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12/07/2010

Harimi dustpan

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Paper dustpan はりみ harimi



Small dustpans made of strong washi paper.
They look almost like Daruma san himself.

Some are plain red, others feature a small picture, like a bird or the face of O-Kame.
The paper is made resistant with the extract of persimmons (kakishibu). They do not produce static electricity when used on tatami mats.


They are used with a soft broom to clean the tatami of traditional Japanese homes.


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chiritori ちりとり dustpan



chiritorinabe, chiritori nabe ちりとり鍋
Korean dish with a lot of kimchee
Hodgepodge with pork entrails.

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. Chami, cha mi - scoop for tea 茶箕(ちゃみ)


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mi み【箕】 winnow for grain

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This was a most useful tool for the farmers of old, usually made at home in the winter months with material that grows around the house. It was used for fanning grains and carrying vegetables. Now there are many maschines to do the work and these MI are shown in museums of farmers tools.



observance kigo for mid-winter

mi matsuri 箕祭 (みまつり)
festival when putting the winnow away

..... mi osame 箕納(みおさめ)

kuwa osame 鍬納(くわおさめ)putting the hoe/plough away

This was done in a ritual with a feast just before the New Year.



箕祭や先祖代々小作農
mimatsuri ya senso daidai kosaku noo

winnow festival -
since ancestors generations we are
tenant farmers

Matsuda Daisei 松田大声


. Farmers work in all seasons - KIGO

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. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 .

背たけの箕をかぶる子やはつ時雨
seitake no mi o kaburu ko ya hatsu shigure

with a winnow the boy
covers his head...
first winter rain

Tr. David Lanoue



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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

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Kagawa 香川県 長尾町 Nagao

oomino 大箕 the great winnow
On the first birthday of a baby there is a special ritual. The baby is presented with a kind of rucksack containing (誕生餅) special birthday mochi and a winnow with a book, an abacus, a pen, scisors, a ruler, a hammer or other things with the wish for a bright future as a craftsman.

. Soroban, Abacus 算盤、そろばん Abakus .


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Kochi, Nishi-Tosa 土佐
. shichinin misaki 七人ミサキ "Misaki of seven people" .
If someone gets ill, he has to stand at the entrance of the home, facing outside and the family members fan him with a 箕 winnow to make the illness go away.


- reference source : nichibun yokai database -
箕 61 legends to explore

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12/14/2013

Additions 2007

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BACKUP Newsletters 2007


.................................. December 2007

33 Stone Kannon Statues of Hakodate

Ukimido, the floating hall and Matsuo Basho 浮御堂

Narita Train Line Special Service 川崎大師への初詣に

Osaka '70 World Fair - Ōsaka Banpaku (大阪万博) Memorial Dolls

Nakano Clay Dolls 中野土人形

Nachi Black Stone Carvings ... 那智黒のだるま

Doraemon Daruma Dolls (ドラえもん)

Kiyomizu Small Clay Dolls 清水豆人形(京都府)

Kyoto Clay Dolls 京土人形

Dogo : Hime Kitty Daruma, Princess Daruma from Dogo Onsen Matsuyama ひめだるまキティ, 姫だるまキティ

http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/04/mickey-mouse-disney.html

Kodaruma BLOG Collection of Kodaruma San

Kohi Kappu 呉須だるまコーヒー碗皿 Coffee Cup with gosu blue glazing

Orchid "Purple Rain" Daruma

Raku Kichizaemon XV 樂 吉左衛門 Potter of the Raku tradition

Maruyama Okyo Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795; 円山 応挙) Painter

Exhibitions in Winter 2007

French Magazine "Daruma"

Wakamiya Hachimangu Mie Papermache Lucky Daruma . 若宮八幡宮の福達磨」(三重)



.................................. November 2007

Naito Meisetsu 内藤鳴雪 Haiku Poet. 1847 - 1926

Korean Ambassadors to Edo Choosen Tsuushin Shi .. 朝鮮通信使

Big Spenders, the 18 Playboys of Edo (juuhachi daitsuu) 十八大通

Kano Eitoku 狩野 永徳(1543 - 1590)



.................................. October 2007

Nio, Deva Kings 仁王 (Nioo, Niou)

Inkan, Hanko 印鑑、判子 <>Personal Name Stamps and Seals

H A I K U about Fudo Myo-O

Bunchin 文鎮 ... paperweight

Park, Kume Island Daruma Park .. 久米島 だるま山公園 Okinawa

Takasaki Town Mascot ... 高崎だるま "たか丸"

TSUBA, 鍔 つば the sword guard some additions

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿(1753~1806年)

Meditation, Skillful Meditation

Objects with Daruma ダルマオブジェ. Ishii Tatsuya

Okimono ... Statues with Daruma 置物

Restaurant "Daruma San Ichome" だるまさん一丁目

Obidome ... Belt Buckle 帯留

Garuda Halo of Fudo Myo-O karura-en 迦楼羅焔(かるらえん)

Kannabi, a place of the Gods 神奈備

Fujisan Mt. Fuji 富士山

Gyoran Kannon, Kannon with Fish Basket, 魚籃観音(ぎょらんかんのん)

Katoo (gatoo) Pottery Lamp 瓦燈

Kintaroo, Strong Boy Daruma だるま抱き金太郎

Maekake ... Apron 前掛け


.................................. August 2007

Nishimura Kocho (Nishimura Koochoo) 西村公朝 Master Carver

Renkoo-In, Renkoin 蓮光院初馬寺 Tsu Town

Temple Ishiyamadera / 石山寺

Ikkanbari ... 一閑張・姫だるま Princess Daruma Dolls from special papermachee, Ikkan type

Women's slope (onna-zaka)/ Men's slope (otoko-zaka) 女坂 . 男坂

Jeans, Daruma handpainted on denim material

Nuigurumi ... ぬいぐるみ Stuffed dolls


.................................. July 2007

Hime Daruma 姫だるま Princess Daruma, Introduction

Seals ... シール

Onomichi, a coastal town  尾道

McFarland, Yoshiko McFarland Artist

Kushi 櫛 (くし) Comb

Kin 18金製 18 Carat Gold Daruma

Kanemochi 金持ち(餅)だるま  Rich Man Daruma (Rice Dumplings)

Hirame ひらめ 平目と魚 Flounder and other fish

Cartoons with Daruma

Calligraphy , shodoo 書道

Maso Bosatsu, Senrigan and Junpuji 媽祖菩薩, 千里眼, 順風耳

Kurama Stone, Kurama Ishi 鞍馬石

Grapes Yakushi, Budoo Yakushi 葡萄薬師



.................................. June 2007

Yen Eyes, Dollar Eyes Papermachee Daruma Dolls

Tanuki 狸 ... A Badger posing as Daruma ... and the Tanuki Scrotum, kintama 金玉

Shanghai Fine Jewellery and Art Fair ... SFJAF

Mouse, Computer Mouse and remocon devices ダルマウス

Design, Japanese Design and Daruma

Natto 納豆 ... Fermented Beans

Fabrics, Cloth 布、切れ

Kaeru 蛙 かえる ... The FROG

Fudo Shin, The Immovable Spirit 不動の心

Glass ガラス Tsugaru Glass, Tsugaru Bidoro 津軽びいどろ 瑠璃だるま

Migawari Fudo, the Substitute Fudo みがわり不動、身代わり不動尊

PEACE and Daruma

Color Symbol Daruma カラーだるま

Chrysanthemum . 達磨菊(ダルマギク) . Darumagiku

Gojinjoo Taikoo 御陣乗太鼓面 Drummer Masks

I LOVE DARUMA .. various goods

Kawasaki Kyosen 川崎巨泉(1877-1942) ... 5000 Sketches of Japanese Folk Art

Kawa zaiku 皮細工  Leather Goods : Notebook cover ノートカバー(達磨カービング) notebook cover / Holder for business cards 名刺入れ meishi ire

Koozen-Ji 興禅寺 Daruma Temple Kozen-Ji White Daruma Statue

Noomen 能面 達磨 Noh Mask More about the Noh Theater

Shinsengumi 新選組だるま Papermachee Doll for the Samurai Group "Shinsengumi"

Shita 舌  Daruma sticking out his tounge !

Table, Dharma Table Design

Tibet チベット <> Padama Sangye: The Daruma Connection .. and .. Tibetan Daruma Doll

White Daruma Goods Wedding Daruma 婚礼だるま konrei Daruma and more

Yuzen (yuuzen) und Chiyogami ... 友禅 / 千代紙 Papercraft with Washi Japanese Paper

Yakkyuu 野球 Baseball goods with Daruma

Japanese Prints, Store by Anders Rikardson

Remote Control ... だるまリモコン

Kannon Daruma, Daruma Kannon だるま観音

Acupuncture ... 針灸

Cap Clip だるま キャップクリップマーカー

Chigiri-e .. ちぎり絵 Paintings from torn paper

Iyashi no daruma 癒しのだるま ... Healing Daruma, various forms

Hashi oki ... chopstick rests 箸置き

Maruishi Kaku, a papercraft artist . 円石格

Mimi, Daruma with Ears 達磨の耳 だるまの耳

Mayu Daruma from silk cocoons . 繭だるま / まゆだるま / 繭達磨

Onishi Clay Dolls 尾西のだるま / Okoshi Tsuchi ningyo 起の土人形

Tissue Paper Box チッシュペーパーボックス

Wagashi 和菓子 . Japanese Sweets

Mii-Dera, Mii Temple 三井寺


.................................. May 2007

. . . !!! . . . Latest in the new ARCHIVES

Tairyuu-Ji, Big Dragon Temple 太龍寺

Tofukuji Temple (toofukuji 東福寺) and master gardener Shigemori Mirei 重森三玲

Demukae Fudo Son.出迎え不動明王

E ... 絵 ... Paintings of Daruma

Happuu Fudoo . 八風吹不動

Hoki Bosatsu, Hooki Bosatsu 法起菩薩 ... "Hoodoo Sennin" 法道仙人, Temple Bodaiji 菩提寺, Saint Tokudo 徳道上人

. Maekawa Senpan 前川千帆 . Woodblockprints

A living Daruma, Ono Katsuhiko 大野勝彦

Hell Concepts in Daoism 道教と地獄

Fudoosan <> Real Estate Agents 不動産

Daruma Fudo Doll and Fudo Daruma paintings 達磨不動明王, 不動達磨図

Greeting Cards with DaMo

Hashi, O-Hashi ... Chopsticks お箸 おはし

Hanger for small thingsハンガー

Helmet for motorbikes ヘルメット

Kootsuu anzen (kotsu anzen) ... traffic safety, road safety 交通安全だるま

Mudra, Daruma Mudra meditation position dharma-cakra-pravartana 

Nagoya Obi ... Sash from Nagoya with embroiderie. 名古屋帯

Taka ... Hawk Daruma Doll 鷹だるま

Nyoi Hooju, Wishfulfilling Jewel 如意宝珠, mani hooju 摩尼宝珠

Nyoirin Kannon, Wishfulfilling Kannon如意輪観音
..... Seiryuu Gongen, Dragon Deity Zennyo 清瀧権現

Yonaki Jizo and babies crying at night 夜泣き地蔵

History of Buddha Statues in Japan Deutsch

Shikishi <> 色紙 Decoration Art Board

Shoki (Shooki  鍾馗 しょうき)The Demon Queller


Snacks with Daruma スナック Food

Dog <> 犬

Fire <>火達磨、火だるま

Kaminari Chan ... Little Thunder and Little Daruma

Soccer World Cup <> サッカー ワールドカップ

Otoshi, Daruma Otoshi  だるま落とし だるまおとし

Kusuri, kusuribukuro 薬袋 Medicine Bags

Milk Cartons 牛乳パック

Japonism and Daruma

Stamps, rubber stamps

Shoogatsu ... 正月 New Year Decorations

Deutsche Daruma Informationen Deutschland

Uba Gongen 姥権現 ... at Mt. Iidesan 飯豊山. Uba Jizo 姥地蔵.

Mountain hermits, sennin 仙人
..... Three Hermits: plum, chrysanthemum and narcissus

Ajimi Jizo 嘗試地蔵 and Kobo DaishiKoya san

Winnie the Pooh プーさん, プー小熊


.................................. April 2007


Kubizuka, mounds for a severed head 首塚

Inuki Fudo in Tochigi 居貫不動 with many scriptures inside

Yugasan Fudo 由加山厄除不動

Tainai Butsu 胎内佛, 胎内仏Small Statues inside a statue.
..... offerings inside a statue, zoonai noonyuuhin 像内納入品

Making Buddha Statues 仏像作りBasic Information

Tea scoop <> Chami with Daruma Carving 茶箕(ちゃみ)

Cup soup カップラーメン

Piggy Bank (chokin bako  貯金箱)

Strap (ストラップ)

Mickey Mouse Disney and Daruma

Victory Daruma, Examination Daruma / Gookaku Daruma 合格だるま

Onsen Daruma Yu 達磨湯, だるま湯 <> Hot Springs named DARUMA

Kotahouse Daruma Store

Animation アニメ

Haizara 灰皿 <> Ashtray

Kashi bin 菓子ビン <> Glass for cookies

Taihoo Daruma, the big cannon <> 大砲だるま

Jundei Kannon, Juntei Kannon 准胝 観音 Mother of all Buddhas, 准胝仏母(じゅんていぶっぽ)

Seated Fudo Myo-O Rietberg Museum, Zurich

Bishamonten Festival and Daruma Market

Daruma Clock だるま時計

Daruma Stove だるまストーブ

(ゲゲゲの鬼太郎, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō)

Edo Patterns, share 洒落 Kamawanu, Kikugoro goshi and other puns

Nagaya だるま長屋殺人事件 Row houses in Edo

Kazusa Daruma 下総だるまPapermachee Dolls (see also: Kashiwa Daruma)

Sakushu Kaido, The Old Road of Sakushu 作州街道 With many details on the way !
Kita no Sho Shrine

Izumo Kaido, The Old Road of Izumo 出雲街道 With many details on the way !

Dragon Shopsign, Tsuboi Town

Shugendo: "The Way of the Yamabushi" by Erik Krautbauer

O-Shichi Kannon お七観音 Temple Tanjo-Ji Okayama

Ito 京美糸 <> Silk thread for sewing

Tanabata Daruma 七夕だるま Hiratsuka



.................................. March 2007

Seven Gods of Good Luck as Daruma Dolls 七福神だるま

The Gods of Japan and Haiku (Kami to Hotoke)

Guinomi ぐい飲み Cups, Teacups

Tairyoobata (tairyobata, tairyooki) 大量旗 Ships Flagsfor a bountiful catch

Coca Cola Items and Daruma Advertisement

"Dragon wheel, dragon vehicle" ryuusha 竜車, 竜舎Part of a Pagoda Final Decoration

Walnut (kurumi 胡桃)

Kanji Character AI looking like Daruma漢字のだるま絵

Tiles, Roof Tiles Kawara 瓦 かわら. onigawara 鬼瓦

Hitokotonushi 一言主 "God of One Word" at Katsuragi Mountain, 葛城山の一言主神社

TEE shirts

Telephonecards and Hajima Daruma Market 拝島大師だるま市

Ticket for a bus ride to Takatoo Daruma Market 高遠のだるま市

Darumagama, a kiln in Bizen Tokian 陶器庵 備前焼き


.................................. February 2007

Shiromen Fudo no Taki, a Waterfall

Pilgrimage to 18 Shingon Temples

Kashigata 菓子型 Cake mold of iron

Coasters

Bon, 盆 a tray

Shunga Daruma 春画だるま Erotic Pose

Sekiri 隻履達磨Daruma carrying one sandal

Robot Dolls ロボコンだるま

Plates with Daruma Design お皿

Mascott Hot Pepper

Tenugui 手ぬぐい Small Hand Towels

Toothpick holder

ゴルフバグ Golf Bag

Gin 銀 Silver Daruma

Designer Daruma by Debi Bender

Fukuyama Bingo Shrine 福山: 備後護国神社
..... with Daruma Votive Tablets (ema)

Anko Daruma of sweet bean paste 餡子だるま , だるまあん


.................................. January 2007

Signboard for Coca Cola

Inoshishi : Papermachee Doll of a Wild Boar for 2007

Card from TV GUIDE magazine

Stone carving small okimono

Keyholder with Kyupi Daruma Doll

Lighter from ZIPPO

Hamburger wrapper Examination Food

Juken Food 受験フーズ  Examination Hell Food, January 2007

Kitsune Daruma, Fox Daruma 狐だるま 狐達磨 From Shibata Town, Niigata.

Pinoccio Daruma ピノッキオ だるま  。。。!!!

Strap with Winebottle. From Carlo Rossi Vinyard, 2006. ..オリジナル ミニだるまストラップ

Salt and Pepper Shaker

Tsumayooji (tsumajoji) 爪楊枝 つまようじ <> Toothpick-holder

Metal Hibachi Brazier

Rope-jumping plastic doll

Train Ticket from Gujoo Hachiman Daruma Market Promotion

Quotes from Bodhidaruma Quotes of Bodhidaruma

CE Mark Daruma for Europa


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3/12/2005

Take - Bamboo Art

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Bamboo, the Asian Plant 竹とだるま


Daruma carved from a Bamboo root
This is a common rendering of Daruma san in bamboo.

Bamboo is maybe the most representative plant of Asia. The bamboo grove with the seven sages of old China 竹林七賢 has enchanted Asian art for hundreds of years.

Read more about them and the Haiku connection here:
http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/2005/02/bamboo-take.html


Here are some more Bamboo Daruma

A typical Chinese carving, Daruma enjoying the spring flowers in my garden.
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A bamboo vase with a delicate Daruma carving
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Chami with Daruma Carving 茶箕(ちゃみ)
A sort of spoon used to take tea leaves out of the container.
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chasaji 茶さじ bamboo tea spoon


They come in all kinds of sizes, here are just three of my collection.

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The best book on bamboo is
"Bamboo" by Robert Austin and Ueda Koichiro,
with photographs by Dan Levy and published by Weatherhill, 1970.

Mark Schumacher has a fine page about Bamboo Art.
Throughout Asia, the bamboo motif has been used since ancient times in paintings, scrolls, pottery, and other art forms. Below are some of my favorites. Some were scanned from temple brochures, others are digital photos of artwork I own, and some from contemporary artists showing their pieces on the web.
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/bamboo.shtml


"Perhaps the most distinctive feature associated with minka (literally, "house of the people"--an architectural style from the late twelfth to the mid-nineteenth century) is the thatched roof, and it is here that bamboo's contribution to Japanese architecture is first identified. As traditionally constructed, an elaborate grid system of whole bamboo poles, tied in place with ropes of rice straw (wara) or split bamboo, supported the weight of these massive roofs.

Visible only from the interior, or at the edges of the eaves outside, this network formed the skeletal system of the entire roofline. Occasionally, a simple open grid of bamboo poles was also placed over the thatch and lashed in place as an additional measure to secure the thatch from above. Quite simply constructed, this exterior grid was easy to repair or replace. A whole length of bamboo, sometimes complete with root ball, was a striking ornament across a roof ridge."
http://www.japanese-interiors.com/bamboo.htm

Minka 民家:
a documentary video about a farmhouse in Japan

source : www.kickstarter.com

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Japanese Bamboo Baskets from the
Lloyd Cotsen Collection

Mr. Cotsen says:
"I was attracted by the tensions created by the balancing of forces: of cohesion and chaos, structure and nature, refinement and exuberance, and, ultimately, simplicity and complexity."

More about this famous exhibition of
Bamboo Baskets


The very nature of bamboo is ambiguous: it is a species of grass with treelike qualities; it has a hollow interior yet is amazingly strong; it is used as everything from a building material to a food. Bamboo is also mysterious: it is said to flower only once in a plant's lifetime, and then only once in a hundred years.

Astonishing and poetic by nature, this uniquely arborescent plant has profound cultural significance in Japan. The oldest narrative about bamboo, written by an unknown author in the early Heian period (794-1185), tells a story of a "shining princess of gracious bamboo" (nayotake no kaguyahime).
She was so named because an elderly bamboo cutter found her inside a stalk of bamboo, shining like the moonlight. The princess matured, as quickly as bamboo grows, to be a legendary beauty. At the end of the story, she returns to the celestial realm of the moon, where she had been fated to reside. At the height of the courtly culture of Heian-period Japan, bamboo inspired many poets and writers.

This sensitivity to bamboo's subtle beauty and strength continued, influencing compositions of lyrical Noh drama in the Muromachi period (1338-1573) as well as the secular theater of Kabuki in the Edo period (1600-1867).



Bamboo's physical characteristics of flexibility and strength were associated with a literati ideal during the Song period in China (960- 1279). The flexibility that keeps the stalk unbroken implies the invincible moral stance of the literati, and the property to split resolutely in half is associated with the quality of candor.

The motif of bamboo grouped with a pine tree and plum blossoms (shôchikubai in Japanese) was introduced to Japan in the Muromachi period (1338- 1573) and symbolizes perseverance in the rigors of life. Although bamboo's association with the literati philosophy has diminished over time, it is still an auspicious sign widely recognized in Japan.

source
http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/baskets/bamboo.html

Bamboo Baskets and the Tea Ceremony
As with other objects in the repository, many of the baskets are probably of foreign origin. Appreciation of Chinese baskets continued to the time of Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1436- 1490), the eighth shôgun in the Muromachi period. Tradition credits Yoshimasa for the first use of a bamboo basket for secular flower arrangement. An enthusiast for emulating Chinese culture, Yoshimasa most likely used a basket imported from China to re-enact a cultural activity prevalent there.


Until the sixteenth century, baskets valued for aesthetic qualities by the Japanese were limited to those imported from China. Reflecting the philosophy and formalism of the dominant Confucianism, Chinese baskets display perfect symmetry in form and weave techniques that are regular. However, Japanese farmers and commoners had been making and using much simpler and casually woven bamboo baskets for both religious and secular purposes. The first crucial turning point in the history of Japanese basketry resulted from the codification of a Japanese-style tea ceremony, chanoyu, by the sixteenth-century tea master, Sen no Rikyû (1521- 1591). With chanoyu, particularly a type called wabi-cha or withered-tea style, Rikyû advocated an aesthetic opposite of that of the Chinese-style tea ceremony. He encouraged appreciation of unpretentious beauty in imperfection and the simplicity of daily utensils. Thus, daily baskets, often irregular in shape and weave, were welcomed for the display of flowers in a tokonoma (alcove) of a teahouse. This development in the tea ceremony led to the categorization of baskets into two styles-- wamono (Japanese things) and karamono (Chinese things).

By definition, wamono baskets are either direct descendants of farming or fishing implements, or they take inspiration from the informal qualities in design and weaves of those utilitarian items. Rikyû even used a simple cut section of a bamboo stalk, the style called zundo, which was often used by commoners as an inexpensive alternative to a flower vase. In another instance, his adaptation of a creel he saw being used by a fisherman at the Katsura River in Kyoto as a flower basket stimulated creation of a new style of baskets, referred to as Katsura-kago. This incorporation of native baskets to chanoyu also affected the emergence of a new style of flower arrangement, called chabana (flowers for tea), which ultimately aims to display flowers in a state as natural as possible.


Japanese Bamboo Basket Makers



Contemporary basket makers

are well aware of the shifting consciousness about baskets among the publicóa willingness to view baskets as art objects even as they continue to serve utilitarian functionsóand are eager to experiment with formal transformation in their creations. Perhaps, what allows basket making to escape conventional classifications of art is that the makers consider themselves to be artists and artisans, not one or the other. Ultimately, the expressive vocabulary of individual makers harmoniously coexists with the long tradition of Japanese basketry, with the organic warmth and flexibility of the material, and with our basic desire for the enrichment of our surroundings.


. . . Resources : Japanese Bamboo Baskets !

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. Arima kago 有馬籠 bamboo baskets from Airma Hot Spring .

It is said that Saint Kennyo gifted an Arima Basket to Nene, wife of Hideyoshi, as an Arima souvenir. The basket is also a bamboo craft which Sen no Rikyu 千利休 visiting Arima with Taiko Hideyoshi ordered to make as one of his tea ceremony’s tools.

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.. .. .. .. .. .. China and Bamboo

"My new Province is a land of bamboo groves; their shoots in spring fill the valleys and hills. The mountain woodman cuts an armful of them and brings them down to sell at the early market. Things are cheap in proportion as they arc common', for two farthings I buy a whole bundle, put the shoots in a great earthen pot, and steam them over the boiling rice. Their purple nodules broken, they suggest an old brocade; their white skin gleams like new pearls."
PO CHU-I (A.D. 772-846)

.. .. .. .. .. Symbolism of Bamboo

Along with the winter plum and pine tree, the bamboo forms the Trio of the Winter Friends depicted so frequently in Chinese art. It represents resistance to hardship and the smooth expanse between its nodes symbolizes virtue or a long distance between faults. The hollow interior is a sign of modesty signifying the inner emptiness which is the characteristic of the scholar-gentleman who is upright in bearing but humble. Because of these venerable associations, the bamboo is the emblem of the Buddha.

In India the seven-knotted bamboo staff indicates seven degrees of initiation and invocation which are rooted in wisdom and gentleness. This combination of unostentatious flexibility and immense strength is the key to understanding the natural symbol of the bamboo.

They say the wise bamboo bows before the wind but never breaks, and so the wise man lays low before the storm but rises up fresh and unbroken when it has run its course. The bamboo's gracefulness and constant growth exemplify a yielding but enduring strength and pliability which the Japanese take as the symbol of good breeding, lasting friendship and longevity.

The long canes reaching ever upwards represent truthfulness, while the curved branchlets and trembling leaves express a beauteous devotion. So auspicious and beauteous are the symbolic characteristics of bamboo that it has served as the most enduring motif in oriental art, and many a family in feudal Japan proclaimed at least a partial exemplification of them by adopting a bamboo design as its identifying crest.

Read a lot more about Bamboo in Asia here:
http://theosophy.org/tlodocs/symbols/Bamboo-0481.htm

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TROCADERO has a fine collection of more than 800 bamboo pieces.
http://www.trocadero.com/

My Photo Collection of Bamboo Art
竹美術の写真
.. Daruma and Bamboo Art Album

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垣竹と蜻蛉と映る障子かな .
kaki-dake to tombo to utsuru shooji kana!

on my paper window
the shadow of a dragonfly
and the bamboo fence

許白 Kyohaku

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With more images at jcrafts.com.
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. hina matsuri 雛祭り Hina Doll festival .
Girls Festival March 3

Many poor farmers prepared simple dolls from the local bamboo. Some are now rather artistic.

takebina 竹雛 hina dolls from bamboo


source : hajimetngc.exblog.jp



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From Asuke village, Chuma, Mikawa, Aichi 中馬 - 足助

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