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12/17/2013

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Wind Chimes (fuurin 風鈴)

Kawasaki Daishi Furin Festival 2008

© PHOTO :　Japan Times, July 18, 2008

The wind bell is not expressing sounds,
it is expressing the fact that "the wind is blowing."

On a hot summer's day, a wind bell hanging from the eaves facing the garden alerts people inside to the presence of the wind blowing. The person inside thinks, "Ah, the wind's blowing" (which contains the image of cooling off), and expecting a breeze to blow into the room momentarily, the skin's sensitivity unconsciously heightens slightly. The wind chime commands their senses and imagination to savor this information from the outside world.

Some bells have a little slip of paper attached with a short wish or prayer (tansaku), which is send to the gods anytime the bell sounds – which can be quite often in a storm!

Sometimes they are called

Zen Garden Bells

A fuurin is a small Japanese windchime, traditionally hung from the eaves of a house or tree branches. Let light breezes sound them. In the stifling summer heat, a jingle from these bells mean cool breezes. This link shows a et of six cast iron bells includes two different temple bells, a goldfish bell, a cherry blossom bell, a beehive bell and a leaf bell. Buy one here:
http://www.geocities.com/paper_lanterns1/windchimes_gongs.html

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See my Photo Album in a different window while you read this text about my favorite Daruma wind chimes.

MY PHOTO ALBUM : Wind Chimes

The store Maruyoshi まるよし

has a great collection of Daruma Wind Chimes for all purposes.
You can order them online. The numbers are the pictures in my album.

03, 04 Good Luck, Fuku Daruma,
05 Opening up for good luck Kaiun Daruma
06, 07 For a great career, Shusse Daruma
08 Warding off evil, Yakuyoke Daruma
09 Chinese Geomancy, Feng Shui Daruma
10 Princess Daruma, Hime Daruma
12 Sitting in a decorative Case
http://www.sam.hi-ho.ne.jp/maruyosi/daruma.htm

Unfortunately I can not quote the separate links of the Maruyoshi page, you have to click on the buttons on the left side of this index page.
http://www.sam.hi-ho.ne.jp/maruyosi/index.htm

Collection of Maruyoshi Chimes from The Edo Period to Now
江戸風鈴について

How the chimes are made
江戸風鈴の制作方法

A lot of very nice chimes of other decorations
商品の紹介
商品の紹介・2

To hang on a wall or with a stand
商品・卓上型・壁掛け型

How chimes are made
(again, on a different page about Maruyoshi)
http://www.b-zenjapan.com/JP/07/bzj03.phtml?shop_id=46

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Kokeshi and Wind Chime
Here is a special one. A wooden Daruma in Kokeshi-Tradition with a cast-iron bell in the Nambu-Tradition of Morioka, Northern Japan, as wind-chime.
Photo Nr. 13
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Wind Chime Festival at Nishi-Arai Daishi Temple
西新井大師風鈴祭りは
Photo Nr. 1,2
The Daruma chime of this temple is made of cast-iron.
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Wind Chime Festival at Kawasaki Daishi
川崎大師風鈴市
Photo Nr. 12
This is quite a famous festival in Kawasaki, about 1 hour south of Tokyo and one of the most famous temples in honor of Kooboo Daishi in the area. I will take this place up in its own story, since there are a lot of Daruma articles from there.
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Chimes hanging from some plant arrangement.
Tsuri-Shinobu　つりしのぶ

The wind chime hangs from an arrangement for moss and flowers in various shapes, as you can see on this page. Hang them in a shaded place and spray with water, to enjoy the feel of cool.
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Other wind chimes, not with Daruma

This one is a cricket, suzu-mushi すずむし
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Iron Cricket Bell wind chime is the perfect addition to any home, garden, porch, etc. Hand cast in Japan from raw iron, its sturdy composition will last for years. The bell provides a pleasant and tranquil sound and will surely be a delight to everyone. Singing crickets have symbolism in Japanese culture, where they are symbols of autumn and they're the symbols of approaching winter and the death of life. The Japanese name for cricket is "suzumushi".
http://www.jlifeinternational.com/iron1_e.html

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An article about fuurin and other problems of modern desing, quite a differencs.I quote just a part of it:

3. Design is an interface, not the creation of interfaces.
3-1. Fuurin

I'd like to show you a classic example---fuurin---which translates to "wind bell" in English.

The interface design of this device is worth a moment's contemplation. The interest of the wind bell lies in the fact that it is not a musical instrument designed for the enjoyment of beautiful tone quality. This tendency is particularly marked in the Japanese wind bell, which has less of a musical quality than wind chimes found in other cultures.

The wind bell is not expressing sounds, it is expressing the fact that "the wind is blowing." On a hot summer's day, a wind bell hanging from the eaves facing the garden alerts people inside to the presence of the wind blowing. The person inside thinks, "Ah, the wind's blowing" (which contains the image of cooling off), and expecting a breeze to blow into the room momentarily, the skin's sensitivity unconsciously heightens slightly. The fuurin commands their senses and imagination to savor this information from the outside world. It is a perfect example of "synthetic Senseware."
http://www.sensorium.org/vp6/lecture/

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wind chimes -
the blend of Daruma
and sound

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Wind Chimes,wind bells
kigo for all summer

Wind Chimes and Haiku

A Haiku Meeting with the subject of Wind Chimes and our Daruma is right with them ! The place is the Market at Kawasaki Daishi.

風鈴の音ひるがへる風の先
fuurin no oto hirogaeru kaze no saki

wind chimes -
the sounds spread at
the tip of the wind

anonymous
Tr. Gabi Greve
http://www.haiku.jp/haijinrui/tokuhain200008.htm

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Myochin Wind Chimes 明珍火箸（みょうちんひばし）
are a representative traditional craft of Himeji. Originally these chimes were made from hibashi (metal chopsticks used to handle charcoal) that the Myochin family used while making armor.
Afterwards, the demand for hibashi decreased and the 52nd head of the family, Munemichi Myochin, created a new type of wind chime.
Clear sound and deep echoes are famous throughout Japan and musicians from inside and outside Japan, like Isao Tomita and Stevie Wonder, praise it.

source : www.hyogo-tourism.jp

現在息子の明珍敬三さんも53代目として一緒に仕事をされています。
source : myochin.htm

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. Doing Business in Edo　- 江戸の商売 .

- source : ukiyoe and Furin -

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Edo Furin (Wind Chimes)
Japanese wind bells are called Furin; “Fu” is wind and “rin” is bell in Japanese. The glass Edo Furin wind bell is particularly beautiful and can be often seen during Japan’s humid summer.

Wind chimes were originally a fortune-telling tool in China. The Chinese hung a bell in the bamboo forest and made predictions based on the wind’s direction and its sound. However, since they’ve arrived in Japan through Buddhism, Chinese wind-bells have been used to expel any lurking evil spirits. Japanese people believed that nothing unfortunate would happen to those who lived within earshot of a wind-bell. During the 12th to 17th century period, towns and villages suffered epidemics of the plague. Only noble and samurai families were able hang wind-bells under the corners of their roofs for protection, because they were made with phosphor bronze and were very expensive.

In the 18th century, Dutch glass making techniques were introduced to Nagasaki, one of only four seaports kept open for trade during Japan’s seclusion period. It was the first time Japanese people ever saw glass. Thereafter, glass objects were shipped to the more affluent Osaka, Kyoto, and Edo (Tokyo) areas. People were instantly attracted to the beauty of glass, which prompted them to learn glass making for themselves. In the 19th century, someone came up with an idea for glass wind chimes. One of the characteristics of Edo wind chimes is that the glass painting is done from the inside in order to protect the colors.

Japanese people find the sound of the wind chimes very refreshing, something that must be encoded in their DNA! The hot and humid Japanese summer is sometimes unbearable, but even a slight chime sound can send a signal to the brain saying “It’s cool!” This immediately causes the entire body to lower its body temperature (Or so some people think)!

Edo glass wind chimes are perfect as Christmas ornaments and very popular in the West. Not only do the designs fit for the season, but the beautiful sound can also be quite merry, too!
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. 河童 / かっぱ / カッパ - Kappa, the Water Goblin of Japan! .

- reference and more photos : 河童風鈴 -

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12/16/2013

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11/28/2004

Akubi, Daruma yawning

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Akubi - Daruma yawning
あくびのだるま / あくび達磨 / 欠伸

Wooden Yawning Darumas from Hida Takayama

This yawning Daruma is only about 5 cm tall and fits perfectly in the palm of my hand. I got him in Hida Takayama. Opening his mouth real wide he reminds me of Daruma Daishi sitting in front of the wall (menpeki kunen 面壁九年) in the temple Suuzan (崇山) in China.
Yawning loud (akubi 欠伸) is not a socially correct behaviour, but to strech your
arms and back and take a deep breath brings oxygen to your brain and helps your mind to be sharp. So it is no wonder Daruma during his long periods of meditation took a good yawn once in a while. And just this moment is captured in some of these humorous statues.

The town Takayama in Gifu Prefecture is well known for woodcarving, especially "with one blade" (ittoobori 一刀彫り). The Yawning Darumas are about 5 to 10 cm high and are a speciality of this area. They are part of the tradition of making netsuke (根付) in this area since the Edo period and mostly made of wood from the local Ichi-I tree (一位). Maybe the craftsmen from Takayama went to Edo and took the idea from pictures depicting a yawning Daruma in the Hokusai tradition.

(One of my two fellows has a pretty long face and shows little teeth, the other one has no teeth, but his beard is growing visibly, he looks quite haggard and fed up with meditation! )

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. Gifu Folk Art - 岐阜県　 .
Ichii tree (Taxus cuspidata)

. Yawning with Daruma and your Health 　
My daily exercises

source : yahoo.co.jp/abh27565

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From Hida Takayama

source :　facebook

飛騨一位一刀彫協同組合 carved with one knife

source : www.city.takayama.lg.jp

. Hida no Takumi 飛騨の匠 Hida’s Master Builders .

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teaburi 手あぶり handwarmer

. Daruma Teaburi だるま手あぶり small braziers

They are usually in form of little handwarmers (teaburi 手あぶり) and have a big open mouth to put in small pieces of charcoal and sometimes the inside is black with use. Some are made in Kutani. Another type is used as a vase for small flowers.

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Kutaniyaki
late Meiji period
About 4,7 cm high

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Netsuke with a yawning Daruma

Antique Popping Eyes Trick Ivory Netsuke

Signed on the base, the carver Gyokuichi is a 19th century netsukeshi recorded in the M.T.Hindson's Collection by Neil K. Davey. As evidence in this series of netsuke, he was greatly influenced by master carver Toen (1820-94), who is famoused for his ningyo/doll combined ittobori style wood netsuke.. Though Gyokuichi never achieved the status of his master, nerveless, his trick netsuke in ivory were made in many clever ways. His gods and heros are more silly than reverent, and oni more humane than devilish. Throughout the subject matter in this "popping eyes series", Gyokuichi is both bold and wild with a lively sense of humor. His netsuke designs forgo most unnecessary details, but focus on what is tactile and functional. Clearly, his main emphasis is to amuse and produce joy and laughter.
BuddhaMuseum.com

See details of this netsuke in my Netsuke Album, Nr. 42 to 45.

NETSUKE with Daruma / ALBUM

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Clay Bell with Yawning Daruma

Clay Dolls of a Yawning Daruma
Some of these are represented with hands folded unter the robe, others have the hands streched wide above the head. Inahata Clay Dolls (稲畑土人形), which have a long tradition, feature some of these Darumas.
They also come as little incense burners or water drippers for calligraphy. Another type is in the form of an ashtray with Daruma's mouth wide open, made in Kanazawa.
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Hakata Doll by Shuichi Kawasaki
ca. 20 cm

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Fude Arai Text Backup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/460

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Two papermachee Daruma dolls yawning
Papermachee Darumas (張子) are quite common in Japan, but a Yawning Daruma of this kind seems to be seldom and only produced in Nagoya and Fushimi, Kyoto.

The Yawning Daruma from Fushimi
This is a little fellow of about 9 cm with a headband (hachimaki 鉢巻), typical of Nagoya. He was made by Katayama Ryuu of Fushimi ward, Kyooto.

The Yawning Daruma from Nagoya
This doll has the belly protruding and the face looking into the sky, his yawn going right into space. We will talk about Nagoya Papermachee Darumas in a different story. Some of them have little balls of clay inside and make a ratteling noise when you shake them.

There is also a little piggy bank with a Yawning Daruma.
It is only about 8 cm high and has the characters for "Money saving" on his belly. It is in the tradition of Yano clay dolls (矢野土人形) from Saga Prefecture in Kyushu. But it is too small to put in money, so he is just yawning away waiting to grow. Yano clay dolls are known for piggy banks during the Russian War and were not made much after that.

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Let us check out Takayama just a little more. It is also called "Little Kyoto" and is well worth a trip.
On this HP, you find a general introduction about traveling in Hida Takayama.
http://www.hidatakayama.or.jp/english/index.html
飛騨高山の旅、日本語版
http://www.hidatakayama.or.jp/

Or check the following HP in English about local arts and crafts, where some carving of Yewwood (ichi-I 一位) is mentioned.
飛騨高山の物産、民芸を紹介するＨＰ:
http://www.hida.jp/e-kankou/e-dentou/e-dentou.htm

There is a Daruma Market in February in Takayama too:
２月11日（月・祝）（予定）本町通り飛騨高山だるま市
本町通りの風物詩「だるま市」が立ちます。
問い合わせ：高山市観光課（0577-35-3145)

Read more about the interesting festivals at Takayama in English:
高山の祭りについてはこちらのHPです。
The largest festival,the Sanno Matsuri, which is held April 14th and15th is hosted by the Hie Jinja Shrine. It is popularlyknown as the Takayama Spring Festival. Every Spring,people from all over Japan come to Takayama to celebrate this special festival.
After a hot summer when a cool Autumn wind begins to blow, the HachimanMatsuri, held October 9th and 10th, signifies the coming of Autumn. Thus,this festival is called the Takayama Autumn Festival. The Takayama Festivalpopularly refers to these two festivals in Takayama.
http://www.hidanet.ne.jp/e02/ematsuri/ekigen.htm

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At last two more pieces from my collection.
Fotos TBA.

One is an ashtray with an open-mouthed Daruma, his little face quite squashed by the big mouth.
He is about 12 cm high and has obviously been in use for quite a while.

And one more little pottery human Daruma of only 11 cm hight, who is yawning away, stretching one hand over his head as if he was thinking:
"Do I have to do all that meditating? Should I take a day off today?"
with a really human expression, his little teeth beautifully modeled and the little tounge sticking out. His toes are also quite unique.

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Instead of my portrait, Suiss painted my alter Ego.

- Suisse Marocain on fb -
and the Misaki Art World 2016 美咲芸術世界

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7/19/2005

Lanterns (choochin)

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Lanterns with Daruma, Daruma Choochin
だるま提灯
choochin 提灯 / 提燈 / チョウチン Chochin, Lantern, Lanterne

This one is from Hakone.

This type of lantern with Daruma is a common souvenir found in many tourist areas. I have some from Kamakura, Miyajima and other famous places.

. bake-choochin 化け提灯　Bake-Chochin, Monster Lantern .
Chōchin-obake 提灯お化け, "paper lantern ghost"

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On this page, you can click on the arrow and see the whole process of making a paper lantern. It takes a while to upload.

だるま提灯の作成行程
提灯が仕上がるまでの作業工程を説明しています。
骨組みの作成から紙貼りまでを紹介しています。
http://www14.plala.or.jp/chouchin/koutei/koutei.htm

The bamboo grid is made either of one long bamboo spiral, which breakes quite easily but is cheap to make.
Or circles of different size are adjusted around a woode frame and then sewn together with a string. They are covered with paper and the wooden frame form taken out. Then each fold is carefully made with the fingers.
This type is more expensive and called Lantern from Kyoto (kyoo choochin 京提灯)
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From a collector of lanterns, here is one from Tsumagome/Magome, Nagano.
妻籠・馬籠（長野）　だるま型提灯

http://www.lcv.ne.jp/~surgek/tyoutinmagome.htm

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Two modern lanterns, with electrical fixtures for indoors.

『招福だるま提灯』, 有限会社　　三好商店
Good Luck Daruma From Miyoshi Store, Takamatsu, Shikoku
http://www.netwave.or.jp/~cyouchin/interior.htm

His homepage about lanterns in English
http://www.netwave.or.jp/~cyouchin/paperlantern2.htm

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During the Winter Festival in Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, lanterns of Snowman Daruma were used.
なかしべつ冬まつり

http://www.nakamap.or.jp/tiikikanko/kanko/fuyumaturi/27th.htm

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During the winter festival of Takasaki town, the town of origin of the modern Daruma dolls, there are also Daruma lanterns made every year by the children.
町の通りの街灯にも子供たちが作っただるま提灯が飾られ、祭囃子の練習も始まっています。

http://www.pref.gunma.jp/g/02/nigiwai/genki-news-15.htm

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Here is a Japanese Daruma Lantern in the city of Seoul, Korea.
http://www.pusannavi.com/daynews/daily_photo.html?id=234

I also found some simple lanterns, made in China, for many modern events in Japan.

In the story about the Blowfish (fugu, Japan) you find a lantern made out of a dead fish!

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Japanese Interiors, Paper Lanterns -- chochin

A "chochin" is a hand crafted paper lantern made of bamboo and Japanese washi paper. Well, at least it used to be. Now, of course, you can find factory-made plastic ones that look exactly like the real thing. Chochin cast a serene glow, simple and elegant.

Chochin lanterns are very common throughout Japan. Restaurants hang them near their entrance, indicating that they are open for business. They are generally less formal, and more utilitarian, than other traditional decorations like hanging scrolls.

To a western eye, they are perhaps one of the most widely recognizable Japanese decorations, next to, perhaps, woodblock prints or folding screens.

Chochin containing a candle were widely used during the Edo period (1603-1869) as a portable light source. During the Edo period the night-time was darker than it is today and people had to travel on foot. Odawara Chochin was both useful and psychologically reassuring because of the belief that it protected people against evil spirits. For these reasons, it was widely used, particularly by travelers from the beginning of the 18th century.

The Odawara chochin is perhaps the most well-known. Named after a person who was living in Odawara, now a city in Kanagawa, the prefecture just south of Tokyo, the Odawara chochin have three distinguishing features.

They are collapsible, small and light enough to fit in the bosom of a kimono.
They are durable and can be used in inclement weather.
It is believed that they are able to protect people against evil spirits, especially when constructed of materials gathered from sacred locations.
http://www.japanese-interiors.com/japanese-lanterns.htm

挑燈（ちょうちん） making chochin source : edoichiba tyoutin

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"Chochin" was a kind of lantern at Japan in the olden times. At those days, "Chochin" served as a flash light when people went out at night. Japanese Lantern-"Chochin" made of a bamboo frame with paper covering. A candle burns inside. Today, "Chochin" is mainly used in festival at various Japanese towns. The design, pinted picture of Geisha makes it suitable for home decor.
http://www.existenz.co.jp/fu2.htm

About Lanterns from Odawara, Odawara Chochin
Chochin (Japanese lantern) widely used during the Edo period (1603-1869) is portable light that use candle as a light source. Japanese paper is applied to a spiral-shaped coil of finely split bamboo, and rings are fitted to the top and bottom of the Chochin so it can be collapsed and folded flat.
http://web-japan.org/atlas/crafts/cra10.html

Odawara Lantern

In the pun-language of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters, this was also an expression for an old man's penis.

Odawara choochin　小田原提灯　

. Regional Folk Craft from Japan .

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Big Lantern Festival . Oochoochin Matsuri
at Suwa Shrine and other places
大提灯（おおちょうちん）諏訪神社
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. Gifu 岐阜提灯 Gifu Chochin, Lanterns from Gifu .
With delicate hand-painted patterns. Almost like Bon Choochin.

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Sanuki Choochin, Sanuki Chochin, Lanterns from Sanuki
讃岐提灯
With three layers, innermost with dragon, middle with sutras, outside with pattern

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source :　blog.livedoor.jp/suntronix_fuga

kokeshi choochin こけし灯籠 lanterns in the form of wooden dolls

. kokeshi こけし wooden dolls, Kokeshi .

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Lanterns for O-Bon, bonjoochin 盆提灯
(bon choochin) ぼんぢょうちん

There are two types, to hang and to stand. Usually they are made to turn around and around, producing nice shadows on the paper screens of the walls and windows of a typical Japanese home.
They serve the same purpose as the fires at the entrance, to welcome and later to send off the souls of the ancestors.

Standing Lanterns

http://www.butsudanya.co.jp/shop_chochin2.html

Hanging Lanterns

http://www.butsudanya.co.jp/goods_chochin1.html

Link in Japanese
盆提灯はなぜ飾るのですか？ nadonado
http://www.butsudanya.co.jp/bon_chochin5.html

Preparing bamboo lanterns for o-bon
This time they use halfcut bamboo pieces with candles to produce a natural light.
Look at the photos here:
http://pictures.nicolas.delerue.org/japan/200408_Nara_Obon/Nara_Obon_5352.html

Read more about O-Bon as a kigo for early autumn for a haiku.
Bon Festival (o-bon) お盆

盆提灯たためば熱き息をせり　
bonjoochin tatameba atsuki iki o seri

this bon lantern -
when it is closed it lets out
a hot breath

Nonaka Ryosuke (Ryoosuke) 野中亮介 (1958 - )

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鳥羽（三重）from Toba, Mie prefecture

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. List of Edo craftsmen　江戸の職人 .

. Edo Tegaki Chochin 江戸手描提灯
Hand-Painted Paper Lanterns .
火袋提灯 hibukuro chochin (literally "fire bag lanterns")
高張提灯 takahari chochin parade lanterns with long poles

From the mid Edo Period onward, a great number of craftsmen skilled in calligraphy and brushwork resided in Edo's Asakusa district. Wholesaling systems were developed in the Meiji Era (1868-1912), this resulted in a growing division of tasks between chochin production processes and character/crest decoration processes. Even today, some Tokyo craftsmen make a living based on writing Japanese characters on finished hibukuro 火袋 ("fire bag lanterns"). The Japanese characters written on chochin are generally referred to as being in the Edo moji style (the Edo lettering style), and such chochin calligraphers also prepare senjafuda, slips of paper bearing pilgrim names that are affixed to the gates of Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples.
Although lettering is written inside an outlined area on senjafuda 千社札, chochin lack such restrictions. This leads to a slightly more free-flowing calligraphy style. Furthermore, painting family crests on chochin differs from applying them to kimono, in that the former are painted in black ink on a white background. Crests are painted in a way that facilitates visibility from a distance, and unique methods are utilized to achieve a balanced appearance.

choochinshi　提灯師 craftsman making paper lanterns

Since the dark roads of Edo at night were not always safe, the stick to hold a lantern was quite strong and could serve as a weapon in case of need.

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choochin hari 提灯張り gluing paper to lanterns
choochin harikae 提灯張り変え gluing new paper to lanterns

Since the paper of the folding lanters broke easily, repairing them was a good job in the towns of Edo, Osaka and Kyoto. On demand the repairmen would also paint the family crest or the name of a shop on a newly repaired lantern.

. naishoku 内職　home worker, side business in Edo .

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- reference :　浮世絵　提灯 Ukiyo-E -

川瀬巴水提灯雪の柳橋 Yuki no Yanagibashi

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- ANDON 行灯 Andon lanterns of old -

. Yotaka andon matsuri 夜高行灯祭 (よたかあんどんまつり)
Yotaka andon lantern festival .
Fukuno no yotaka 福野の夜高（ふくののよたか）
observance kigo for late spring

. bonbori ぼんぼり / 雪洞 paper lantern .
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Akachochin Jellyfish 赤提灯クラゲ Pandea rubra

. Daruma Lantern at a Shop in Saga, Kyoto 　

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"Paper Lantern Seller"
Tokuriki Tomikichiro 徳力富吉郎

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. 河童 / かっぱ / カッパ - Kappa, the Water Goblin of Japan! .
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. bake-choochin 化け提灯　Bake-Chochin, Monster Lantern .
Chōchin-obake 提灯お化け, "paper lantern ghost"

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