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12/16/2013

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11/28/2004

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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

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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.

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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

Look at many many many more :
source : kunio.raindrop.jp

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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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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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source : google.co.jp

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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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12/19/2013

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1/15/2005

Seven Gods of Good Luck

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Seven Gods of Good Luck 七福神 Shichifukujin　

Yamashina-E Picture
Daruma and YAMASHINA Paintings - Yamashina-E

Benten　弁天
Bishamonten　毘沙門天
Daikoku 大黒
Ebisu 恵比寿
Fukurokujuu 福禄寿
Hotei 布袋
Juroojin　寿老人

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Quote from Mark Schumacher:
The Shichifukujin are an eclectic group of deities from Japan, India, and China. Only one is native to Japan (Ebisu). Three are from India (Daikokuten, Bishamonten, and Benzaiten) and three from China (Hotei, Jurojin, and Fukurokuju).

The mystery of number seven has enraptured the Japanese as well. Ancient Japan was founded around seven districts. In Japanese folklore, there are seven treasures and seven deities of good luck (the topic of this story). Japanese Buddhists believe people are reincarnated only seven times, and seven weeks of mourning are prescribed following death.

The list goes on and on -- the seven ups and eight downs of life (Daruma san, you remember), the seven autumn flowers, the seven spring herbs, the seven types of red pepper, the seven transformations, and the popular 7-5-3 festival held each November for children, in which special Shinto rites are performed to formally welcome girls (age 3) and boys (age 5) into the community. Girls (age 7) are welcomed into womanhood and allowed to wear the obi (decorative sash worn with kimono).

Mark Schumacher has many more details and pictures
. . . Mark Schumacher

Link about these seven deities.
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/jgods.html

The Seven Gods of Good Fortune Playing with Chinese Children
Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842–1894)

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The belief in the seven gods of good luck may have started in the Kamakura period as the belief in Ebisu, who had been introduced from India together with Daikoku and Benten. In the Muromachi period, these three were revered together.
Next from India came Bishamonten and then from China Hotei, Fukurooju and Juroojin.

These seven gods are gathered in one common pilgrimmage for the New Year.
At the beginning of the Edo period Tokugawa Ieyasu started the first set of seven temples from Temple Kanei-Ji in the Ueno area. During the more peaceful time of the seventh Shogun Yoshimune it turned into more of a festivity and tourism and spread over all of Japan.

Nowadays, people visit these temples often as a kind of hiking entertainment or stamp ralley, but it never lost in its popularity.

visiting the temples of the seven gods of good luck
shichifukujin mairi 七福神参り
kigo for the New Year
Saijiki of Ceremonies in Japan

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

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Give us our daily food:
. Figure waffles (ningyooyaki 人形焼) .

Arare rice crackers 七福神あられ
source : o.tabelog.com

Shichifukujin Ramen soup 七福神ラーメン
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Shichifukujin Manju rice dumplings 七福神　饅頭
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.. .. .. Daikoku

. Daikoku Ten 大黒天 .

DAIKOKU Daruma Doll 大黒達磨

Hisamaro, Seven Goods of Good Luck
七福神グッズいろいろ（郷土玩具編）

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... EBISU Ebisu えびす　恵比寿　 ...

Ebisu from Tamada Mura Village.
http://www.tcbnavi.com/7fukujin/yashiro/takara.html

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Look at this marvellous Clay Doll of an Ebisu
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2005/05/ebisu-with-daruma-clay-doll.html

And here is a papermachee doll of an Ebisu-Daruma
http://darumadollmuseum.blogspot.com/2005/01/nakamura-collection.html

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Ebisu is native to Japan, his name in the Shinto Pantheon is Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami.
Many shrines throughout Japan have a festival of the First Ebisu Market (hatsu Ebisu 初恵比寿)during the New Year celebrations.

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On this link, you can see more pictures about the First Ebisu Market.
http://www.zephyr.dti.ne.jp/~fuyumaru/PAGES/HATUEBISUTAISAI.htm

Great Festival at Tooka Ebisu Shrine
十日恵比寿神社　正月大祭
Daruma Dolls are sold, of course. And look at some pretty Geisha on this link.

http://www.geocities.jp/hokutoflag3/ebisu8.jpg
http://www.geocities.jp/hokutoflag3/tokaebisu.htm

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This Ebisu gets a new nose for the New Year.

はなかけ恵比寿, 鼻かけえびす　hanakake Ebisu

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（鼻欠け恵比寿初笑い）Hanakake Ebisu Hatsu Warai

Ebisu is always ready to laugh.
The first laugh, first laughter, hatsu-warai 初笑い, is of course the best (and a kigo for the New Year).

The date is January 20. First he gets his nose re-done, and when this is done, all start laughing!

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............................................................. Two haiku by ISSA

片乳を握りながらやはつ笑ひ
kata chichi o nigiri nagara ya hatsu warai

while grasping
mama's breast...
the year's first smile

乞食やもらひながらのはつ笑ひ
koijiki ya morai nagara no hatsu warai

a beggar receives
alms, the year's first
laughter

Tr. David Lanoue

ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

© Photo : www.wbs.co.jp/blog4/archives/cat51/index.html

ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

still half asleep
on the same pillow -
our fist smile

Gabi Greve, January 1, 2007
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First Ebisu, Hatsu-Ebisu is also the name of a brand of Sake. It looks quite festive in its red and white decorations.
http://www.kura-yamada.com/product/hatueb.html

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. Hotei 布袋 Pu-Tai .

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. BENTEN 弁天（べんてん）
BENZAITEN 弁財天　

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. Bishamon-Ten . 毘沙門天 .

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. Takarabune with the seven gods of good luck .
宝船と七福神 Treasure Ship

. My Folk Toys and the Seven Gods of Good Luck

Clay bells and other items of the Seven Gods 七福神
source : hisamaro
MORE shichifukujin goods
source : by hisamaro

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Die sieben Glücksgötter (Shichi Fukushin)
Besondere Gruppierung "ausländischer" Gottheiten.

Daikokuten, Bishamonten und Benten sind indische Gottheiten, Ebisu ist eine rein japanische Gottheit. Hotei und Fukurokujuu sind chinesischen Ursprungs.

Seit der Muromachi-Zeit besonders von Geschäftsleuten verehrt. Sechs männliche und eine weibliche (Benten) Gottheit. Entweder alle in einem Tempel aufgestellt oder für jede Gottheit ein eigener Tempel, die in den Neujahrstagen alle abgepilgert werden müssen. In einigen Tempeln befinden sich sieben besonders große, auffallend geformte Natursteine, welche die Gottheiten darstel~len.

Oft zusammen auf einem Glücksschiff (takarabune) dargestellt, auf dessen Segel das Schriftzeichen für "Schätze" (takara) steht. Dieses Bild ist besonders am Neujahrsfest glückbringend.

Eventuell aus dem alten Brauch des "Siebenmal Anbeten" (nanado mairi) entstanden, bei dem zum Gionfest in Kyooto an einem Tempel sieben Mal hintereinander ein Gebet gesprochen werden mußte, damit es wirksam wurde. Die Zahl "SIEBEN" ist seit alter Zeit mit Glück verbunden. Es gab auch den Brauch, sieben Statuen des Hotei nebeneinander aufzustellen.
In der Edo-Zeit am 2. Januar legte man sich ein Bild der Glücksgötter unter das Kopfkissen, um einen guten ersten Traum im neuen Jahr zu haben.

Die meisten Gottheiten wurden bei den Ten bereits besprochen, siehe dort.

Benten.....
Bishamonten.....
Daikokuten.....

Ebisu.....
Rein japanische Gottheit. E bedeutet Liebe, BI bedeutet Schönheit und SU bedeutet alltägliche Notwendigkeiten. Ältester Sohn (Hiruko) der japanischen Gottheiten Izanagi und Izanami no Mikoto. Als Kind auf einem Schilfboot ausgesetzt, kommt in der Gegend von Osaka an Land; daher auch Gottheit der Fischer.
Im buddhistischen Pantheon als Inkarnation der Kannon, vom Welt~berg des Südens, Fudaraku, kommend.
Zusammen mit Daikokuten als Doppelfigur.
Ikonografie:
Mit Entenmuschel-Mütze; in Jagdgewändern.
Meist rundes, lächelndes Gesicht.
Mit großem Fisch und langer Angelrute.

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Fukurokujuu
Fukuroojin.
Sehr ähnlich wie Juroojin. Verkörperung des südlichen Polarsterns. Taoistische Gottheit aus China. Gewährt Reichtum, langes Leben und gute Karriere.
Kam in der Edo-Zeit anstelle von Kichijooten zu den sieben Glücksgöttern.
Ikonografie:
Alter Mann mit hohem kahlem Kopf, Stab in der Hand. In chinesi~sche Gewänder gekleidet. Manchmal mit einer Bildrolle oder einem chinesischen Fächer. Gefolgt von einem tausendjährigen Kranich.

source :　woodblockprints.org
Shaving the Head with a Ladder - Fukurokuju and Daikoku
by Toyokuni 豊国画

Tenaga and Ashinaga shaving Fukurokuju
. Kawanabe Kyosai .

. Tenaga Ashinaga 手長足長 "long arms, long legs" .

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Hotei
Chinesischer Zenpriester Kaishi (Kihi) des Tempels Shimeizan; lebte in der T'ang-Zeit. Wanderte bettelnd durchs Land, spielte mit den Kindern, trug seine Habe in einem großen Sack mit sich herum. Inkarnation des Miroku Bosatsu. Er lehrte, daß ein Geist frei von Sorgen und ein Herz frei von Wünschen wertvoller sei als alle weltlichen Schätze dieser Erde.
Ikonografie:
Alter, lachender, kahlköpfiger Priester-Schelm. Offene Kleidung, mit herausragendem dickem Bauch. Mit großem Sack, auf dem er oft ausruht; in der Hand einen chinesischen Fächer.

Juroojin
Sehr ähnlich wie Fukurokujuu. Entstanden aus einer chinesischen Gottheit des Taoismus. Verkörperung des südlichen Polarsterns (im Chinesischen: Stern des alten Mannes). Verkörpert langes Leben ohne Krankheit und Tod. Neben ihm steht oft ein Hirsch.
Ikonografie:
Mit hohem, kahlem Kopf, langem Bart. Mit langem Stab und einem chinesischen Fächer oder einer Schriftrolle in der Hand. Begleitet von einem 2500 Jahre alten Hirsch. Das Geweih junger Hirsche galt als Medizin für langes Leben.

.Buddhastatuen ... Who is Who 　　

Ein Wegweiser zur Ikonografie
von japanischen Buddhastatuen
Gabi Greve, 1994

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A takarabune (Seven Lucky Gods Treasure Boat)
at Anyoji Temple in Kawasaki

quote
Turning to Okinawa and its rituals in search of a happier new year
Okinawan religion, while adopting some aspects of Japanese Shinto, Chinese Confucianism and Buddhism, remains essentially animistic, and spiritual power resides mainly in ancestors and in Nature — especially in trees, but most especially in stone.
source : Japan Times, January 2012

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shichi fu ku 七　二　九　7 2 9
a pun with the 29th day of the seventh month
July 29 is considered a special day for the Gods of Good Luck.

So a special dish is prepared on this day to thank them.

fukujinzuku 福神漬け
Pickles for the Gods of Good Luck

..... one of the most popular kinds of pickles in Japanese cuisine, commonly used as a relish for Japanese curry. In fukujinzuke, vegetables including daikon, eggplant, lotus root and cucumber are finely chopped, then pickled in a base that is flavored with soy sauce. The end result has a crunchy texture.

The name originates from the tale of Seven Lucky Gods. In homage to the name, some varieties of fukujinzuke consists of seven different kind of vegetables, adding sword beans (鉈豆, natamame), perilla, shiitake mushrooms and/or sesame seeds to the four main ingredients.
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