before the leaves appear. The tree's main value is commercial, he feels, and in a narrow sense he seems to have been right, since this ornamental type of cherry became even more popular during the period when Japan was modernizing and today is regarded as "traditional," at least in urban areas. It is also popular around the world.

Chris Drake

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::





「江戸桜ルネッサンス＆夜桜うたげ」の魅力
Edo Sakura Renaissance

- source : /mery.jp/15729

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


Latest updates about Issa on facebook - CLICK to join !



. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 - Introduction .


[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]
[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::