Showing posts sorted by relevance for query festival. Sort by date Show all posts
Showing posts sorted by relevance for query festival. Sort by date Show all posts

10/23/2005

Danjiri Mikoshi Festival Float

[ . BACK to DARUMA MUSEUM TOP . ]
. Legends about Mikoshi .
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Festival Float with Daruma
Daruma-Ren だるま連、祭り



平成7年(1995年)小池工務店により解体修理を行う。
特に腰板の額縁を新品に交換することで屋台のガタつきを直した。
屋台解体日=平成7年(1995年)1月17日~阪神淡路大震災の日
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/fukude/matsuri/lst/14k/14k.htm


http://www.ne.jp/asahi/fukude/matsuri/grp/mya/mya.htm

 民芸品調の卓上祭り屋台
遠州は屋台祭りが盛んな地方として知られていますが、関連の民芸品が少ないことから今回民芸品調のお祭りグッズとしてミニ屋台の制作を企画。岐阜県の専門工房に依頼し3ヵ年弱の期間を費やしてこのたび完成となりました。
掛塚を発祥地として天竜川流域各地に見られる屋台で、当地福田・掛塚および天竜市二俣の3つをモデルにして各特徴を表現し、小さくても雰囲気を感じさせる形になるよう留意しています。
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/fukude/matsuri/grp/mya/mdl/mdl.htm


danjiri 山車(だんじり)
yatai 山車(やたい / 屋台)



. dashi 山車(だし)festival float
is a kigo for all summer.

The Chinese characters signify a mountain on a cart.

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


岸和田だんじり Kishiwada Danjiri Festival

畑町のだんじり
Daruma float from Hata-Cho




Look at more beautiful carvings of the floats:
source : 桜井の駅


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


Danjiri Matsuri Festivals だんじり祭り
岸和田 Kishiwada (Osaka)
八百津
泉州
灘のだんじり祭り
西浦だんじり祭り
堺市鳳だんじり祭り
南河内だんじり祭り

. . . CLICK here for Photos !


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

CLICK for more Japanese photos CLICK for more english photos

Kishiwada Danjiri Festival, Osaka
September, on the "Respect for the Aged Day"

Danjiri festivals are common throughout Japan, but if you say
"Danjiri Matsuri" (festival) to a Japanese, there is one festival that will come to mind: the violent, exuberant mayhem that takes place every September in Kishiwada, Osaka.

The "danjiri" are the large wooden floats, or portable shrines, that are pulled around a pre-set route on the day of the festival. These shrines are kept in storage for a year and are quite beautiful.

Prior to the festival, there are ceremonies and prayers. The ornate shrine is taken out and readied; then the fun starts.

Where is the Danjiri Festival?
The Danjiri Festival is held in Kishiwada City, Osaka. Kishiwada is a working class castle town that was rural until recently. Today it is a suburb south of the city of Osaka, not far from Kansai International Airport.

What is the Danjiri Festival?
The Danjiri Matsuri dates to the 16th century, and is believed to have its origins in the "Inari Matsuri" that was held in 1703. Like many fall festivals, it is essentially a harvest festival to pray for a good harvest. It was created by the Lord of Kishiwada Castle and has always had a wild side to it.

In the past, that could have been said about most festivals in Japan. In the post-war period, however, festivals, like most aspects of Japanese life, have become tamer affairs. The good folk of Danjiri however continue to resist this, and it remains a dangerous festival with several deaths not uncommon each year.

The reason for this is that men stand atop the floats as they weave and turn down narrow streets. These men are sometimes thrown off and crushed below.
source : www.japanvisitor.com

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


Iga Ueno Danjiri Museum
伊賀上野だんじり会館


One of Ueno city's big annual events is the 400 year-old
Ueno Tenjin festival 上野天神祭り held between October 23rd to 25th. Originally a sacred agricultural ritual, the festival has elaborate portable shrines and demon-costumed revellers parading in the streets, but a main feature is the nine danjiri carted through the city. The danjiri is a type of dashi, a traditional Japanese festival float on wheels. When not being used in the festival, the Iga Ueno Danjiri Museum houses three of these floats for public viewing.

The three danjiri floats are encased in a large round glass-walled exhibition room, set about with life-sized models reenacting a festival scene. The floats are mounted on a turntable to make it possible to see them from every angle. As it is, visitors are able to walk and see completely around the showcase from the first floor, as well as partway from above the second.
source : The Yamasa Institute


. . . CLICK here for Photos of the museum!

. . . CLICK here for Photos of the festival!
上野天神祭りのだんじり

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


Awaji Danjiri Matsuri 淡路だんじり祭り
Danjiri festival at Awaji Island, Hyogo


淡路島.賀集八幡神社春祭りだんじり



quote
Danjiri and Danjiri Chorus
Awaji Island has a profusion of festivals.
There is said to be a total of 300 danjiri in the greater Awaji area. The main is the futon danjiri 布団だんじり with five layers of red futons. The danjiri are pulled around by shrine parishioners in spring and fall.
Created as a group performance based on puppet shows as a sideshow for festivals, the danjiri chorus is also known as jorurikuzushi. The chorus skillfully takes highlights of the story and puts melodies to them. The songs are arranged using danjiri taiko drums and clappers, and there are chorus tsurebushi and solos called puppet katarikomi like storytelling and furi like fork ballad. Katari is placed in the intervals of the chorus and solos.
Many chorus groups have sprung up recently and contests are held.
The singing is now considered a folk art of Awaji.
source : www.yumebutai.org


だんじりは伝統工芸 ... the festival float is an important traditional folk art
source : awajidanjiri.jimdo.com



miniature of a danjiri futon float

It was made by 肥田利一 from 生穂町 and is not made any more.

futon taikodai 太鼓台 Futon drum float
. chossa taikodai ちょっさ太鼓台 Chossa Drum Futon Float . Sanuki, Kagawa
and more details about these futon floats.



mikoshi with kokeshi wooden dolls こけしみこし

. kokeshi こけし wooden dolls .



Mikoshi Daruma


. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .

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

Suimu Jinja Mikoshi makuri 水無神社 神輿まくり
(スイムジンジャ)

Shrine festival where simple wooden mikoshi, made anew every year, are paraded through town for two days and then
thrown on the road, forward and sideways, with people standing on them, jumping off in the last moment . . .



Suimu Shrine (水無神社) is located in Kiso, Nagano Prefecture. Record said, it was established in the middle of the 13th century. It has thousand years old Hinoki Trees. Inside of the hall, there are many beautiful large Ema votive tablets. It has been respected by the people of Kiso as the guardian of the valley.
The most famous festival Mikoshimakuri, takes place on July 23.

Kiso Fukushima 木曽福島町内 Nagano
CLICK for more photos !
- source : www.nanchara.net/mikoshimakuri -



Minashi Jinja 水無神社
located in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The kanji for the shrine are also sometimes read as Suimu. The full name is Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine (飛騨一宮水無神社 Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Jinja), as it was once the main shrine of Hida Province.
. . . believed that it was constructed during the reign of Emperor Seiwa during the late-9th century.

Because of firebombing activities during World War II, Minashi Shrine served as a refuge for Atsuta Shrine's Kusanagi from August 21 to September 19, 1945.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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



photo source : ikuta blog


だんじりを桜の下に引き出して
danjiri o sakura no shita ni hikidashite

they pull
the danjiri float
below the cherry blossoms


Oe Nobuki 大恵宣樹 from Iga, Ueno
http://www.itoen.co.jp/new-haiku/17/kasatoku03.html


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

mikoshi 神輿、御輿 portable shrine
kigo for all summer









Daruma Mikoshi だるま神輿


. Kawagoe Daruma Mikoshi 川越だるま神輿 .


source : popeye.sakura.ne.jp/saitama...
Kawagoe dashi 川越山車 festival float from Kawagoe


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

. Oita Folk Art - 大分県 .

Nakatsu mikoshi 中津神輿 Nakatsu Festival Float


source : www.asahi-net.or.jp

The mikoshi is modelled from the Nakatsu Gion Festival 中津祇園祭り.
This toy tradition is no longer alive.
And
. akaheko tenjin 赤へこ天神 Tenjin sama with a red robe . - clay doll


- quote -
Nakatsu Gion Festival 中津祇園祭り
This festival has 570 years of tradition and is designated as an intangible folklore cultural asset by Oita prefecture. There will be fireworks on the first day.
On the 2nd day (morning parade) and the 3rd day (returning parade) floats called Gionguruma will parade through Fukuzawa street.
Many events are held during the festival. There are Floats parading around and dancing all over the city while the festival is held.
- source : www.visit-oita.jp -




. . . CLICK here for more Photos !

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



source : koshi/shurui.html


. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 .

輿の花盗人よぬす人よ
o-mikoshi no hana-nusubito yo nusubito yo

a blossom thief
in a fancy palanquin!
a thief!

Tr. Chris Drake

This hokku was written in the 1st month (February) of 1813, when Issa had returned to his hometown and was preparing to engage in the final strenuous negotiations with his mother-in-law and younger half brother over his inheritance. It seems possible to see the blossom thief as, on one level, an self-ironic image of Issa himself returning to "blossom-steal" his inheritance back from the people who have been keeping it from him. The exclamations might be his ironic imagined representations of the thoughts or whispered remarks of his mother-in-law and the many villagers in his hometown who consider him a greedy, pushy outsider. Even so, as a blossom thief and not an actual thief, Issa expects to be forgiven if he persists.

The most immediate image, however, is praise for a very beautiful cherry tree in full bloom. A thief of blossoms -- usually of cherries but sometimes of plums or other blossoms -- means someone who breaks off a blossoming sprig and takes it home. Popular renga grew out of linked verse festivals held under cherry trees in full bloom (hana-no-moto) in the 12th and 13th centuries, when the custom of taking home a sprig of cherry blossoms was tolerated to a certain extent for religious reasons, since the sprig was to believed to be part of the body of the cherry-tree god, and the sprigs were worshiped in people's homes. The custom continued over the centuries.

The term "blossom thief" also came to refer to doing something for the sake of great beauty or value that ordinarily wouldn't be allowed. For example, prince Atsumichi (981-1007) wrote the following waka when he visited the mansion of the aristocrat and poet Fujiwara Kintou bearing a sprig of cherry blossoms for his host:

If my name
be Blossom Thief
so be it!
I break off only
a single branch


The prince visited with his new lover, the famous woman poet Izumi Shikibu, who is doubtless the greatest blossom of all in the poem, though she is not mentioned directly. The relationship was a bit scandalous, since a short time earlier Izumi Shikibu had been the lover of prince Atsumichi's older half-brother, who suddenly died of the plague, making prince Atsumichi's actions a bit thief-like. Still, Izumi Shikibu is such a superb poet and person that the prince feels sure he will be forgiven.

In Issa's hokku, many people in his hometown are probably breaking off sprigs with cherry blossoms on them to take home with them, but Issa focuses on an expensive, decorated palanquin. The character Issa uses (輿) is usually read o-mikoshi, the special palanquin of the emperor or a god that is carried on the shoulders of many men, and this is the reading of the editors of Issa's collected works. Issa might also be using the term ironically to refer to any pompously luxurious palanquin. The scholar Maruyama Kazuhiko, however, reads norimono, which is also possible. A norimono was a special luxurious palanquin hanging from a thick, horizontal beam carried by two carriers, one in front and one in back, that had sliding doors on the sides, as opposed to an ordinary palanquin that was open at the sides or often simply a seat hanging from a pole.

In Issa's time only a few people were allowed to ride in an enclosed palanquin: high-ranking samurai, high-ranking monks, herbal and/or acupuncture doctors, women, children, and commoner males who had paid to get special permission from the authorities. I doubt Issa is referring to the emperor, and unless there is a festival going on, it wouldn't be a palanquin carrying a god. It seems likely that Issa is referring to someone of rank or power who has stopped beneath the tree because of its striking beauty and is breaking off a sprig to carry with him or her, probably as a gift to someone who hasn't been able to see the tree. The tone of the hokku is exclamatory, as if Issa were pointing out a shocking crime in progress.

Actually it must be mock-exclamatory, since Issa is at the same time suggesting that this cherry tree is so extremely beautiful that even people who usually ride hidden inside fancy palanquins are willing to get out and act like an ordinary commoner blossom thief. There is no doubt some social satire here, but Issa is also expressing his highest praise for the tree, which is able to make people of all classes humble before it. This is consistent with Issa's usual view that all humans of whatever class are equal in the eyes of Amida.

Chris Drake


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

. Float with Dragon Decoration .
From Omi Hachiman Sagicho Festival 近江八幡 左義長まつり


. Matsuyama no mikoshi 松山のみこし mikoshi models .
Ehime


. otabisho, o-tabisho 御旅所 / お旅所 sacred resting point .
for the mikoshi during a procession

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



santai mikoshi 三体みこし three mikoshi
for the Gion Festival of Onomichi 尾道祇園祭

. Hiroshima Folk Art - 広島県    .

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


Shizuki Mikoshi 志筑神興
. Hyogo Folk Art - 兵庫県  .


. WKD : Festivals of Japan  


. WKD : mikoshigusa 神輿草(みこしぐさ) mikoshi plant .
Geranium nepalense. cranesbill

. Legends about Mikoshi .

[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
[ . BACK to DARUMA MUSEUM TOP . ]
- #mikoshi #danjiri #float -
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

7/24/2010

Nebuta Festival

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

Nebuta Daruma Daishi - ねぶた達磨大師
ねぶたダルマ Neputa Festival, Nebuta Festival

Nebuta are illuminated floats which are paraded through the town in Aomori and other cities in Northern Japan.
The Nebuta Festival in Aomori is held in the beginning of August.


CLICK for more photos


CLICK for original LINK


Face of Daruma

CLICK for original LINK

. . . Sources of the photos


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

quote
There are many theories about the origin of the Nebuta Festival. One is that it originated with the subjugation of rebels in the Aomori district by "General TAMURAMARO" in the early 800's. He had his army create large creatures, called "Nebuta", to frighten the enemy.

Another theory is that the Nebuta Festival was a development of the "TANABATA" festival in China. One of the customs during this festival was "TORO" floating. A "TORO" is a wooden frame box wrapped with Japanese paper. The Japanese light a candle inside the "TORO" and put it out to float on the river or the sea. The purpose for doing this is to purify themselves and send the evil spirits out to sea. "TORO" floating is still one of the most impressive and beautiful sights during the summer nights of the Japanese festivals. On the final night, "TORO" floating is accompanied by a large display of colorful fireworks. This is said to be the origin of the Nebuta Festival. Gradually these floats grew in size, as did the festivities, until they are the large size they are now.

Today the Nebuta floats are made of a wood base, carefully covered with this same Japanese paper, beautifully colored, and lighted from the inside with hundreds of light bulbs. In early August the colorful floats are pulled through the streets accompanied by people dancing in native Nebuta costumes, playing tunes on flutes and drums.

Many Aomori citizens are involved in the building of these beautiful floats. The Nebuta designers create their designs patterned after historical people or themes. They begin developing themes immediately after the previous year's festivities come to a close. Consequently, it takes the entire year, first in the development, then in the construction of the Nebuta float.

One of the reasons for the popularity of the Nebuta festival is that onlookers are invited and encouraged to participate. The sounds of the Nebuta drums and bamboo flutes inspire people to prepare costumes and begin practicing the Nebuta dances. As the beginning of the parade is signaled, "HANETO"(dancers) join hand-in-hand, and start their journey through the streets of Aomori. These dancers, colorfully arrayed in Nebuta garb, welcome audience participation. Feel free to join in a circle and enjoy the festivities!

We, the citizens of Aomori, would like to pass on this wonderful festival to our sons and daughters, in hope that it becomes a symbol of peace and hope to the coming generations.
source : Aomori Nebuta Excutive Committe

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




. nebutazuke ねぶたづけ/ ねぶた漬け
"Nebuta"-pickles
  



. Folk Toys from Aomori .

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




The politician Fumio Ichinohe paints an eye for winning
to a Nebuta Daruma
source : www.ichinohefumio.jp/blog



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


An illuminated float (nebuta ねぶた) with
. Hachiroo and Nansoo-Boo  


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


quote
Nemu no ki and the Nebuta Festival

In Japanese , NEMU NO KI ねむのき 合歓の木 is the name most commonly used for this tree, but in former days NEBU NO KI, NEBURI NO KI or NEMURI NO KI were used.
These all mean the same thing- THE SLEEPING TREE, when directly translated.

Now because of this SLEEP-LIKE behaviour, and its name ( formerly NEBU NO KI), the Japanese of old, used the leaves of this tree in a once common SUMMER RITUAL which was meant to drive away the SLEEPINESS ( NEMUKE 眠気) brought on by Japan`s hot season. This often took place on the morning of Tanabata ( the 7th day of the seventh month on the old calendar) and was called Nemuri Nagashi or NEBUTA NAGASHI ( literally- washing away sleepiness).

What happened was that when one woke up on the morning of the ritual, one rubbed the leaves of the nemu tree on ones eyes, symbolically wiping away fatigue. These same leaves were then tossed into a stream or river to be carried away, along with the bad energies which had been wiped away and absorbed.

Over theyears this ritual developed into much more elaborate summer festivals which were celebrated with the intention of reviving the people energies during th hot and LAZY season.

In many parts of North-Eastern Japan these festivals are still celebrated, with the most famous being the NEBUTA FESTIVAL of Aomori City. With tremendous crowds goig wild and its huge lanterns representing heroes of yore this festival is one of the great annual events IN THE WORLD.
source : blog.alientimes.org


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


Das Nebuta-Fest
wird vom 2. bis 7. August in der Stadt Aomori gefeiert, der nördlichsten Großstadt auf der Hauptinsel Honshu. Es hat sich aus einem Tanabata-Sternenfest entwickelt und wird wie das Laternenfest in Akita entsprechend dem Mondkalender begangen.

Nebuta bedeutet „schläfrig sein“. Man wollte die müden Seelen aufwecken, weil die Ernte kurz vor der Tür stand. Eine andere Legende geht auf das 8. Jahrhundert zurück. Der General Tamura Maro soll mit derartigen Riesenlaternen die Feinde so erschreckt haben, dass er einen leichten Sieg errungen hat.

Die riesigen Laternen aus Bambus und Japanpapier werden auf Wagen montiert und in einer nächtlichen Parade durch die Stadt gezogen. Das Herstellen der Laternen nimmt die Bewohner der Stadt das ganze Jahr über in Anspruch; das Fest ist der Höhepunkt ihrer Bemühungen. Bis zu 50 Männer wechseln sich beim Ziehen eines Festwagens ab und die anfeuernden Rufe hallen von 17.30 Uhr bis 21.00 Uhr durch die Stadt. Zwischen den Laternen tanzen Frauengruppen in bunten Gewändern, hier können sogar Touristinnen mitmachen, wenn sie sich ein geeignetes Kostüm in einem Geschäft ausleihen.

Die Dekorationen auf den Laternen zeigen beliebte Figuren aus der Legende und Geschichte Japans, grimassenschneidende Kabuki-Schauspieler oder muskelstrotzende Kriegshelden. Sie werden mit dicken schwarzen Umrissen auf Papier gemalt und mit grellen Farben ausgepinselt. Am Abend kommen sie dann durch zahlreiche Lämpchen in ihrem Inneren zum Leben. Einige Handwerker der Stadt haben sich sogar auf die Herstellung der Nebuta-Laternen spezialisiert.
Die Parade zieht an jedem Festabend über 2,5 Kilometer durch die Innenstadt, wobei bis zu 20 Laternen vorgestellt werden. Am letzten Tag sind alle unterwegs und die Laterne mit der besten Dekoration wird gekürt: Sie darf auf einem Boot durch den Hafen von Aomori fahren, und ihre Hersteller sind die Helden des Tages.

Gabi Greve
August 2001

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

H A I K U

kigo for early autumn

CLICK for more photos

nemurinagashi, nemuri nagashi 眠流し (ねむりながし)
..... nebuta 侫武多(ねぶた) Nebuta
. kingyo nebuta 金魚ねぶた(きんぎょねぶた)goldfish as nebuta toy .
oogidoro 扇燈籠(おぎどろ)"fan-shapet lantern"
kenka nebuta 喧嘩ねぶた(けんかねぶた)fighting nebuta floats
nemuta nagashi ねむた流し(ねむたながし)
onenburi おねんぶり

nebuta matsuri ねぶた祭(ねぶたまつり)Nebuta Festival

haneto 跳人(はねと) "jumping people"
dancers at the festival
They basically jump two times on the right foot and two times on the left, for about 2 hours during the long parade! This is not a dance, but a jumping performance.
. . . CLICK here for Photos !

. haneto ningyoo はねと人形 Haneto "jumping" dancer doll .




CLICK for more photos

灯の入りて侫武多の武者の赤ら顔
hi no irete nebuta no musha no akara kao

when light is put in -
the red red faces of the
Nebuta warriours


Mimura Junya 三村純也 (1953 - )


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


. SAIJIKI ... OBSERVANCES, FESTIVALS
Kigo for Autumn
 


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

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

1/01/2005

World Kigo Database

For Safekeep only

.................................................... AAA 200501Advent.. .. .. .. Alaska KiyoseAll Saints’ Day .. Hallowe’enAll Souls' Day Anemone (05)Ant (ari) (05) Japan, worldwideApple (ringo)(05) JapanApril Fool .. (shigatsu baka, Japan) Worldwide Part 2 (05)Armistice Day Europe (Poppy Day, Rememberance Day, Veterans Day) .. .. .. Part 2 Ash Wednesday Aum (阿吽) A-Un, Om. India.. .. .. .. Australian Seasons, kiyose Autumn (aki, Japan) . Autum Cherry Shikizakura (Japan). Autumn Equinox (Part 1) (higan, Japan). Autumn Festival (aki matsuri, Japan) . Autumn Leaves (momiji, Japan) yellow leaves, colored leaves. Autumn Melancholy EuropeAzalea (Japan) Tsutsuji, Satsuki, Oomurasaki........................................................... BBB 200502BAMBOO .. An Asian PlantBaseball Playoff USA (05)Basho Memorial Day (Basho-Ki) JapanBattledore Hagoita Japan Part 1 .. .. Battledore Part 2 Beach Pea (hama-endoo, Japan) Bee (mitsubachi) Between the Years (zwischen den Jahren, Germany)Blackthorn (Europa) (05)Blowfish (fugu, Japan) .. Puffer, Globefish, SwellfishBombax (Chorisia Tree) KenyaBon Festival (o-bon) (05) Japan...... Awaodori Dance (05) Japan, Bon-Odori, Bon-Dance.... Bon Boats for Souls (shooryoobune) (05) Japan..... Bon Flowers (bonbana) (05) Japan..... Bon Stove (bongama) (05) Japan..... Bon of Wind (kaze no bon) (05) JapanBonifacio Day PhilippinesBrigid's Day (Ireland) St. BrigidBuckwheat flowers (soba no hana) Part 1 .. .. Buckwheat (Part 2 ) JapanBuddhabird (buppoosoo) (05) Dollarbird and Eurasian Scops-Owl; Japan.. .. .. .. Buddhist Ceremonies and Events, a topical Saijiki Butterfly (choochoo, Japan) Part 1 . .. .. Butterfly .. Part 2........................................................... CCC 200503Caladium (Elephant Ears) Tropics Camellia (tsubaki) Sasanka, Sazanka, yabutsubaki, ochitsubakiCandle Night (Japan) (05)Card Games (karuta) JapanCarneval > also ShrovetideCarp Streamers (koinobori, Japan) Cassia Blossom (Kenya) Cat (neko, Japan) Cherry Blossoms (sakura, Japan) ... and many related kigoChristmas . Christmas Moon . Christmas Tree Chrysanthemum kiku, chiyomigusa (Japan)Chrysanthemum Festival kiku matsuri (Japan)Cicada (semi) (05) Japan, other areasClear Autumn Sky (ten takashi, Japan) ... high autumn sky, spacious skyCorpus Christi Procession Trinidad & Tobago, Germany (Fronleichnam) (05)Cold Dew (kanro) JapanCottonwood Populus deltoides (Midwestern US) (05)Couple’s Day (fuufu no hi, Japan) February 2Cowbells (Kuhglocken, Germany) Crape myrtle (sarusuberi) (05) Japan, North AmericaCrappie (Pomoxis), North America (05)Crisp, cool autumn weather .. sawayaka, JapanCrow, Raven karasu (Japan)........................................................... DDD 200504Daigo Cherry Tree Daigo-zakura, Western JapanDaphne (Jinchooge, Japan) Trident Daphne (Mitsumata) PlantDaruma Flower (Darumasoo, Zazensoo, Japan (05)Daruma Memorial Day .. Daruma-ki, JapanDay of Desolation .. Yom haShoah (Israel)Daylight Savings Time (DST) worldwideDecemberDevil's Claw (Southern USA) TeufelskralleDivali (Diwali, India) Dog Days (doyoo, Japan) HundstageDogwood (Cornus family) .. (USA) yamabooshi (yamaboshi) JapanDollarbird (buppoosoo) (05) Dollarbird and Eurasian Scops-OwlDragonfly (tombo, tonbo) Japan (05)Drought (hideri, Japan) ........................................................... EEE 200505Easter .. Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs, Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Basket, Easter Day and moreEgg NogEmperor’s Birthday, Japan (tennoo tanjoobi, tenno tanjobi)Evening Shower (yuudachi) (05) Japan........................................................... FFF 200506Fallen leaves (ochiba) JapanFan (oogi, uchiwa, Japan) Father's Day February Festival (matsuri) (05) JapanFireflies (hotaru) (05) (Japan)Firework Display (hanabi, Japan)First Ceremonies of the year (05) (Japan)First Dream (hatsu yume, Japan) First Snow (hatsuyuki, Japan) First Sun, First Sunrise (hatsuhi, hatsuhi no de, Japan).. .. .. .. .. Flower and Hana 花の話.. .. .. .. .. Flower Trump Hanafuda (05).. .. .. .. .. Fog, Mist, Haze and more Frog (kawazu, kaeru) (Japan) toad, green frog, tree frog, kajika and more (05)Frost (shimo, Japan) , Late FrostFruit Cricket. Prayer Gong Cricket (kanetataki) (05) Japan........................................................... GGG 200507Gadfly .(abu, Japan) Geminid Meteor Shower.. .. .. .. .. German Kiyose Gingko biloba tree Japan (gingko nut, ginnan)Gorse, Ginster enishida (Japan)Graduation (sotsugyoo, Japan) Abitur, SchulabschlussGrapefruit League , Cactus League, USA (05)Grapes and Grape Harvest, Vendanges budoo (Japan)Grape Festival (Winzerfest, Wine Festival) (Europe)Great Cold (daikan, Japan) Grebe Bird (Alaska) kaitsuburi, nio (Japan)Groundhog Day North America, Europe........................................................... HHH 200508Halloween, Hallowe’en North AmericaHarvest Thanksgiving (Europe) Harvest Festival, ErntedankfestHarvest Moon, North AmericaHiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, Japan (05)Holly TreeHolocaust Day .. .. Auschwitz Day, Dachau DayHorse chestnut (tochi) Japan ..... Horse Chestnut (Part 2) .. .. .. Hot Drinks, a List Hot Whiskey (Toddy, Irish Coffee)Hunger Moon (North America) (05)Hunter's Moon England........................................................... III 200509Ibis (Hadada) Kenya .. (Toki, Japan)Iced Coffee, aisu-koohii (Japan) Hot CoffeeIkebana Flower Arrangement (Japan)Independence Day (worldwide) (05)..... ..... ..... INDIA SAIJIKI (under construction)Indian Summer koharubi JapanInsects (mushi) (05) Autumn insects, aki no mushi, Japan. Including grashoppers, locusts, crickets, praying mantiss and many more.Iris (ayame, Japan) shoobu, hanashoobu, airisu, Kakitsubata.. .. .. ISSA and his Season Words ........................................................... JJJ 200510Jacaranda (tropical tree) KenyaJamhuri Day KenyaJanuary Worldwide .. .. .. .. .. JAPANESE Virginia University Saijiki .. .. .. .. .. Japanese 500 Season Words Jelly Bean Cake (mizu yookan) (05) Japan, red bean cake (mizuyokan)Juggernaut Festival (India)

........................................................... KKKK .. 200511.. .. .. .. .. Kenya Saijiki Kokuseki-Ji Naked Festival Japan (05)Kotatsu, heated Table .. .. Japan........................................................... LLL 200512Labour Day (America) http://tinyurl.com/6dm8fLabyrinth, Maze Ladybird (tentoomushi) (05) Ladybug, GlückskäferLampionflower (hoozuki, Japan) Last Ceremonies of the year (05) (Japan)Last Day of the Year (oomisoka, Japan) Leaf Watching momijigari Japan Part 1: http://tinyurl.com/6dm8fLeonid Meteor Shower .. .. Geminid Meteor ShowerLight offerings afloat (tooroo nagashi) (05) mukaebi, okuribi (Japan)Lightning (inazuma) Japan (05) Lotus (hasu, renge) Japan (05)Love-Bug (Southern US) (05)........................................................... MMM 200601Mackerel Clouds (iwashigumo) JapanMagnolia (mokuren, kobushi, hoo no hana, Japan) (05)Manatee North AmericaMandala Mango (Kenya) March Martisor (Amulet) (Romania) (05)Mermaid Parade, N.Y., USA Missing Children's Day International (05)Mistletoe .. .. .. .. MOON and its LINKS..Monsoon ..(India, South Asia)Mosquitoes (ka, Japan) Moss pink (shibazakura) (05) JapanMother's Day Mountains sleep yama nemuru, mountains smile (yama warau ) JapanMulled wine (gloegg, Gluehwein) ........................................................... NNN .. 200602Nairobi Bomb Day (Kenya)Nairobi Int. Trade Fair (Kenya)Nandina (Nanten, Japan) (05)New Year (Part 1) ... New Year Part 2Nine-Eleven 9/11 2001 http://tinyurl.com/6dm8fNirvana Ceremony Nehan-E, Jooraku-E (Japan (05)Nozaki Pilgrimage, Japan (05)........................................................... OOO .. 200603Oktoberfest (Germany) ........................................................... PPP 200604Parang .. Serenaders (Trinidad and Tobago)Parasol Patrick's Day (Ireland) St. Patrick's DayPeony (botan, Japan Winter Peony (kan botan)Persimmon (Japan) (kaki, hoshigaki)Pilgrimage (henro) Part 1 (Japan) .. Pilgrimage Part 2 (05)Pine (matsu, Japan) Plum blossom (ume) Japan Poacher's MoonPoinsettia Polar Night (05) Polar CirclePoui Tree (Tropics) Pounding Rice (mochi tsuki) Japan, Philippines.. .. .. Prairie : North American Prairie Saijiki Prickly Pear (USA, Southern parts) http://tinyurl.com/6dm8f........................................................... QQQ .. 200605Quince Blossom (boke no hana, Japan)........................................................... RRR ...200606.. .. .. .. Rain in various KIGO (Japan) Rain Rituals (amagoi) (05) Japan. Rain Dance, Rain Prayer, RegenzauberRainy Season (tsuyu) Japan (05)Reformation Day, Reformationstag (Germany) http://tinyurl.com/6dm8fRice wine (ricewine) sake (05)Japan Reiswein.. .. .. .. .. Romanian Kiyose (05) (under construction)Rumpot (Rumtopf) Germany Running of the Bulls (Spain) http://tinyurl.com/6dm8fRyokan Day .. Ryokan-ki, Ryokan Memorial Day (Japan)........................................................... SSS 200607.. .. Saints: Their Memorial Days Links to the SaintsSalmonberry, Part 1 .. .. Part 2 (North America, Southeast Alaska)Sanja Festival at Asakusa Kannon (Japan)Santa Claus St. Nikolaus, Santa sanSaury Fish (sanma, Japan) Pacific Saury.. .. .. Seasons and Categories General PointsSetsubun (Japan) .. Bean Throwing Festival, February 3Shrovetide Maslenitsa (Russia)Skunk Cabbage (Alaska) (Mizu-Bashoo, Japanese Skunk Cabbage)Snake Gourd (karasu-uri, Japan) Sponge Gourd (hechima); Shiki’s Death Anniversary (hechima-ki)Snow (yuki) Japan . Many kigo related to snow.Snowdrops SchneeglockenSnow Geese (hakugan, kari, wataridori) Japan. Migratory birds.Snowman (yuki Daruma) Japan (yuki-botoke)Snow melting (yukidoke, Japan) thawing, thaw, defrost. SchneeschmelzeSorrel, Hibiscus (Tropics) Sparrow (suzume, Japan) (05)Spiders ... (kumo, Japan) Spider web, Cob web. Spinne (05)Spider Lily Part 1... ... Spider Lilies Part 2 (higanbana, manjushage, Japan)Spring (haru, Japan) ... Spring at the Zoo , also Bird's Nest... Spring Peace Mild spring weather (nodoka, Japan)Sprinkling Water (uchimizu, Japan) Star Festival (Tanabata, Japan) Strawberries CranberriesSummer (natsu, Japan) .. Summer Solstice (geshi) Swallow (tsubame, Japan) Swing (buranko, Japan) ........................................................... TTT 200608Tamarack, Larch (karamatsu)Thanksgiving Thunder (kaminari) (05) also Lightning (inazuma) JapanTrumpet Creeper (noozenkazura) (05) Japan, Campsis grandifloraTulip (05)Typhoon (Japan) Hurricane Typhoon, Hurricane Part II........................................................... UUUUmbrella (Kenya)........................................................... VVV .. 200610Valentine’s Day Japan, worldwide........................................................... WWW 200611Walpurgis Night (walpurgisnight) Walpurgisnacht (Germany)Water Shortage (Tropics) Welch Onion Head (negi boozu) (05) (Japan) Leek, Green Onion, Spring OnionWhite Day (Japan)White Night (05) Polar CircleWild Boar (inoshishi) (05) Japan.. .. .. .. .. WIND in various kigo (05)Wind Chimes (fuurin, Japan) Part 1.. .. .. Wind Chimes Part 2Winter (fuyu, Japan) . Winter Seclusion fuyugomori Japan. Winter Solstice (tooji, Japan) Wolf (ookami) (05) JapanWomen's Day International Women's Day, Mimosa Day (Russia)........................................................... XXX .. 200611........................................................... YYY .. 200611Yellow Mountain Rose (yamabuki, Japan) (05)Yom haShoah (Day of Desolation) (Israel)Young leaves (wakaba, Japan) Yuzu (Japan) a ctiron fruit

************************
Please send your contributions to Gabi Greve
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/


Alphabetical Index of the Daruma Museum

2/27/2006

Hina Matsuri - Hina Dolls

[ . BACK to Daruma Museum TOP . ]
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 

Hina Matsuri, the Doll's Festival on March 3
雛祭りにだるま・ひなまつり



source : 門司ヶ関人形

Quote
If Daruma is at least an honorary doll festival participant (actually I've never seen him included in a Hina Matsuri display on the web or in person, but my experience is limited!) ...

Judy Shoaf
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/760


Last year I promised to find one, and now here he is, with his bride and all in chocolate.



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

In the Daruma Library:

The Hina Matsuri, by Alan Plate

Antique Japanese Festival Dolls, by Timothy Mertel


Hina Doll Festival (hina matsuri) and HAIKU


. Folk Art in Japan - Hina Dolls .


ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

..... Japanese Dolls


http://www.lasieexotique.com/ningyo.html


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

Scroll with Daruma Hina Dolls
Painted by Ikawa Yoko

掛け軸-だるま雛/井川 洋光



© honakote.com


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


Hina Dolls from the Fukui Area.
these are from Nihonmatsu.

Darumabina だるま雛


© PHOTO : indymuseum

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


Tea cup with Daruma Hina Dolls

by the famous Kyoto potter Nonomura Ninsei
抹茶碗 仁清 達磨雛(だるまびな)






source : kakaku.ecnavi.jp

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


CLICK for some more photos CLICK for more


Click for more photos of Darumabina !


CLICK for hina daruma
雛人形 だるま hina ningyo Daruma


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




Hina Doll Festival sweets and Daruma
from 舞来飴, 寶月堂 Fuugetsudoo, Fugetsudo

Photo curtesy of Kyoko Shibata, Facebook


New Year Sweets special
http://www.hougetudou.com/kisetu/syougatu/syougatu.html


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

Read more about Daruma san and Japanese Sweets, Dagashi

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




Off pedestal, Hina dolls take up ‘ordinary’ life
Traditionally, the dolls at the annual March 3 doll festival are displayed in tiers. But those currently on exhibit in Gujo, Gifu Prefecture, are acting out ordinary human activities, from drinking to washing. Some are even playing soccer.

The unique “performances” of some 2,000 Hina dolls have attracted visitors to this city since the exhibit began on Feb. 9. Organizers say the event is also revitalizing the business community and hope to make this a new winter tradition in this tourist city best known for its summer festival.
source : www.japantimes.co.jp / Feburary 2013


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


Magazine cover dated 1913.

- source : facebook

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

Read more details HERE

. WKD : Hina Doll Festival (hina matsuri 雛祭り)    


. itobina 糸雛 string hina dolls .
Satsuma itobina 薩摩糸びな Satsuma string hina dolls
From Kagoshima, Miyazaki


. Folk Art in Japan - Hina Dolls .

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

. - yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - .


source : 門司ヶ関人形





In the year 1745 in the home of the Dainagon Nakayama 中山大納言栄親卿 one day there came all kinds of things and goods flowing into the house. Exorcism rituals did not stop these strange happenings and in autumn the Dainagon died. later the mysterious power (kai-i 怪異) moved on to the 毘沙門堂里坊 Bishamon hall. There, during the Hina Festival, the dolls began to laugh all day long.



In Miki town (Kagawa 香川県) there lived 三平 Sanpei san near Ninosaka 二ノ坂の焼き場.
The family always decorated the Hina dolls and talked to them.
One day the house burned down, but it seems that some strong force (お性根) had come to the house and saved the dolls, letting them roll out of the home.

- source : nichibun yokai database -
雛 24 to explore
棟上雛 / お雛様 / 烏の雛 / 雛鶴姫

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

. Edo craftsmen 江戸の職人 shokunin .

hinaningyoshii, hina ningyoo shi 雛人形師 making Hina dolls


京の雛さま 江戸の雛さま

- quote -
Hina dolls are dressed like court nobles from the Heian period ...
..... tachi bina, or "standing dolls." in the Edo period ...
..... suwari bina, or "sitting dolls."
..... "Kanei bina" ..... "Genroku bina."
..... 次郎左衛門雛 "Jirozaemon" and the 有職雛 "Yusoku bina" - Representing the Orthodoxy of Court Culture
..... "Kokin bina"
- source and photos: kyohaku.go.jp/eng/dictio -

Making Hina dolls for the rich people of Edo was the job of some specialists.
Different craftsmen made the head, the body and the robes.
kashirashi, kashira-shi 頭師 makes the head of a Hina doll, the most important part, which gives the expression to a doll. The head was mostly made from the wood of paulownia (tooso 桐塑). The wood is made to powder (kiriko 桐粉) and then kneaded with natural glue. When the form is done, it is whitened by layering it with gofun whitewash powder. Finally the colors are added.
gofun 胡粉 is made from ground oyster shells or egg shells and special glue; it produces a shining, enameling white color for the surface of clay dolls.
. . . CLICK here for more Photos !

doo ningyo shi 胴人形師 makes the body of a doll, not only Hina dolls. He then adds the head, arms and legs. Sometimes these parts are fixed together, sometimes they can be taken apart for storage purposes.


kitsukeshi 着付師 puts the robes on the doll.
The body was usually padded up with straw and the robes had to fit over it.
. . . CLICK here for more Photos !

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

. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 (1715-1783) .

- quote -
たらちねの抓まずありや雛の鼻
tarachine no tsuma mazu ari ya hina no hana

Mommy, first of all,
Should have pinched up,
The nose of a hina doll!


Background:
*The nose of a baby hina doll is not always well cut or prominent. Japanese children's noses are mostly flat.  Mothers want them to be shapely, long, straight and elegant. So often they gently pinch up their children's noses while rearing them.
* 'Tarachine' means sometime 'a mother, one's mother', sometime 'a father' and‘one's parents’. In the Haiku naturally it means a mum or mom.
* ‘Tarachine no’ has been used since as early as the 8th century as a stylized epithet or a pillow word in tanka poems in phrases like ‘tarachine no haha (母) (mother)’ or ‘tarachine no oya (親) (parents)’.
* The phrase ‘Tarachine no tsuma’ in the Haiku means that its mother pinches up (something).
Impression:
A laughing is excited by the association of mother's way of bringing up her child through the personification of a baby hina doll: she pinches up their noses with a prayer in her heart for their getting shapely. Prof. Ogata and Mr. Takahashi comment the meaning of the Haiku is that 'the nose' of the hina doll should have been pinched up by its mother just like a living mother does.
Joys and sorrows in daily lives are important sources of haikai poems or haiku. The Poet is skilled in catching and weaving them into haiku, and makes them full of human touches.
- source : hokuoto77.com/buson-

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


- - - - - Jirozaemon-bina

- quote -
Yusoku-bina Representing the Orthodoxy of Court Culture
At the time when Jirozaemon-bina was enjoying steady popularity, a new type of hina doll appeared in Kyoto. They were called Yusoku-bina as they were crafted by the yusoku method by which accurate historical evidence concerning the costumes of the court was ascertained. They were also known as Takakura-bina named after the Takakura family, the established connoisseur of yusoku knowledge who served the Imperial Palace.

Placing emphasis on the observation of historical facts, the Yusoku-bina was made very realistic in all respects, including the facial features. In terms of costume, ikan (simplified sokutai) or noshi of the court were often used rather than the sokutai (ceremonial dress). The fabrics were specially woven in accordance with court rank, age and the season, without being simply limited to gold brocade. For example, in the case of the noshi, the style for winter was selected as the Hina Matsuri and was held in March (of the lunar calendar). The costume was tailored based on the design for those under thirty years of age, by employing white with deep purple or red colored lining.

However, as these Yusoku-bina were originally produced for the nobility, they did not become popular among the general public. Nonetheless, they provided the later hina dolls with an example to follow concerning their realistic style.
- source : kyoto-shimazu.com/en -

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

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

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