tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27342046256034468902024-03-18T12:04:45.720+09:00Four Seasons in JapanThis blog mainly introduces traditional Japanese things including seasonal events, flowers, confectionery, handicrafts, bunraku(Japanese puppet theater). Short introductions and links to all of my blog posts are shown on four calendar pages on sidebar.
ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.comBlogger453125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-30708215679839747972024-02-28T20:38:00.000+09:002024-02-28T20:38:42.951+09:002024 Noto Earthquake (3)<div>15. Wajima-nuri lacquerware</div><div>Wajima-nuri is representative high-grade lacquerware of Japan. Nothing says Japanese lacquerware like Wajima-nuri. There were many homes with Wajima-nuri workshops along the Asaichi Street. It is estimated that the earthquake left 70% of about 1000 workers related to Wajima-nuri homeless. One of the workshops has resumed the production of lacquerware in Kanazawa.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib538fk8uRTZylRzo_fDDQ2cIZLWabCqF2G3l0y4AwGk1eJcFe415c8l8DsHb35iXuT6Rfnz-nhEdqdQZKiGm3F5mQ5kFDXOo5wGPTpGqoXfeOMtGYNONP5UQAfWGt98MB3yo5lWxyVDR6DKz9_8SwrGnTxOOnws-cfVP-7NmOo48hiVJ_iPaKbMtfyr8/s2000/1111111409_%E8%BC%AA%E5%B3%B6%E5%A1%97.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="2000" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib538fk8uRTZylRzo_fDDQ2cIZLWabCqF2G3l0y4AwGk1eJcFe415c8l8DsHb35iXuT6Rfnz-nhEdqdQZKiGm3F5mQ5kFDXOo5wGPTpGqoXfeOMtGYNONP5UQAfWGt98MB3yo5lWxyVDR6DKz9_8SwrGnTxOOnws-cfVP-7NmOo48hiVJ_iPaKbMtfyr8/w640-h464/1111111409_%E8%BC%AA%E5%B3%B6%E5%A1%97.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Wajima-nuri lacquerware<br />Copyright: </span>Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div>Wajima-nuri lacquerware will be sold in some fairs.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Wajima-nuri wo Tsunagu" is being held in KINTETSU Nara store from Feb.27.</div><div><br /></div><div>At an event "WAJIMANOMIRAI", 600 items by 19 workshops will be on display.</div><div>March 5- Daimaru Shinsaibashi Store, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture</div><div>April 10- Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store, Tokyo Prefecture</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Some of the workshops have websites. Wajima Kirimoto reopened their online store on Jan.7, 2024. Taya Shikkiten has launched a crowd funding page for workers related to Wajima-nuri.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wajima Kirimoto:</div><div><a href="https://kirimoto.theshop.jp/blog/2024/01/07/221647">https://kirimoto.theshop.jp/blog/2024/01/07/221647</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Taya Shikkiten:</div><div><a href="https://www.wajimanuri.co.jp/2024/01/02/post-2270/">https://www.wajimanuri.co.jp/2024/01/02/post-2270/</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>16. <i>Ama</i>(female divers)</div><div><div>Ama(female divers) in Wajima City is designated as an important intangible folk-cultural property. They detach seafood such as abalone, turban shells, and seaweed called ego from the rocks under water holding their breath for 50-60 minutes. The divers do skin diving around Hegurajima island and off Wajima Port.</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKUdGZwQLWqqDiqfUeO6rTSyk_UjdkgMVgShQIX-dYxJppyqbaO1L4h-UStl6FdIYy-4F9iqFV28464CLQQ5udNvzFMMngDCZcAM2ZzdkSVJ_h6hCH-Q-BmhWruSjaVm_T9DZg9Upzdz29JGq7gCV1JAsnaPN1PyR1it3zGQcJLfu9sqrujYKfKGeC0o/s2000/1111111428_%E8%88%B3%E5%80%89%E5%B3%B6%E3%83%BB%E6%B5%B7%E5%A5%B3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1573" data-original-width="2000" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKUdGZwQLWqqDiqfUeO6rTSyk_UjdkgMVgShQIX-dYxJppyqbaO1L4h-UStl6FdIYy-4F9iqFV28464CLQQ5udNvzFMMngDCZcAM2ZzdkSVJ_h6hCH-Q-BmhWruSjaVm_T9DZg9Upzdz29JGq7gCV1JAsnaPN1PyR1it3zGQcJLfu9sqrujYKfKGeC0o/w640-h504/1111111428_%E8%88%B3%E5%80%89%E5%B3%B6%E3%83%BB%E6%B5%B7%E5%A5%B3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ama around Hegurajima island <br />Copyright: Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>This summer it will be hard for the divers to get seawfood in the sea of Wajima due to ground uplift and damaged facilities such as Wajima Port, boats, commercial refrigerators, and pumping machineries. They have to get a new seafloor terrain changed by ground uplift to get fertile seabed into their heads and to shirk danger. </div><div>The number of the woman divers is about 170, but the divers now 60 and older currently constitute the majority. Two-thirds of of the divers have stayed in some areas away from Wajima City. Ama throughout the country are providing support for them.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>17. Suzu ware</div><div>I associate Suzu ware with Suzu City. Suzu ware was produced during the late 12th and late 15th centuries. The ware having a heritage from ancient earthen vessel was widely distributed, but it disappeared rapidly. In the 1970s, the local government and a local chamber of commerce were engaged in the reconstruction effort of Suzu ware.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Suzu Ware Museum:</div><div><a href="https://www.city.suzu.lg.jp/site/suzuware-museum/">https://www.city.suzu.lg.jp/site/suzuware-museum/</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfgjbz41_oo3jhFaRo1DqVbMX3yCFOvJ8WB56DEKopNEIQr4zwp7XTJimP6DDdiRYs9ZrZFEc-7xT0DRlY8PdQxXu2oHSl5Zl_7BhOTXf_uGo9y3OPX9xP-KsTQttcyxJpeHfPVnSotzpMlV-VqW2RYtbZ_8HYtwc4b7s0DQi1WKhGo6c_a5keW-CqF64/s2000/1111111258_%E7%8F%A0%E6%B4%B2%E7%84%BC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfgjbz41_oo3jhFaRo1DqVbMX3yCFOvJ8WB56DEKopNEIQr4zwp7XTJimP6DDdiRYs9ZrZFEc-7xT0DRlY8PdQxXu2oHSl5Zl_7BhOTXf_uGo9y3OPX9xP-KsTQttcyxJpeHfPVnSotzpMlV-VqW2RYtbZ_8HYtwc4b7s0DQi1WKhGo6c_a5keW-CqF64/w466-h640/1111111258_%E7%8F%A0%E6%B4%B2%E7%84%BC.jpg" width="466" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Suzu ware<br />Copyright: Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>All of the 18 pottery kilns were collapsed by the quake. Brick-built kilns are weak against earthquakes. A potter's kiln was collapsed by the earthquake in May last year. He rebuilt his kiln in October, but it collapsed again. It takes a few years for potters to restart pottery production.</div><div>Suzu City has been hit by series of earthquakes with seismic intensity 5 upper in 2007, seismic intensity 6 lower in 2022, seismic intensity 6 upper in 2023, seismic intensity 6 upper in 2024. A potter with 32 year career is contemplating retirement.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqMkAPygxfsN7XFZOpO_0JyN4gkBfP0eLfUbdcHPFh_IIi2nhSl7tqLgE-kvvw0ti0PqswP1__B8mgLqoCLkpl3RiObfO1IH3-HmN07ALCSnrioRWmfy1Vkc8qkUEcCuJ-ssZAEA8w5eZxyxmJKpayALl7xQrAdjbv4YMSfMo2M9bKDR5cw-bMCud7oQ/s771/1111112844_%E7%8F%A0%E6%B4%B2%E7%84%BC%E9%A4%A8_NEW4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="757" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnqMkAPygxfsN7XFZOpO_0JyN4gkBfP0eLfUbdcHPFh_IIi2nhSl7tqLgE-kvvw0ti0PqswP1__B8mgLqoCLkpl3RiObfO1IH3-HmN07ALCSnrioRWmfy1Vkc8qkUEcCuJ-ssZAEA8w5eZxyxmJKpayALl7xQrAdjbv4YMSfMo2M9bKDR5cw-bMCud7oQ/s16000/1111112844_%E7%8F%A0%E6%B4%B2%E7%84%BC%E9%A4%A8_NEW4.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Suzu ware<br />Copyright: Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League<div><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div><div><br /></div><div>18. salt making</div><div>In Suzu City, some saltworks make salt by boiling down seawater by means of traditional salt-making method called Agehama-style having a more than 400-year-old history. Though the salt contains rich dietary minerals, the method takes quite a bit of work. </div></div><div><div>Since the coastline was moved distances of 100m out to sea, the facilities to pump water from the sea don't work at all. (Some saltworks draw water from the sea and move it by humans.) On Feb. 8, one of the saltworks restarted their work. They have accepted more online orders than in the past year.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>19.livestock business</div><div>Many farmers raise their livestock in the area. They are struggling to water their livestock during water outage. The quake crashed or damaged some cattle barns. Some of them consider selling their livestock. One of them resumed shipments on Feb. 13.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>20. agriculture</div><div><div>Effects on agriculture will come to the surface from now. Many paddy fields, crop fields and irrigation channel were damaged. Farmers can't let water flow to a rice field. </div><div>The rice terraces of Shiroyone Senmaida is full of cracks. They have launched a crowd funding page.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://wajima-senmaida.jp/info/crowdfunding2024/">https://wajima-senmaida.jp/info/crowdfunding2024/</a></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6bubeWzIOIb8QoLdbC-CfA2e_OkrEOCbeyDQEYINrVuwKAP5BQDcMohjYpLyqfD9d3S4LpUq9p4rpV5fBNexC223ekA2mq0qV8Qr6HNpLipCsrWe2qChOn6BZz2v4Kr9_JdbHu4v9ysI1vvkq7S_Uej-ivphjdGmHQ73-FELuljt6PgdXAZ3ZFRxizU/s2000/1111111299_%E5%8D%83%E6%9E%9A%E7%94%B0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1598" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6bubeWzIOIb8QoLdbC-CfA2e_OkrEOCbeyDQEYINrVuwKAP5BQDcMohjYpLyqfD9d3S4LpUq9p4rpV5fBNexC223ekA2mq0qV8Qr6HNpLipCsrWe2qChOn6BZz2v4Kr9_JdbHu4v9ysI1vvkq7S_Uej-ivphjdGmHQ73-FELuljt6PgdXAZ3ZFRxizU/w320-h400/1111111299_%E5%8D%83%E6%9E%9A%E7%94%B0.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pre-quake Shiroyone Senmaida<br />Copyright: Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">The power is out</span><span face="Arial, "Arial New", "MS P ゴシック", sans-serif" style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;"> in </span>the area around the paddy fields, but solar panels generate enough electricity to power the lights of the rice terraces now.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBtTWmXtMMKtK10EgT7ypuHeRwJTqLimABHf6AfioLdC1XihL2r3P5jt514fBgRmCSUkoTJ0DttLiINyIEE-AGT6qgxaLl0MRdnRHT0jGc5XmQfnUL2z11QwNvMSyGH-6z90UfDxAlEmdT_IUakxK3S-AxA7UlzAy0Xl7OxG82eJ1jHQ_jrwE8HW5wqQ/s2000/1111112452_%E3%81%82%E3%81%9C%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8D%E3%82%89%E3%82%81%E3%81%8D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBtTWmXtMMKtK10EgT7ypuHeRwJTqLimABHf6AfioLdC1XihL2r3P5jt514fBgRmCSUkoTJ0DttLiINyIEE-AGT6qgxaLl0MRdnRHT0jGc5XmQfnUL2z11QwNvMSyGH-6z90UfDxAlEmdT_IUakxK3S-AxA7UlzAy0Xl7OxG82eJ1jHQ_jrwE8HW5wqQ/w640-h428/1111112452_%E3%81%82%E3%81%9C%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8D%E3%82%89%E3%82%81%E3%81%8D.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pre-quake Shiroyone Senmaida<br />Copyright: Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><div>21. sightseeing</div><div>Kanazawa is safe. Visitors are welcomed there. However, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa will reopen entirely late June.</div><div><div>The number of confirmed demolished or partially destroyed accommodations rose to 88 in Ishikawa prefecture. The quake damaged 54 accommodations in Niigata, 63 in Totama, 4 in Fukui, 1 in Gifu. There was no personal damage.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>THE OFFICIAL ISHIKAWA TRAVEL GUIDE by Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League:</div><div><a href="https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/index.html">https://www.hot-ishikawa.jp/index.html</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> 22. Wakura Onsen</div><div>Wakura Onsen (和倉温泉) is a hot spring resort town with 22 accommodations in Nanao City. All of the accommodations are closed due to the damage caused by the quake. Some of damaged hotels accept only disaster recovery workers, but the hotels provide only rooms without meals. The workers don't have access to flush toilets, to take a bath.</div><div>They have launched a crowd funding page.</div><div><div><br /></div></div><div>Wakura Onsen Tourism Association, Wakura Onsen hotel cooperative association:</div><div><a href="https://www.wakura.or.jp/brochure/brochure-3422/">https://www.wakura.or.jp/brochure/brochure-3422/</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>In 2023, Kagaya in Wakura Onsen was selected as the best accommodation in Japan. They won the first prize 41 times. They advanced into Taiwan in 2010.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6pWGVFYX2zrhgzPnYmMNUt3d5AAfBIjzrSdhJGob-pkhj54egOdACUDxM3KI85XcIPtFs04gzxyIBX8kpB25qaWvfR5UKMPZGnxRmP9rFcMedkPDefcp18fKUBc5k90bFqzXLugL6XwroUCMjVvz7RLWDPqir2k8X1htUcNL0G_w4XuoNmUpQZ9Wekg/s2000/1111111422_%E5%92%8C%E5%80%89%E6%B8%A9%E6%B3%89.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1579" data-original-width="2000" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6pWGVFYX2zrhgzPnYmMNUt3d5AAfBIjzrSdhJGob-pkhj54egOdACUDxM3KI85XcIPtFs04gzxyIBX8kpB25qaWvfR5UKMPZGnxRmP9rFcMedkPDefcp18fKUBc5k90bFqzXLugL6XwroUCMjVvz7RLWDPqir2k8X1htUcNL0G_w4XuoNmUpQZ9Wekg/w640-h506/1111111422_%E5%92%8C%E5%80%89%E6%B8%A9%E6%B3%89.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">pre-quake Wakura Onsen<br /></span>Copyright: Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div>23. Notojima Aquarium</div><div>Two whale sharks died of broken aquarium filtration apparatus and water leak in the Notojima Aquarium damaged by the quake. They evacuated their breeding animals to another aquaria and zoos. Japan Aquarium Association(JAA) has launched a crowd funding page for the aquarium. Japanese Association of Zoological Gardens and Aquariums(JAZA) is accepting relief money for the aquarium.</div><div><br /></div><div>Japan Aquarium Association(JAA)(Japanese version only):</div><div><a href="https://www.j-aqua.org/2024/02/05/796/">https://www.j-aqua.org/2024/02/05/796/</a> </div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThAk5uVV-l6A1_7Z0Abr7xOzT_MEWHQGxBIJFeBvgAt19QWKbYays2XFIkC8FSfVbnn4qRvkx-YnZ0TAMoLzaFMhQ93n7htN7B7zL3wVwRzCMPGfv5J-9OZaf1y6n3F3euHEpqf5_Ph1bCT8iKFsg5nUBq2rCXGC5h1l7Ymd6L6DXI07x7QunZmg7RLQ/s2000/1111112101_%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A8%E3%81%98%E3%81%BE%E6%B0%B4%E6%97%8F%E9%A4%A8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThAk5uVV-l6A1_7Z0Abr7xOzT_MEWHQGxBIJFeBvgAt19QWKbYays2XFIkC8FSfVbnn4qRvkx-YnZ0TAMoLzaFMhQ93n7htN7B7zL3wVwRzCMPGfv5J-9OZaf1y6n3F3euHEpqf5_Ph1bCT8iKFsg5nUBq2rCXGC5h1l7Ymd6L6DXI07x7QunZmg7RLQ/w400-h266/1111112101_%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A8%E3%81%98%E3%81%BE%E6%B0%B4%E6%97%8F%E9%A4%A8.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">pre-quake </span>Notojima Aquarium<br />Copyright: Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcGeDvsOCRC1c3HTdKclqqEpejpRGZL_6CAN3GqMk9ABzaVBDVSFIGZoTnThAAQL-qp1pfwRvXq79TD71F5l2b29clcjSkTBOM5uBa8RoFcCPFCcyReZ9AYOWfe24dLVanhFuRWKH4MRcQm4Z2mPnKOz_UVTU7-Pn6IwpaPpPBxAUZAmk3T_w7T-3mIw/s2000/1111112104_%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A8%E3%81%98%E3%81%BE%E6%B0%B4%E6%97%8F%E9%A4%A8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcGeDvsOCRC1c3HTdKclqqEpejpRGZL_6CAN3GqMk9ABzaVBDVSFIGZoTnThAAQL-qp1pfwRvXq79TD71F5l2b29clcjSkTBOM5uBa8RoFcCPFCcyReZ9AYOWfe24dLVanhFuRWKH4MRcQm4Z2mPnKOz_UVTU7-Pn6IwpaPpPBxAUZAmk3T_w7T-3mIw/w400-h266/1111112104_%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A8%E3%81%98%E3%81%BE%E6%B0%B4%E6%97%8F%E9%A4%A8.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">pre-quake </span>Notojima Aquarium<br />Copyright: Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhins6YDmBuewsXnu0xkWxtbd5DustAY6rwhd7f-La3LJYod_5DC8D7RBTfm3wT23tyThtXIza-n3aJfDOOjB7xWCiWhpzgH6STpO4o5KpdqHFvbjh36JXDLCvRb95KMeO0vV6-B5gcN17UCKRHilat_hYFkMlFhzQclEZErBxw7QXwn6TRNDg-hIkZMjY/s2000/1111111156_%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A8%E3%81%98%E3%81%BE%E6%B0%B4%E6%97%8F%E9%A4%A8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2000" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhins6YDmBuewsXnu0xkWxtbd5DustAY6rwhd7f-La3LJYod_5DC8D7RBTfm3wT23tyThtXIza-n3aJfDOOjB7xWCiWhpzgH6STpO4o5KpdqHFvbjh36JXDLCvRb95KMeO0vV6-B5gcN17UCKRHilat_hYFkMlFhzQclEZErBxw7QXwn6TRNDg-hIkZMjY/w400-h265/1111111156_%E3%81%AE%E3%81%A8%E3%81%98%E3%81%BE%E6%B0%B4%E6%97%8F%E9%A4%A8.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">pre-quake </span>Notojima Aquarium<br />Copyright: Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div>24. tax payment</div><div>Many evacuees who concerned about payment of income tax sent inquiries to Kanazawa Regional Taxation Bureau. The bureau issued a rare statement to set their lives back above tax payment.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-54287553078648365422024-02-27T23:39:00.000+09:002024-02-27T23:39:05.133+09:002024 Noto Earthquake (2)<div>5.landslides</div><div>Landslide makes a rescue difficult. landslide is associated with a risk of secondary disaster. Rescuers have to make an wide search of the landslide site.</div><div>The landslides completely destroyed 57 houses, half destroyed 33 houses, and partially destroyed 17 houses. There were 389 landslides in Ishikawa Prefecture, 18 in Niigata Prefecture, 13 in Toyama Prefecture.</div><div><br /></div><div>A 38-year-old man was on the second floor. Shortly after the quake occurred, his house got caught in a landslide. Though he escaped from rubble, his father and mother, his sister and her son on the second floor were buried in mud. His mother and sister were found the following day. His father and his nephew were found on Jan. 6. When they were discovered, his father was wrapping his arms around his nephew. </div><div><div>A 52-year-old man lost his wife and his four children, his wife's parents, his wife's brother and his wife and his son due to a landslide. He had remained in Kanazawa for his work. His wife and his children used to return her wife's home to celebrate the New Year every year. He was scheduled to join them on Jan. 1. One of his sons worked as a cook and made New Year's foods. He had been looking forward to eating them.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>6. Fire in Wajima</div><div><div>Wajima Morning Market(Wajima Asaichi), one of the three major morning markets in Japan, had been held in the center of Wajima City almost every day. The market stalls had lined both sides of the Asaichi Street with an overall length of 360m.</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXvNftenJ_aX7-2cmuCvKTMNZy-_wU8ts3kZss4bThZTA-JNeTo2QB_XVyn3FL3v37SyOud4gjAnxQgsDC-OabNRKtewYygG0zXR35GHBd9nt45iVi6TF087V4a7pgbbvZZ2_P50__P237wUB95oD_dB_fEJvAxWZ0SOBR5miIjPzwTA2kA1rXwKPzhY/s2000/1111112315_%E8%BC%AA%E5%B3%B6%E6%9C%9D%E5%B8%82.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXvNftenJ_aX7-2cmuCvKTMNZy-_wU8ts3kZss4bThZTA-JNeTo2QB_XVyn3FL3v37SyOud4gjAnxQgsDC-OabNRKtewYygG0zXR35GHBd9nt45iVi6TF087V4a7pgbbvZZ2_P50__P237wUB95oD_dB_fEJvAxWZ0SOBR5miIjPzwTA2kA1rXwKPzhY/w640-h426/1111112315_%E8%BC%AA%E5%B3%B6%E6%9C%9D%E5%B8%82.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pre-quake Asaichi Street<br />Copyright: Ishikawa Prefectural Tourism League</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>The fire broke out in a single place. According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency, the fire in the center of Wajima City started from the electrical wiring damaged by the quake. The area spanning 49000 square meters with about 240 buildings was destroyed by a massive fire. Firefighters received a call at 5:23 p.m. on Jan. 1.</div><div>Fire hydrants in the area were not available due to water outage. A nearby river was nearly dried up due to ground uplift. They couldn't gain access to a fire cistern due to scattered rubble. Pumping water from the sea was not permitted because the highest-level tsunami warning was given. Finally they pumped water through some hoses connected to the water source, such as school's pool water, a fire cistern in a distant place. They completely extinguished all the fire at 5:10 p.m. on Jan. 6.</div><div>The victims stuck in the rubble were caught by flames. Their family members kept on saying to the victims comfortingly until much closer to fire, but they left the scene with the utmost reluctance. As of Jan. 31, according to the National Police Agency, 12 victims were unknown causes of death. All of them were found in Wajima City. The bodies were presumed found in the ruins of the fire. It is inferred that the cause of death in charred victims could not be determined. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Fire occured in 17 spots in Ishikawa, Toyama, Niigata prefectures. As of Jan. 31, According to the National Police Agency, three people were burned to death. The number of fire-related deaths is previously unannounced.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wajima Morning Market(Wajima Asaichi) will be held in Kanazawa on March 23. The market is considerd to be held on a regular basis.</div><div><br /></div><div>A photo studio along the Asaichi Street in Wajima City burnt down, but they transmitted image data for a school yearbook to a local printer before the quake. On March 1, graduates of the school will receive their yearbooks.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>7.road damage</div><div>There were so many roads damaged by the quake and landslides that 30% of them are under repair. National Route 259 is the important transport artery. As of Feb. 22, eight parts of National Route 259 have been closed due to 2 landslides, 4 slope collapses, a tunnel damage, and a road damage. Two parts of an expressway have been closed. Three parts of another two national routes have been closed due to a landslide and road damages. Forty-six parts of prefectural roads have been closed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some small villages are situated in the mountains. Without a road to other areas, 3345 villagers of 24 villages were stranded in the aftermath of the earthquake. Some members of the Self-Defense Forces and some villagers went on foot to the villages to deliver emergency relief goods. As of Feb. 13, all of the villages have come out of isolation.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>8. lifeline damage</div><div>As of Feb. 22, about 22510 houses are out of water in Ishikawa Prefecture. As of Feb. 9, 92% of all sewers was still damaged in Suzu City. The power and the gas are back in most areas. Communication services are recovered outside Wajima City and Suzu City. The Noto Airport resumed service.</div><div>Railroad tracks of the Noto Railway and JR Nanao line were damaged by the quake. </div><div>About half of the Noto Railway's tracks and all tracks of JR Nanao line were repaired. The train services of JR Nanao line and Noto Railway between Wakura Onsen and Noto-Nakajima reopened on Feb. 15. The rest of tracks are repairing, with bustitution from Noto-Nakajima to Anamizu.</div><div><br /></div><div>9. shelters</div><div><div>Since the evacuees included many non-residents, some shelters exceeded their capacity at first. </div><div><div><div>In a shelter, a mother told her two children that they could do a weep once a day.</div><div>Crying is infectious. If someone cry there, another evacuees will dissolve into tears.</div><div>One of the children said, "I shed tears for today."</div></div><div><br /></div></div><div>Now evacuees themselves are runnunng a shelter by helping each other. They go to work, go to school, go to their damaged homes to search for something important or to clear up a mess during daytime.</div><div>Some mobile laundry trailers, some mobile toilet trailers, seven mobile pharmacy trucks, a mobile medical clinic for pets worked or are working now. Of course many food trucks have served food at shelters.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>According to Japan Broadcasting Corporation(NHK), as of Feb. 12, 6000 took refuge at the homes of relatives, 4000 have remained at their homes, 120 have spent nights in their cars, about 930 people of the evacuees fled temporarily to 30 prefectures other than Ishikawa Prefecture. Other places such as meeting places, plastic greenhouses(!) also have been used as shelters. Many evacuees prefer to remain in familiar territory. They have to clear up their houses, are afraid of sneak-thieving, and are unwilling to do long-distance commuting. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>10. disaster-related death </div><div>There are growing concerns about disaster-related death of older people.</div><div>On Feb. 7, 15 victims died of disaster-related death. Disaster-related deaths can be caused by physical deconditioning due to a cataclysmic situation by coldness, worsening of chronic disease, disruption of healthcare delivery services, psychological stress. </div><div>The local government encourages to move to safe shelters including hotels and facilities outside the affected areas. However unfamiliar lands and people discomfort them. It is feared that older people become physically inactive and become demented due to environmental changes. It would be ideal if all the villagers including older people evacuate to a same shelter outside the affected areas. There are some cases that all the villagers went to a same accommodation such as a hotel in another area. They are allowed to stay there until early March. The prefecture offered them to move deemed temporary housing including public housing. As of Feb. 22, according to Ishikawa Prefecture, the number of evacuees by group locomotion from the Noto Peninsula rose to 930.</div><div><br /></div></div><div>11. temporary housing</div><div><div>The local government is building regular relocation facilities. Though Wajima City has begun construction on to build 964 temporary houses, the number of applications is over 4140.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>12. Exodus of students</div><div>Late January, about 400 junior high school students in Wajima City, Suzu City, Noto-cho went to Kanazawa and Hakusan cities and have studied in groups. Their schools have been used as shelters. The local government couldn't provide a favorable learning environment for students. Exodus of the students lessens the weight of their parents. Moreover, many students take an entrance exam from late January to early March.</div><div>All of the public elementary and junior high schools in Ishikawa Prefecture relaunched on Feb.6., but not all the students went to another areas in group. Some students have remained in the afflicted area and go to school from a shelter. Some moved to another areas with their families. Many of them have lived and studied with other students in Kanazawa and Hakusan cities. </div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>13. shelter with pets</div><div>There is few shelters for evacuees with pets in the affected area. Most of them have spend nights in a car or have remained in their damaged homes.</div><div>A man with his dog perished in a fire. He had remained at his home for his dog.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>14. disaster recovery volunteer</div><div>Road damage and water outage is hampering activities of volunteers in worst-affected regions of Ishikawa Prefecture. The volunteer work is limited to 3-4 hours a day. Dozens of people started doing volunteer activities in Suzu City from Feb. 4, Wajima City from Feb. 10. The local government is trying secure sleeping places for supporting local officials, construction workers, volunteers. Individual volunteers have significant limitations. The volunteers and evacuees are doing disposal of huge volume disaster rubble.</div><div>The government started operation of sleeping facilities for volunteers in Anamizu-machi, Ishikawa Prefecture on Feb. 26.</div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-15847236605827343812024-02-26T22:02:00.000+09:002024-02-26T22:02:49.086+09:002024 Noto Earthquake (1)<div style="text-align: left;"> Nearly two months have passed since 2024 Noto earthquake occurred on this New Year's Day. </div><div>We do appreciate the kind offers of many countries.</div><div><br /></div><div>We can't see the whole picture of damages by the earthquake yet.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>February 18 was the day when Buddhist memorial services marked the 49th day after death were held in the affected areas. It is thought that the souls of the dead alternate between the afterworld and this world during the seven weeks after death in most Buddhist sects. Most of them place the dead's ashes in their tombs on the day.</div><div>However, most temples in the affected areas remain damaged. Many tombstones, stone lanterns, shrine gates remain scattered. A temple in Wajima City held a memorial service marked the 49th day after death on Feb. 18. In kanazawa, chief priests of six temples in Suzu City jointly held memorial services.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>On this New Year's Day I felt the house shake at my home, 300km away from the epicenter of the Noto earthquake.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>New Year's Day is the most important and the most celebrated day in Japan. However the bereaved of the earthquake will never celebrate that day. New Year's Day in Japan is similar to Christmas. Family members gather for celebration. It caused a lot of tragedy. Some fathers lost their wives, mothers, fathers and children in 10s and 20s. Some of them are the only survivors of their families.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Compared to the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake, Noto's earthquake-damaged regions are small in area. But Noto's damage is as serious as that of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. At first the government misread the situation. Earthquake swarm has occurred in the Noto Peninsula over the past few years, but they didn't do much damage to the area. </div><div><br /></div><div>The roads have been destroyed, ground uplift interrupted maritime supply routes, therefore the peninsula became isolated. Rapid aging of the population amid extremely low birthrates are casting a dark shadow on the devastated areas. Ratio of elderly people at least 65 years old is 51.1% in Suzu City, 46.8% in Wajima City, two hard-hit cities. </div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>As of Feb. 15, According to Ishikawa Prefecture, 241 people lost their lives, 9 are missing. As of Feb. 22, according to the Cabinet Office, the number of evacuees is 12293 in 498 declared shelters in Niigata and Ishikawa prefectures. The number of confirmed demolished or partially destroyed houses rose to 76257 in five prefectures. In Ishikawa Prefecture, 8520 houses were completely destroyed, 8935 were half destroyed, 24781 were partially destroyed. The earthquake caused damage to Ishikawa, Niigata, Toyama, Fukui, Nagano, Gifu Prefectures.</div><div>The earthquake caused 102 deaths in in Wajima City, 103 in Suzu City, 20 in Anamizu-machi, 8 in Noto-cho, 5 in Nanao City, 2 in Shika-machi, 1 in Hakui City.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>damage situation of 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake by</div><div>The Hidenori Watanabe Laboratory which belongs to the Graduate School of Information Studies at the University of Tokyo:</div></div><div><a href="https://labo.wtnv.jp/2024/01/6.html">https://labo.wtnv.jp/2024/01/6.html</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmjkSj6mCaYLYNAXnyRMOEc2saVy7QRZze4gbCmJM2QUjtjr9CUK8_AnGH7cjLs8RyEHD4UtnIt6A22EToUmo_0OiYnFyaZRLxON2jr15LvA3VKQacmp744IEhsKoq_LDpYVm_zpXdpBl-lNK_fsP6hPbWSMOejUziTN2wXpzmtMjAivgeLQLBrngwio/s1072/chubu4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="757" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmjkSj6mCaYLYNAXnyRMOEc2saVy7QRZze4gbCmJM2QUjtjr9CUK8_AnGH7cjLs8RyEHD4UtnIt6A22EToUmo_0OiYnFyaZRLxON2jr15LvA3VKQacmp744IEhsKoq_LDpYVm_zpXdpBl-lNK_fsP6hPbWSMOejUziTN2wXpzmtMjAivgeLQLBrngwio/s16000/chubu4.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>1. ground uplift</div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>Since some part of the Noto peninsula was raised, the sea bottom was raised 2-4 meters above sea level. </b></span>So a 90km coastline from Shika-machi to Suzu City in Ishikawa Prefecture was moved maximum distances of 240m out to sea. Therefore 15 fishing ports along the coastline have not worked. They have to be constructed from scratch. Only one quay wall can be used at Wajima Port. About 200 fishing boats in the ports can't put out to sea. Common ships could not land on the ports along the coastline, and only Japanese navy's hovercrafts could do. On Jan. 4, heavy machinery and emergency relief goods were at long last landed using the hovercrafts.</div><div><br /></div><div>More than 169 fishing boats were capsized or stranded in Ishikawa, Toyama, Niigata, Fukui prefectures. Fifty-eight of 69 fishing ports were damaged in Ishikawa Prefecture. A few fishing boats are shipping out fish in the Noto Peninsula.</div><div><div>Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau started dredging operations to secure the water depth to move or land ships at Wajima Port on Feb. 24.</div></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1fU5qzAviqzGXCgAAlPGlw6VHrG-ti1wGM5ls9Tv7VTdceWITO4urPWfXeso6T-ZD6B4rFjdQVfb_BkrxRQDHSfXrRVf-Kf2gE63kyg-MS-x8Cx83tNq3vleAJDNLADEee3GydzuBnMypfnhF1uLAZE744afLMM1neNlMaP6zKl6aDkZsueYlglxfSY/s1072/Ishikawa2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="757" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1fU5qzAviqzGXCgAAlPGlw6VHrG-ti1wGM5ls9Tv7VTdceWITO4urPWfXeso6T-ZD6B4rFjdQVfb_BkrxRQDHSfXrRVf-Kf2gE63kyg-MS-x8Cx83tNq3vleAJDNLADEee3GydzuBnMypfnhF1uLAZE744afLMM1neNlMaP6zKl6aDkZsueYlglxfSY/s16000/Ishikawa2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>2. tsunami</div><div><div>The first tsunami(4 meters in height) was estimated to arrive in some areas of Suzu City one minute after the earthquake. Tsunami height was not measured accurately at Wajima Port. The height is recorded by calculating sea surface height change, but the sea surface disappeared due to ground uplift. Tsunami arrived in Toyama Prefecture 90km away from Suzu City three minutes after the earthquake. It is presumed that that tsunami was caused by seafloor slide. The total area of the wet surface is 190 hectares(1,900,000㎡) in Suzu City, Noto-cho, Shika-machi in Ishikawa Prefecture.</div><div><br /></div><div>Most residents and non-residents went to higher ground shortly after the quake. Most of those who failed to escape survived.</div><div>A 67-year-old man and his 3 granddaughters were going to the higher ground shortly after the quake, the tsunami rushed toward them. They burst into a back shed, but tsunami rushed in the shed. Two granddaughters came to the surface to breathe by themselves. The grandpa groped for other granddaughter. Though she was unconscious, she came back to life with his artificial respiration.</div><div>A car passed close by an elder woman using a walking cane. The driver swung back toward her and picked her up. Tsunami rushed in the road shortly after he started to drive. </div><div>Two people died of tsunami. A 54-year-old man was going to return home on the route to a shelter. His family members arrived safely at the shelter. A-79-year-old man who suffered cerebral infarction a few years ago and his son were going to evacuate to a shelter, but tsunami hit them. His son found himself alone. </div><div>A 97-year-old man soaked by tsunami died from hypothermia or freezing temperatures while waiting for rescue.</div><div>Tsunami hit a lot of houses. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>3. ground liquefaction<div><div>The earthquake caused liquefaction in Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui prefectures.</div><div>Ground liquefaction damaged over 10000 houses in wet(ex-river), sandy soils of Ishikawa, Toyama, Niigata prefecture. Dozens of houses were completely destroyed by ground liquefaction.</div><div><br /></div><div>4. collapse by shaking</div><div><div>Some people got out of their houses to look around soon after the first magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred. After 13 seconds the second magnitude 7.3 earthquake squashed houses like a pancake. The Japanese intensity scale has 10 levels going from 0 to 7 (5 and 6 are divided into "weak" and "strong"). The second earthquake had a seismic intensity of 7 in some areas. There are still the old houses remaining along the street in the Noto Peninsula. The townscape with old wooden houses is beautiful, but they are not earthquake-proof buildings. Earthquake swarm may have damaged old wooden houses little by little. Suzu City has been hit by series of earthquakes with seismic intensity 6 lower in 2022, 6 upper in 2023, 6 upper in 2024. </div><div>Some hospital buildings with earthquake-resistant structure were damaged with falling ceiling or scattering things by the quake. A hospital's main building with base isolators had no damage, without so much as scattering things. However, the base isolators are expensive.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>As of Jan. 31, According to the National Police Agency, 92 people of 222 deaths were crushed to death, 49 were choked to death and died from respiratory failure, 32 died from hypothermia and freezing temperatures, 28 died from wound shock, 3 were burned to death, and 6 died due to other causes of death including crush syndrome. No one got drowned. The other 12 people died from some unknown cause. Ninety-eight people were found in Wajima City, 95 in Suzu City. Victims aged 60 and older make up 67% of all deaths.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>The fire department has received too many calls for help to handle. Dozens of victims waiting for rescue under the rubble died from hypothermia and freezing temperatures. Rescuers give priority to survivors who can answer rescuer's call. An elderly woman could make no reply to rescuers, and she was received a low priority. She was rescued a few days later but died soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Jan. 6, a 93-year-old woman whose left foot was stuck in the rubble was rescued from the rubble in Suzu City 124 hours after the quake. Unfortunately, the condition of her left foot had deteriorated and died on Feb. 8. Her son said, "It comforted me that we could have a talk while in the hospital."</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>A 47-year-old woman and his father entered a new year together. She made traditional New Year's food and set them in three-tiered food boxes on New Year's Eve. Her daughter intended to come from Tokyo in the evening of Jan. 1. She works for a hotel. She said to him before she left, "Don't eat the food in the boxes." He often sneaked food. She was going to eat the New Year's food with him and her daughter. On New Year's Day she was at work in another area and couldn't get her home. In the evening of the next day, one of her childhood friend told her that He was found dead. She is searching for her family memorabilia from building rubble. She found two of three-tiered food boxes, but the one box is still missing. An old acquaintance said to her, "I would imagine that he ate the food in the box in heaven."</div><div><br /></div><div>Some sets of <i>shogi </i>pieces(<i>koma</i>) found in a collapsed house in Suzu City were used at one of the eight major tournaments. <i>Shogi</i> is known as Japanese chess. The owner of the pieces had offered them to the tournament every year. His wife was found dead in the collapsed house.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>A seven-story building laid on its side in Wajima City. Experts say strong vertical-shaking pulled up the stakes by pulling whole the building up, and strong horizontal-shaking toppled it over sideways. A soft-ground potentially contributed to its collapse. The detail of the bulding's collapse will be figured out. </div><div>The building crushed a <i>izakaya</i>(Japanese-style bar and restaurant), and a 48-year-old woman and a 19-year-old woman were crushed to death. A 55-year-old man who is their husband and father is searching for his family memorabilia from building rubble every day. He found his watch as a birthday present from her wife and her daughter's smartphone.</div><div>The survivors are still searching for their family memorabilia from building rubble.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>However, more than 50 buildings in danger of collapse is due to be urgently demolished in Suzu City. On Feb. 26, the local government started to dismantle one of them.</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-30941390845943185482024-02-10T21:26:00.002+09:002024-02-10T21:26:30.471+09:00Lunar New Year<div style="text-align: left;"> February 10 is Lunar New Year (or Chinese New Year.) New Year celebrations are also held in chinatowns in Japan. We celebrate the New Year in solar calendar.</div><p>I was going to post blog content on this New Year's Day, but 2024 Noto earthquake occurred. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><div>This year is the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac. Each of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs is related to a characteristic animal. The dragon is the god of water in East and South Asia.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can see paintings and other representations of dragons.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0a4CAk-uxPVnzWg4KJjNOeVkLCwN5KbFNobTYAFIjnciFOXlVY0oKw9wMKXTx5HViHKq4HLq3CiuSfsbvI1neZXKr4kbEOjWJziX9HQegmG8NLlHaW6J6bsEOIJyZ8s2ywbCCp8POcFoZAiF9l1CISENKz7u407NV5YOlespBbuBWhwwGP11fytYxQWM/s1280/tumblr_o1tbig9HpG1t4k8xoo1_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1280" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0a4CAk-uxPVnzWg4KJjNOeVkLCwN5KbFNobTYAFIjnciFOXlVY0oKw9wMKXTx5HViHKq4HLq3CiuSfsbvI1neZXKr4kbEOjWJziX9HQegmG8NLlHaW6J6bsEOIJyZ8s2ywbCCp8POcFoZAiF9l1CISENKz7u407NV5YOlespBbuBWhwwGP11fytYxQWM/w640-h424/tumblr_o1tbig9HpG1t4k8xoo1_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kennin-ji Temple(建仁寺) in Kyoto<br />Photo by <a href="http://photo.sanographix.net/" target="_blank">sanographix</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div>Rulers of the Heavens: Celebrating the Year of the Dragon, Kyoto national Museum, January 2–February 12</div><div><a href="https://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/exhibitions/feature/b/tatsu_2024/">https://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/exhibitions/feature/b/tatsu_2024/</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9aFOteUp73xIatgCoXrcbW7v6BQ284RGG789SuzcHp4fnrTTGXDusUcKrSdOmwdv5wbaQ6VktH45Rw3lCJ62UfblyWQ62xj_U3rK2ATt85sk0AlZaBxs7NjeF-HLqr6eiJO1uC53-eMZhbafqhfCS8AroyCYjGD3D-DlJoTGeoZDJhlgLcXwlrHQnbs/s750/adDSC_yasaka750x499.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="750" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9aFOteUp73xIatgCoXrcbW7v6BQ284RGG789SuzcHp4fnrTTGXDusUcKrSdOmwdv5wbaQ6VktH45Rw3lCJ62UfblyWQ62xj_U3rK2ATt85sk0AlZaBxs7NjeF-HLqr6eiJO1uC53-eMZhbafqhfCS8AroyCYjGD3D-DlJoTGeoZDJhlgLcXwlrHQnbs/w400-h266/adDSC_yasaka750x499.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yasaka Shrine<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div>It is said that the main hall of Yasaka Shrine stands on the pond where the blue dragon lives. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://ja.kyoto.travel/specialopening/winter/">https://ja.kyoto.travel/specialopening/winter/</a></div><div>Kyoto Winter Special Openings 2024 </div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Syokoku-ji temple(相国寺) in Kyoto has a ceiling painting of dragon by Kano Mitsunobu(1565-1608). You hear an echo when you clap your hands under the ceiling. It is known as Nakiryu(鳴き龍) because it sounds like a call of dragon.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sennyu-ji temple(泉涌寺) in Kyoto also has a ceiling painting of dragon by Kano Sansetsu(1590-1651) that is open to the public in the year of the dragon and special occasions .</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfe06l9K3sk8EEoJ8Wds3SA20AzOELZAOdfVo0KPSkHDXe7dDKCOhDaebABt5Xl9cm3vlaYwcQ6WvMTHN_3z5ZmdEQS269pj5B6l_l9UuYIsYvF9-g08DzwfBv7KhJfWIDO-UmHKX-ut67RyLBqXKF1ZG6KrsmeEeK4CjhDv1Oi8cZ3e4VCWVy0AWq3U/s414/s_tp_hatuhinode-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfe06l9K3sk8EEoJ8Wds3SA20AzOELZAOdfVo0KPSkHDXe7dDKCOhDaebABt5Xl9cm3vlaYwcQ6WvMTHN_3z5ZmdEQS269pj5B6l_l9UuYIsYvF9-g08DzwfBv7KhJfWIDO-UmHKX-ut67RyLBqXKF1ZG6KrsmeEeK4CjhDv1Oi8cZ3e4VCWVy0AWq3U/w270-h400/s_tp_hatuhinode-7.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">New Year's card(formal)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6H-4HhZpgtVE_h4DMlsgBJMq865l507rOy9Wp1JTkWwiENkwYK2H0Xn46em-4CbHdR9TdvhW7lcAYR8uQOtyXQyh-qxp23bNpmXVKj9JVVqcECAbkSxhVKzDJCQzySyzJMZwxvHDkMP-tRuy8mCcxLswp2ZauBeJprUXAI8LK5WfLXvf8soIeEYBVbg/s414/s_tp_skiing-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6H-4HhZpgtVE_h4DMlsgBJMq865l507rOy9Wp1JTkWwiENkwYK2H0Xn46em-4CbHdR9TdvhW7lcAYR8uQOtyXQyh-qxp23bNpmXVKj9JVVqcECAbkSxhVKzDJCQzySyzJMZwxvHDkMP-tRuy8mCcxLswp2ZauBeJprUXAI8LK5WfLXvf8soIeEYBVbg/w270-h400/s_tp_skiing-1.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">New Year's card(unformal)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>"辰" means a dragon.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ready-made traditional New Year foods called Osechi Ryori are set in three-tiered boxes.</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyiIrLRv-YOnHK95nWBbV8Cb3nICEsmlRbpJVaMf3HTE17k81VowmOgQ3QqZOuB0qC5FF40cQu_t5fTD8TvJAb5mYAF5TakyM9afUigaPumUkUFIX3ZAWVtR0C78Ly3AekxE4RluiN7rb1quMKttnNUlJTGlZWUBeOIU6EZmDfIlDwo3ybPli49wB9Sg/s1501/IMG_20240101_080334629cp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="1164" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyiIrLRv-YOnHK95nWBbV8Cb3nICEsmlRbpJVaMf3HTE17k81VowmOgQ3QqZOuB0qC5FF40cQu_t5fTD8TvJAb5mYAF5TakyM9afUigaPumUkUFIX3ZAWVtR0C78Ly3AekxE4RluiN7rb1quMKttnNUlJTGlZWUBeOIU6EZmDfIlDwo3ybPli49wB9Sg/w310-h400/IMG_20240101_080334629cp.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb8SAkQ5Kax59fuYyaPPzAxOQ8yHxSzcbzd1RuYIrT8A9GpKJe-HflnOO7-cmrBWpM7hcrB-FTjDka9DeOprchM4ltluuYePsy9dJvVrob6W3xICSMGJ44W-Z3Ua-_5qKb4juDNegObUKi7BWE1ZWAzOiTYp7fJSjRaoVs2_leQWNiB3M0IchxNJgLw0/s2788/06371seseri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2089" data-original-width="2788" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb8SAkQ5Kax59fuYyaPPzAxOQ8yHxSzcbzd1RuYIrT8A9GpKJe-HflnOO7-cmrBWpM7hcrB-FTjDka9DeOprchM4ltluuYePsy9dJvVrob6W3xICSMGJ44W-Z3Ua-_5qKb4juDNegObUKi7BWE1ZWAzOiTYp7fJSjRaoVs2_leQWNiB3M0IchxNJgLw0/w400-h300/06371seseri.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Omedeta-ryu(おめでた竜)<br />handicraft kits by <a href="https://www.takagi-seni.com/" target="_blank">Takagi-seni Co., Ltd.</a><br />designed by Runa Okuda</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-43011412838003624512023-09-23T13:58:00.000+09:002023-09-23T13:58:20.414+09:00The 70th Japan Traditional Kogei-Art Crafts- Exhibition <p> The 70th Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition(日本伝統工芸展) is taking place at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo from September 13 to 25. The exhibition requires the applicants to create sophisticated design based on high degree of professional skill in Japanese traditional techniques.</p><p>I took a silverwork class a few decades ago. Its class teacher sent her work such as a silver flower vessel to the exhibition every year, but she passed away last December. Her works were accepted for the exhibition 39 times in a row. Her previous work is being released in this exhibition.</p><div style="text-align: left;">See the Japan Kogei Association site for further information:<br />https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/ (Japanese version only)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition:<br />https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition/honten/(Japanese version only)<br />The Exhibition will travel through the following venues:</div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store, Tokyo<br />(event hall, Main building 7F)<br />September 13-25, 2023<br />Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store:<br />https://www.mistore.jp/store/nihombashi.html</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Furukawa Art Museum, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture<br />October 5-9, 2023<br />Furukawa Art Museum:<br />https://www.furukawa-museum.or.jp/</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture<br />October 11-15, 2023<br />Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art:<br />https://kyotocity-kyocera.museum/</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Takashimaya Osaka Store, Osaka Prefecture<br />October 18-23, 2023<br />Takashimaya Osaka Store:<br />https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecure<br />October 27-November 15, 2023<br />Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art:<br />https://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/e_home/</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture<br />November 16-December 3, 2023<br />The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art:<br />https://okayama-kenbi.info/</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Shimane Art Museum, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture <br />December 6-25, 2023<br />Shimane Art Museum:<br />https://www.shimane-art-museum.jp/en/</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">the Kagawa Museum, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture<br />January 2-21, 2024<br />The Kagawa Museum:<br />https://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kmuseum/kmuseum/index.html</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mitsukoshi Sendai Store, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecure<br />January 24-29, 2024<br />Mitsukoshi Sendai Store:<br />https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/sendai.html</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture<br />February 7-12, 2024<br />Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store:<br />https://www.iwataya-mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/mitsukoshi.html</div>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-77987959104521777972022-09-24T22:01:00.000+09:002022-09-24T22:01:07.004+09:00The 69th Japan Traditional Kogei-Art Crafts- Exhibition <p> The 69th Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition(日本伝統工芸展) is taking place at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo from September 14 to 26. The exhibition will be hold from September 14, 2022 to March 14, 2023. The exhibition requires the applicants to create sophisticated design based on high degree of professional skill in Japanese traditional techniques.</p><div style="text-align: left;">See the Japan Kogei Association site for further information:<br /><a href="https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/">https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/</a> (Japanese version only)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition:<br /><a href="https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition">https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition</a><br /><a href="https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition/honten/69/">https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition/honten/69/</a>(Japanese version only)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />The Exhibition will travel through the following venues:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store, Tokyo<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">September 14-26, 2022<br />Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.mistore.jp/store/nihombashi.html">https://www.mistore.jp/store/nihombashi.html</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hoshigaoka Mitsukoshi, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture<br />September 28- October 2, 2022<br />Hoshigaoka Mitsukoshi:<br /><a href="https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/hoshigaoka.html">https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/hoshigaoka.html</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Kyoto Sangyo Kaikan Hall, Kyoto Prefecture<br />October 12-14, 2022<br />Kyoto Sangyo Kaikan Hall:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ksk.or.jp/">http://www.ksk.or.jp/</a> (Japanese version only)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Sapporo Mitsukoshi, Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture<br />October 18-23, 2022<br />Sapporo Mitsukoshi:<br /><a href="https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/sapporo.html">https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/sapporo.html</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecure</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">October 28-November 6, 2022</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art:<br /><a href="https://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/e_home/">https://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/e_home/</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture<br />November 17-December 4, 2022<br />The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art:<br /><a href="https://okayama-kenbi.info/">https://okayama-kenbi.info/</a></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">Shimane Art Museum, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture <br />December 7-25, 2022<br />Shimane Art Museum:<br /><a href="https://www.shimane-art-museum.jp/en/">https://www.shimane-art-museum.jp/en/</a></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">The Kagawa Museum, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture<br />January 2-16, 2023<br />The Kagawa Museum:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kmuseum/kmuseum/index.html">https://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kmuseum/kmuseum/index.html</a></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">Mitsukoshi Sendai Store, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecure<br />January 20-25, 2023<br />Mitsukoshi Sendai Store:<br /><a href="https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/sendai.html">https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/sendai.html</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div>February 1-6, 2023</div><div>Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store:</div><div><a href="https://www.iwataya-mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/mitsukoshi.html">https://www.iwataya-mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/mitsukoshi.html</a></div><div> </div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture</div><div>February 15-March 5, 2023</div><div>Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum:</div><div><a href="https://www.hpam.jp/museum/">https://www.hpam.jp/museum/</a></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div>Takashimaya Osaka Store, Osaka Prefecture</div><div>March 9-14, 2023</div><div>Takashimaya Osaka Store:</div><div><a href="https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/">https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></span></div><p><br /></p>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-79418116921088334392022-01-13T14:52:00.000+09:002022-01-13T14:52:38.312+09:00Kanchu-mimai(winter greeting card)<p> The period of mourning after the death of a parent lasts one year. So I didn't observe the New Year's festival and didn't send New Year's cards.</p><p>It's a custom for people in mourning period to send a mourning postcard at the end of the year. In general, receivers of the postcard don't send a New Year's card to the sender.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJUlzvSBVaFqBuba-E7HTyixo2is4s1PUt2ch75Pxag1dHfXes9pJhsn9-kw58IFxN_toyS27voxQMo5FCkLZmHJq7JL-0ijf6neFh65stMsOISERLbkb-cvrxzu_0f1D4eG1ROb-63QvY1ddfUV-9WsjcgqvdBiigWv01UTqG3o2fAPGW7BmhAmVB=s1748" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1181" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJUlzvSBVaFqBuba-E7HTyixo2is4s1PUt2ch75Pxag1dHfXes9pJhsn9-kw58IFxN_toyS27voxQMo5FCkLZmHJq7JL-0ijf6neFh65stMsOISERLbkb-cvrxzu_0f1D4eG1ROb-63QvY1ddfUV-9WsjcgqvdBiigWv01UTqG3o2fAPGW7BmhAmVB=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">mourning postcard<br />"Since I am in mourning, I am not sending New Year cards this year"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Kanchu-mimai(寒中見舞い, a mid-winter greeting card) is mailed from Shokan(小寒, minor cold or moderate cold), the 23rd in 24 Solar Terms to the day before Risshun(立春, Spring commences), the first in the terms. Shokan is around January 5, and Risshun is around February 4.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixvaUKccwLuzvUFyhO1jWzGGFOgxGP37jXGAFJ3yyL67g7zdMAGhuV51lzOkOyyQ6hm4z0ib004aDkDU2Xaz3UCYjsKV2JcUAzXtR3gy7t_M2dbD-wVDY6904jPZMXjGDYZWc2YVYZ8eaAdLQ1abiM94KyolwEgZqmeeJegM_FV0Aoz3nGlFA7Uax0=s1748" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1181" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixvaUKccwLuzvUFyhO1jWzGGFOgxGP37jXGAFJ3yyL67g7zdMAGhuV51lzOkOyyQ6hm4z0ib004aDkDU2Xaz3UCYjsKV2JcUAzXtR3gy7t_M2dbD-wVDY6904jPZMXjGDYZWc2YVYZ8eaAdLQ1abiM94KyolwEgZqmeeJegM_FV0Aoz3nGlFA7Uax0=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Kanchu-mimai card</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Usually we mail New Year's cards until January 7. The greeting card is used as a reply to a New Year's card after January 7. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhExIo-zh2kTdhu8OofRWBZHk4lFX-x1SU4EE5x4MS0KmK9UMrhVlyRVyQP3zTrLJYvLG0TeM_jNrYE_oSBal8dYk5wmZR51VGbZmYOijXVjOdzvJuD_cf3_jCGdL4PdLb4VZGkh9Mh4XkvtuN85zRuyosxVVyek7j0fVZBxxO4ZVVqK5dEOgTOtYfA=s1748" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1181" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhExIo-zh2kTdhu8OofRWBZHk4lFX-x1SU4EE5x4MS0KmK9UMrhVlyRVyQP3zTrLJYvLG0TeM_jNrYE_oSBal8dYk5wmZR51VGbZmYOijXVjOdzvJuD_cf3_jCGdL4PdLb4VZGkh9Mh4XkvtuN85zRuyosxVVyek7j0fVZBxxO4ZVVqK5dEOgTOtYfA=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Kanchu-mimai card<br /></span>a reply to a New Year's card</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We also use the card as a substitute for New Year's cards in mourning period.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1181" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdAZqvK8AmOGvcn7nNb5h5Puj1FmVQH8na0rd1i4yu06-Kw4c52A_PLmKmecX5tkDSGUCYyntUtArirsEYT_0lLUttyXHrJy1qyRsY30SfJwEBjaxierbBAQrZSTKGyPabwicRO48iDO-X5XrLJj6KcWzEc6oTwNK33GxMCbxGH9_yixOpwRy-Xb6-=w432-h640" width="432" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kanchu-mimai card<br />a substitute for New Year's cards in mourning period</td></tr></tbody></table><div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> For your information, Yokan-mimai(余寒見舞い) is mailed from Risshun to about the end of February in late winter. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9CqwPvf1sx2ZfCBcuXigIRWIK8p_R6Tta38kBqR6Ww2ACPMN3C9OXiasR-RrhiRhtBsdoMwdV6l4dxHx4lgxYcqVVbWNfolL9vHhiAbTnHpsQvhiPI3qfAV46L1dYO4-hFjZ9QuUHJHSxD1fDi36eUrPoPyCRHypCqBvG03j6uqCqcAkGMrqQR2JS=s1748" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1181" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9CqwPvf1sx2ZfCBcuXigIRWIK8p_R6Tta38kBqR6Ww2ACPMN3C9OXiasR-RrhiRhtBsdoMwdV6l4dxHx4lgxYcqVVbWNfolL9vHhiAbTnHpsQvhiPI3qfAV46L1dYO4-hFjZ9QuUHJHSxD1fDi36eUrPoPyCRHypCqBvG03j6uqCqcAkGMrqQR2JS=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Yokan-mimai</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div></div>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-22582039101500127032021-12-30T16:57:00.000+09:002021-12-30T16:57:22.112+09:00Japanese Buddhist funeral (2)<p> Shijukunichi(四十九日) memorial service is a ceremony commemorating the 49th day after someone's death. It is said that Yama(the King of Hell) decides where a dead man is going on the 49th day after his death. </p><div>He might (1)go to the celestial world(not eternal paradise), </div><div> (2)go to hell,<br /> (3)reincarnate as a human, <br /> (4)reincarnate as a creature other than humans, <br /> (5)be a <i>Gaki (</i>hungry ghost), </div><div> (6)be an asura in the everlasting battlefield<br />The dead reincarnate into the above six worlds many times.</div><div>Only those who attained moksha(enlightenment) can get out of this infinite loop.</div><p>We need to prepare a japanned spirit tablet with kaimyo by the day of Shijukunichi memorial service.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx6YymR8U4j5ZU_zP4zm8QFcGH2M9TCK2MDv2ND06BjLuKRyNIJv8suIWR6F6ywA0Ger1qQi7fh4Zcj6YKQj65w8RssBVFgZfWJ7pNxlQe-V9SQzDojCex5D_O7bALJ2J4p-jSxFHClP9PjGIFBQUK1RO2icclYL2aVcKh7TSdyfu_QuGazOiqum9z=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx6YymR8U4j5ZU_zP4zm8QFcGH2M9TCK2MDv2ND06BjLuKRyNIJv8suIWR6F6ywA0Ger1qQi7fh4Zcj6YKQj65w8RssBVFgZfWJ7pNxlQe-V9SQzDojCex5D_O7bALJ2J4p-jSxFHClP9PjGIFBQUK1RO2icclYL2aVcKh7TSdyfu_QuGazOiqum9z=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">japanned and blank spirit tablet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>On the day of Shijukunichi memorial service, we went to the family temple with the photo, the natural and japanned tablets, the urn. The priest read a sutra, we made an offering of incense at the temple's hall. Buddhist priests hold a ritual to transfer deceased person's soul from natural tablet to japanned tablet and the natural tablet is burnt thereafter.</p><p><br /></p><div style="text-indent: -35px;">SotSotoba(tall wooden tablet set up for the repose of the deceased) was put up by our family grave. Sotoba comes from the Sanskrit word "stupa." Bonji, a <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">passage from sutras, </span></span>kaimyo, date of death, chief mourner's name, placed date are written on the tablet. Bonji(梵字, the Siddham script) is a descendent of the Brahmi script and is used to write Sanskrit.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXR8eAKfjfHQjzk6h1ANN9ENSV-hnyffm9TJ1lKZ2YoqXFDY8pRXVyDn_RO-xK1EOJ2YUFiGfz-OQQyKVsjl5PU4uOJEj1LRyUre2uxLZsAuL8WbWmTxqoyQ4sQBmEnvIIACYZho737ppirFgCs3GbyumdiMZ9wZai4WICv_Z2h2uze8xRNlkWENow=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="640" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXR8eAKfjfHQjzk6h1ANN9ENSV-hnyffm9TJ1lKZ2YoqXFDY8pRXVyDn_RO-xK1EOJ2YUFiGfz-OQQyKVsjl5PU4uOJEj1LRyUre2uxLZsAuL8WbWmTxqoyQ4sQBmEnvIIACYZho737ppirFgCs3GbyumdiMZ9wZai4WICv_Z2h2uze8xRNlkWENow=w640-h429" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sotoba by grave</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-indent: -35px;"><br /></div><div style="text-indent: -35px;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVfJC1RHkkNxAj5uPJ8MRw2-LdgtgothEEAfs8fJBhiBPxLNxAb_MrkaJZUNRMl0r_ofH1CjKl_-8uv-jU3qy2KU67BOLQJ4PZ1qPFRiApgQKIBqqATimhs7DCN0C_lLvphSqyLZk6ca2cqaQUW_IfyKPW1ThqTFbRqwSv49BOf_jfXaUL5k6wdElS=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVfJC1RHkkNxAj5uPJ8MRw2-LdgtgothEEAfs8fJBhiBPxLNxAb_MrkaJZUNRMl0r_ofH1CjKl_-8uv-jU3qy2KU67BOLQJ4PZ1qPFRiApgQKIBqqATimhs7DCN0C_lLvphSqyLZk6ca2cqaQUW_IfyKPW1ThqTFbRqwSv49BOf_jfXaUL5k6wdElS=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonji on sotoba</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5l9tLQ83oGX3t3akeIMyeMJX2FkftkWEDojtSrMFgq5VD-cg1PdNtbPc_5NDPFE_VlvoWttk5EmYVjXOUZyarS_bGIeKbAuHow3nwCoB3c7O0kxXz1fLtvbSSz-tgt1EiSHDrxESfWtlk3kMXqfYdVdwyLGshAkCf0cErbiC-tO54P1AzLczxrPWW=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5l9tLQ83oGX3t3akeIMyeMJX2FkftkWEDojtSrMFgq5VD-cg1PdNtbPc_5NDPFE_VlvoWttk5EmYVjXOUZyarS_bGIeKbAuHow3nwCoB3c7O0kxXz1fLtvbSSz-tgt1EiSHDrxESfWtlk3kMXqfYdVdwyLGshAkCf0cErbiC-tO54P1AzLczxrPWW=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: -35px;">a </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; text-align: left; text-indent: -35px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">passage from sutra on sotoba</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Her urn was placed in charnel room under the tombstone. The priest read a sutra in front of the grave. We offered some flowers, burned incense and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;">joined our hands in prayer</span>. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2z6iDftLbSN2otHZ4-xZgTCzwnQ2v_wFnqQFthh3LJ6PtoaP5ZuBzNfGajVvddtxZaJUdAcxCt32T2XXPcN-KbrTUPTgf8E6V7rryb7y_Fnqb6WdpnoRcfwcoiJXc_M4ixp66wbngPf9IYhHiwC5-YrvANFqRgveNflr1-pHfqLwL9USTM5y2a20W=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2z6iDftLbSN2otHZ4-xZgTCzwnQ2v_wFnqQFthh3LJ6PtoaP5ZuBzNfGajVvddtxZaJUdAcxCt32T2XXPcN-KbrTUPTgf8E6V7rryb7y_Fnqb6WdpnoRcfwcoiJXc_M4ixp66wbngPf9IYhHiwC5-YrvANFqRgveNflr1-pHfqLwL9USTM5y2a20W=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p>Usually deceased person's relatives go to their family temple, and they have a meal after Shijukunichi memorial service.</p><p><br /></p><div>Shotly after Shijukunichi memorial service, a<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;">chief mourner </span></span>sends a gift called koden-gaeshi in return for a funeral offering. Generally, the monetary value of the koden-gaeshi often ranges from 30% to 50% of that of the koden. A greeting card enclosed in the koden-gaeshi represents thanks for attending the funeral and announces the end of the mourning period.</div><p> </p><p>My family temple belongs to Shingon Buddhism, but people of all creeds can own their grave on the burial ground of the temple. The burial ground includes Shinto-style graves called "Okutsuki(奥津城)", graves of Korean nationals living in Japan. Shintoism adherents are mostly not allowed to build their graves on the grounds of Shinto shrines because Shinto regards death and blood as <i>Kegare</i>(foulness). The population of Korean nationals living in Japan is about 479,000. Perhaps surprisingly, many people build their graves before their death in Japan.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1XTxfOQKY4xyMwiNLT_no7io8UIAxo82ap-XdNBq6JYm6PSsy9BOoUSlpzn8P_AsY3J7W9qNkxsSQCgJ7WuM9l8X6Xbvpa2u8-iJJyLmoOHZWMJn96xdvcKkNRSE64Ylo8AiKTt7Y4sgfRfPnUZkGyB5h783QHjwurJvtvcyqKSE-LcAYD3rTyN0f=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="364" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1XTxfOQKY4xyMwiNLT_no7io8UIAxo82ap-XdNBq6JYm6PSsy9BOoUSlpzn8P_AsY3J7W9qNkxsSQCgJ7WuM9l8X6Xbvpa2u8-iJJyLmoOHZWMJn96xdvcKkNRSE64Ylo8AiKTt7Y4sgfRfPnUZkGyB5h783QHjwurJvtvcyqKSE-LcAYD3rTyN0f=w228-h400" width="228" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Japanese-style grave</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAmmp7LCNmbpYQxEJW0wQJ0W28Hnj9Hwq5asrCkVMiIrP0jUBmH58OOkMCfmZjOQ50edc5SEuTcUrC4UG1_cDDMTn9qPjrnNgNUkpNmF2xPAcIwg1jj8Onzk6NlJb4DI96lFl1jE6dv88DGJVx1LqncGn2SH3bVhFOmRytn2JU-wx22ExrS1xUT8u8=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="461" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAmmp7LCNmbpYQxEJW0wQJ0W28Hnj9Hwq5asrCkVMiIrP0jUBmH58OOkMCfmZjOQ50edc5SEuTcUrC4UG1_cDDMTn9qPjrnNgNUkpNmF2xPAcIwg1jj8Onzk6NlJb4DI96lFl1jE6dv88DGJVx1LqncGn2SH3bVhFOmRytn2JU-wx22ExrS1xUT8u8=w289-h400" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">foreign-type grave<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKxUAVjucTygqW8DTbWMVweKZtuFBbzOj4YEDl4kSMxljVREQQyDEAKd3sJbV5nGdzwbqR5gklE-9bTS9IWLeO9fVYwcgCTJduIl1nF5DYoQkgjdMgMEt5MJTxLzvvjRoixikgV5Ylthdc7TVV0ZujszF63OuXHB4GrE-iprQ4i4b07sZzPNRW5uwR=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKxUAVjucTygqW8DTbWMVweKZtuFBbzOj4YEDl4kSMxljVREQQyDEAKd3sJbV5nGdzwbqR5gklE-9bTS9IWLeO9fVYwcgCTJduIl1nF5DYoQkgjdMgMEt5MJTxLzvvjRoixikgV5Ylthdc7TVV0ZujszF63OuXHB4GrE-iprQ4i4b07sZzPNRW5uwR=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">foreign-type grave<br />A short epitaph is written on a tombstone.<br />There are no specific rules for epitaphs. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;">A surname, "senzo-daidai-no-haka(先祖代々の墓, </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;">ancestral</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;"> tomb)"</span></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"> or a passage from sutras are</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;"> inscribed on a </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Japanese-style </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px;">tombstone. A family crest is also </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">etched.</span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlgueJZmG9g4q3t6NvyBGyVNs3KYmELg0fKfyInXUquvGT74i79yiB4wIeAhHcq1vffLTLUve1jUSr6j-orQCjq_kH71yRb1jaVPi_OnDBkjEkT-XyPVC2ly6C4jZl61CeOGSXXkXSALqz5avwvXBjPz1uWDlUEwCE1stLWcBHLmPr_pYdJJMC6nUM=s640" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlgueJZmG9g4q3t6NvyBGyVNs3KYmELg0fKfyInXUquvGT74i79yiB4wIeAhHcq1vffLTLUve1jUSr6j-orQCjq_kH71yRb1jaVPi_OnDBkjEkT-XyPVC2ly6C4jZl61CeOGSXXkXSALqz5avwvXBjPz1uWDlUEwCE1stLWcBHLmPr_pYdJJMC6nUM=w268-h400" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">senzo-daidai-no-haka</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjD6xQcJcmPkzUlWxTaKJkLq5aJPLMzPIUUTTuNGJ8Dgpx6c5hYkjSca0ZsRoOzYQzGvbKnLaM_nX_tfXoyG_7jiwdgimY_tC08K-d8Q0lVDcSiPeiCwjc64tdYWT4U1obJRTTg_Dco7ve8l0xUPY5XOdNZMpKJq8hMIo9-gwPN2UsIBgC9Wz73rIXH=s640" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="348" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjD6xQcJcmPkzUlWxTaKJkLq5aJPLMzPIUUTTuNGJ8Dgpx6c5hYkjSca0ZsRoOzYQzGvbKnLaM_nX_tfXoyG_7jiwdgimY_tC08K-d8Q0lVDcSiPeiCwjc64tdYWT4U1obJRTTg_Dco7ve8l0xUPY5XOdNZMpKJq8hMIo9-gwPN2UsIBgC9Wz73rIXH=w217-h400" width="217" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">A passage from sutras is</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> inscribed on a</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">tombstone</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5q1sGoQhG8E9wYZidP8znS04nAphM8cTCVKgq3oI_0HZjPbDIG6QbAWkXCu8N9Cs0VkXpo3wovGYrpAqOCMOUlFB2TXjDsF-IubfZxOGuXeij_VdSxFXj1zNJdhJhylfWpJVVJvqyYL9CrrEGRJIX4qhcNuXBuR46lTtVNzQqGRjvzkoDITk8_ROk=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5q1sGoQhG8E9wYZidP8znS04nAphM8cTCVKgq3oI_0HZjPbDIG6QbAWkXCu8N9Cs0VkXpo3wovGYrpAqOCMOUlFB2TXjDsF-IubfZxOGuXeij_VdSxFXj1zNJdhJhylfWpJVVJvqyYL9CrrEGRJIX4qhcNuXBuR46lTtVNzQqGRjvzkoDITk8_ROk=w400-h268" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We clean our family graves before prayer in the Bon Festival, visiting graves during the equinoctial week</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>As of December 31,2019, Shintoism adherents account for 48.6%, Buddhists account for about 46.3%, Christians account for 1.0%, and other religions make up 4.0% of Japan's population, according to a statistical study on religion conducted by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.</p><p>At the first bon festival following Shijukunichi memorial service, bereaved families suspend a white paper lantern at their entrance. They prepare the Bon festival, invite relatives and familiar persons, have a Buddhist priest read a sutra at their home. They make a monetary offering(Fuse) to the priest and serve a meal to the visitors. The white paper lantern is used only onetime. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwRwuopw7or0dUMGjJOuIdg6S-UVockmZ-8GEP3o4q9_lRF2J8ET51XHuJVZhtv-vLWT5b_ubYdgihw4pum6Jxtvb30ue7uxgLOd7DlRqY1HQgxmQ4YD6w08YBBNLzj_pUX1ZePVf98g3uKiLQevbXe6itOpC7pYdjxJ9V_kt75KNgZ3_larjRF8IL=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1500" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwRwuopw7or0dUMGjJOuIdg6S-UVockmZ-8GEP3o4q9_lRF2J8ET51XHuJVZhtv-vLWT5b_ubYdgihw4pum6Jxtvb30ue7uxgLOd7DlRqY1HQgxmQ4YD6w08YBBNLzj_pUX1ZePVf98g3uKiLQevbXe6itOpC7pYdjxJ9V_kt75KNgZ3_larjRF8IL=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">white paper lantern</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>My family temple's priest doesn't visit the houses of the temple's supporters. The temple performs <i>Segaki</i>(施餓鬼), which is a ritual to stop the suffering of the such restless ghosts/monsters as <i>Gaki </i>on August 1st. The deceased's families after more than 49 days after the deceased's death are asked to attend Segaki. The temple's supporters need to pay grave maintenance fee and the donation for segaki every year. At the first bon festival following Shijukunichi memorial service, they need to pay the higher donation for segaki than usual. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Segaki was performed behind closed doors for the second straight year. The priest posted video footage of him reading a sutra on YouTube. </p><p>The period of mourning after the death of a parent lasts one year. So our family members won't observe the New Year's festival and won't send New Year's cards.</p><p>On the first anniversary of one's death, The deceased's family will invite relatives and familiar persons. A <span face="Arial, "Arial New", "MS P ゴシック", sans-serif" style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;">Buddhist</span> priest will read a sutra, they will an offering of incense at the temple's hall. Then they will visit the family grave, offer some flowers, and burn incense at the grave and serve a meal to the visitors.</p><p>On the first anniversary of my mother's death, only my family members will visit my family grave.</p><p>On the second, 6th, 12th, 16th, 22nd, 26th, 32nd, 36th, 49th anniversary of death, a memorial service is performed. However people tend to skip the events of the subsequent anniversaries. Our family performed a memorial service on the 6th anniversary of my father's death and skipped it on the subsequent anniversaries.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the first and second anniversary of death, mourners wear a mourning cloth. Woman mourners are allowed to wear pearl accessories. Very few people wear a mourning kimono. On the subsequent anniversaries, they wear sober clothing.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMCYCuhMmG2DMu2WV0mUAC0d6M-T_cA2p3ol677p-Y0FJZLs-EoOSIsK3RMyjeE2MuhSFBhgdcXSOw7z9pyXdzrLPmyBpZd-4pWHnRWU5ipeC8bxwaGEZt4RZJ1Neva87TSCai-Sn3tS8bhVpVbBfLmw58VLDpuHs39o8-Hcj2XkSuz_pY7M7Jdg5R=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMCYCuhMmG2DMu2WV0mUAC0d6M-T_cA2p3ol677p-Y0FJZLs-EoOSIsK3RMyjeE2MuhSFBhgdcXSOw7z9pyXdzrLPmyBpZd-4pWHnRWU5ipeC8bxwaGEZt4RZJ1Neva87TSCai-Sn3tS8bhVpVbBfLmw58VLDpuHs39o8-Hcj2XkSuz_pY7M7Jdg5R=w429-h640" width="429" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -35px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">We join our hands </span>in front of a </span>Buddhist altar,<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: left;">having </span><span style="text-align: left;">juzu(</span>Buddhist rosary)<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"> in our</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: left;"> left</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: left;"> hand </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguQOSyMeUv1BbDvhWe0MiyCj8MPl99BOoXTM-M9xZLeijMYhQVwai7DHWlesbDeUTM2B65E83jBXTbkzUPBW6XywlZzYSdXGW5H2GtpOkrnY1PkZLwsos3c3FmQQcBxCOCrPu_1PV6Qb8Vd2YS2MQy2EVeCTqQraP8FBA-ECOM8wZ1d6fihtaX2BMp=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguQOSyMeUv1BbDvhWe0MiyCj8MPl99BOoXTM-M9xZLeijMYhQVwai7DHWlesbDeUTM2B65E83jBXTbkzUPBW6XywlZzYSdXGW5H2GtpOkrnY1PkZLwsos3c3FmQQcBxCOCrPu_1PV6Qb8Vd2YS2MQy2EVeCTqQraP8FBA-ECOM8wZ1d6fihtaX2BMp=w429-h640" width="429" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">a woman in a mourning kimono who has a pail for grave visit<br />and a man holding a cinerary urn</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoIXCy_Ryp5h8BBgcTP4yWeZSfXoNNOUuxq5_WF7IplqDIlRV17ou2-cm2Y0lLBJSnzkVtOhwJrTfuAVxDuudfhjVVSUgIbSMV2hZS6_gwQa2PrvwbYtCwb3GSNvK1ekNJ5JrakkeYH1-Go1wSjHr5UaJJxj0QqjNjdBrCQKaHHVgMti9-lR-M-nwP=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoIXCy_Ryp5h8BBgcTP4yWeZSfXoNNOUuxq5_WF7IplqDIlRV17ou2-cm2Y0lLBJSnzkVtOhwJrTfuAVxDuudfhjVVSUgIbSMV2hZS6_gwQa2PrvwbYtCwb3GSNvK1ekNJ5JrakkeYH1-Go1wSjHr5UaJJxj0QqjNjdBrCQKaHHVgMti9-lR-M-nwP=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Prociono, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f2f1ed; color: #5f6567; text-align: left;">mourning attire for men</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I mention a Shinto funeral briefly here. I have never been to a Shinto funeral, but a relative of mine has been to it before. Shintoism doesn't see death as sad. Humans return their lives to deities after they died. Shinto funeral called Shinsosai(神葬祭) is a ritual for the dead to become a guardian deity of the dead's home.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFcXsg8ItZQs9tnW_LB8vCQMmR-6BiLc8BEx6BkznATsJ5lAlO0SJwJZ69XZPnBpdNUuhjdD-x-2CTfyc39tegKaRDND8uV0zNHJ0xuysMShKVlqR-gxjKfWlDJEPOfwSg4haaMQdtDsKm1aK7CohgL6hxw7On964ubdSr5WhZy7a9q3aH8oc25DW9=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1500" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFcXsg8ItZQs9tnW_LB8vCQMmR-6BiLc8BEx6BkznATsJ5lAlO0SJwJZ69XZPnBpdNUuhjdD-x-2CTfyc39tegKaRDND8uV0zNHJ0xuysMShKVlqR-gxjKfWlDJEPOfwSg4haaMQdtDsKm1aK7CohgL6hxw7On964ubdSr5WhZy7a9q3aH8oc25DW9=w640-h454" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shinto altar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGKTuZ83p-K3dW5sTCPKyhLmJTcRPXZwUDBMmDBkpoezPrmPmgH3PFVYktO0G69HyKRF4kaRCGoQ6ZC-b5ir5GoF5sReNQEXcsFSNOCLagYGy2VPKnWT7G9uimLTkyciHC5ywVzfpYSR3dM_jSW4DTr3TtXlb_Y5db_wvnhZliS0r9FPACeFHQtS4x=s3508" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="3508" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGKTuZ83p-K3dW5sTCPKyhLmJTcRPXZwUDBMmDBkpoezPrmPmgH3PFVYktO0G69HyKRF4kaRCGoQ6ZC-b5ir5GoF5sReNQEXcsFSNOCLagYGy2VPKnWT7G9uimLTkyciHC5ywVzfpYSR3dM_jSW4DTr3TtXlb_Y5db_wvnhZliS0r9FPACeFHQtS4x=w640-h452" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shinto altar<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The Three Imperial Regalia consist of the sword Kusanagi (草薙劍), the mirror Yata no Kagami (八咫鏡), and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama (八尺瓊勾玉). Magatama are curved, comma-shaped beads. Their replicas are decorated.<br />The mirror's replica is placed on the top tier of the altar, and the deceased's photo is on its middle tier. Rice, salt, sake(酒), water, kagami-mochi(round rice-cake), sea fish, eggs, vegetables, fruits, confections, dry food are placed on its bottom tier. A pair of Cleyera japonica (<i>sakaki</i>) with five color banners stand on either side of the altar. The sword's replica in cloth case is hung up on the left sakaki. The jewel's replica is on the right sakaki.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">the process of Shinto funeral</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>The bereaved close the double door of their household altar and put a piece of white paper on the door.</div><div><br /></div><div>day1</div><div>Tsuya-sai(通夜祭)</div><div><div>Before a ceremony, all attendants need to purify themselves by washing their hands and rinsing their mouth. A Shinto priest talks about the deceased's background, offers tributes to him/her, wishes him/her to become a guardian deity of his/her home, and recites religious speeches. Sometimes gagaku musicians play music. Attendants offer <i>tamagushi</i>(a branch of a sacred tree) and pray.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFEGfQWXjEZpW2VrXzobNvDIicdf6JXZ7BiEje-OJ4WUPaBwZfsOYowWefsfk4DpcE_AoI3Xx1ZXQcGPR4QjdiXh_RkZy4UGFWAHI1meKEVD3SuGjIxRjiy604FtHxk0rMYiel4mWLIU9cyScr4e1GL_halsMbZYQXRP5csjzCNd_HfEpprsLeD4M1=s3508" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="3508" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFEGfQWXjEZpW2VrXzobNvDIicdf6JXZ7BiEje-OJ4WUPaBwZfsOYowWefsfk4DpcE_AoI3Xx1ZXQcGPR4QjdiXh_RkZy4UGFWAHI1meKEVD3SuGjIxRjiy604FtHxk0rMYiel4mWLIU9cyScr4e1GL_halsMbZYQXRP5csjzCNd_HfEpprsLeD4M1=w400-h283" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A Shinto priest talks about the deceased's background, offers tributes to him/her, wishes him/her to become a guardian deity of his/her home, and recites religious speeches</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3wmJ-ujXUFf91R7pzMnsG2TbAc9IWtIjW9_kKyAv58IFlJcQ6DUrdX_IJ_tLtndGiX9csyUUpakzw6jerbOdXIZajVblUOluaCtsLJu60JmuU6hUfEon2jcwwo-mRkMOVr4V2Uev2cZq93A4hOahI8PdcxZ5pgUuWZF0JqWJLt9uIkpjaEeTKbcHX=s398" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="303" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3wmJ-ujXUFf91R7pzMnsG2TbAc9IWtIjW9_kKyAv58IFlJcQ6DUrdX_IJ_tLtndGiX9csyUUpakzw6jerbOdXIZajVblUOluaCtsLJu60JmuU6hUfEon2jcwwo-mRkMOVr4V2Uev2cZq93A4hOahI8PdcxZ5pgUuWZF0JqWJLt9uIkpjaEeTKbcHX=w305-h400" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tamagushi-houten(玉串奉奠)<br />Attendants offer <i style="text-align: left;">tamagushi</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Senrei-sai(遷霊祭)</div><div><div>Tsuya-sai is followed by Senrei-sai. The priest holds a ritual to transfer deceased person's soul from his/her body to a natural tablet called reiji(霊璽). </div></div><div><br /></div><div>day2</div><div>Sojo-sai(葬場祭)</div><div><div>Sojo-sai is held in much the same manner as Tsuya-sai. The priest purifies attendants. Shrine staffs put offerings on the altar. A memorial address is given.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9YSuo_99Pe2-Ezzcc3AFE6zVIMkAJVd21bh917T5SEVEiCsMDtLpksjEe86RlQi8tRLSIxsgnbkrGTL5amuKbMXy9UM7KWGdJom6qALpjZTobD5r3Q-EK1v5aabBdFmrxqaVWtCKr-fhun2jt6Inxd2UZAbySMqsZCmmGmxst-soOMTbMujFYmlty=s3000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2129" data-original-width="3000" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9YSuo_99Pe2-Ezzcc3AFE6zVIMkAJVd21bh917T5SEVEiCsMDtLpksjEe86RlQi8tRLSIxsgnbkrGTL5amuKbMXy9UM7KWGdJom6qALpjZTobD5r3Q-EK1v5aabBdFmrxqaVWtCKr-fhun2jt6Inxd2UZAbySMqsZCmmGmxst-soOMTbMujFYmlty=w400-h284" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhk3nVRFTlyl6nRmqYOBgAfr-G5cD-p-c7Mw6dJcCGd7pZeaHYUcFLXfbMLiLhKYgdWa7vn1QLfqAad5NhXfVyYxovg4iFJhF27UC-Umtk7P_Mkhh5qpU8EPhfD37_4IRjUjc55x7L-JoN15qyV2zqOMFQCHkjsrMW4uKOkdjWJ5rOY6hcnCiVLu3yM=s2114" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2114" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhk3nVRFTlyl6nRmqYOBgAfr-G5cD-p-c7Mw6dJcCGd7pZeaHYUcFLXfbMLiLhKYgdWa7vn1QLfqAad5NhXfVyYxovg4iFJhF27UC-Umtk7P_Mkhh5qpU8EPhfD37_4IRjUjc55x7L-JoN15qyV2zqOMFQCHkjsrMW4uKOkdjWJ5rOY6hcnCiVLu3yM=w284-h400" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Shinto priest</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Kaso-sai(火葬祭)</div><div><div>Kaso-sai is a ritual before cremation. The priest offers Shinto prayers. Attendants offer tamagushi and pray. Then the cremation is done.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Maiso-sai(埋葬祭) </div><div><div>Maiso-sai is a ritual for burial. The bereaved used to take the dead's ashes from a crematorium to their family grave and bury it there. In recent years, they carry the ashes home and bury it at a ritual called Gojunichi-sai(五十日祭) commemorating the 50th day after the death.</div><div>Gojunichi-sai is a ritual to transfer deceased person's soul from a temporary altar to a household altar(祖霊舎, soreisha) as a guardian deity of deceased person's home. Offerings are put on the altar. The priest show gratitude for deities and express a belief in deities. Attendants offer tamagushi and pray. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Offered foods on the altar are set down on the table, and attendants eat them. It's called Naorai(直会).</div><div><br /></div><div>The bereaved tear a piece of white paper off the double door of their household altar. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-3109762091945429252021-12-28T21:26:00.000+09:002021-12-28T21:26:52.170+09:00Japanese Buddhist funeral (1)<p> My mother passed away from lung cancer in March. I have calmed down at the moment. I was by her bedside when she departed this life at the hospital. A funeral director took her from the hospital to my home, though bodies are often taken directly to the funeral home.</p><p>My family's religion is Shingon Buddhism, a school of Japanese Buddhism. She was laid with dry ice on her futon with her head pointed northward. A white cloth covered her face. An incense stick was lighted on a low table by the futon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpLQ_i_hcy-20voolfD0qt577rfCumxaMdoVK0HsC_t_UwJIBFHDyme6sPifegBlJhGJBxbiQppwgIigbyXuiA6ofNrJEN25IWtkFNzixawz4g8kGDVyduZmXnIbnwJYj5IVJX3nHFOtQEOyDC7sqFzxrT20OEsWmJGNhSfeFVlYZ80jzQvgKzBVuZ=s1300" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1300" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpLQ_i_hcy-20voolfD0qt577rfCumxaMdoVK0HsC_t_UwJIBFHDyme6sPifegBlJhGJBxbiQppwgIigbyXuiA6ofNrJEN25IWtkFNzixawz4g8kGDVyduZmXnIbnwJYj5IVJX3nHFOtQEOyDC7sqFzxrT20OEsWmJGNhSfeFVlYZ80jzQvgKzBVuZ=w400-h339" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The next day, my family members made funeral arrangement with the funeral director. We chose a traditional Buddhist-style altar, a cinerary urn with cherry blossoms pattern, a paisley-upholstered coffin, a shroud(dianthus-patterned kimono made of smooth satin), her photo and a green frame for it, funeral flower stands, and a hearse. Kimono for the dead is sewn by slightly different way.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg85GW00n8TLfONON9IdpsJ17kN_-a_GWcxdsM8GsQfvYv2ua1xybxXeexeOlQvtVSbm80E6XlRz7sPxZuqEpc3nPP_xVGlKs28IFsoV0MtRoGNpBOxgxkPv0oW6vgZflF7qV5-li16X5YbQ5Afx008N8TEmnJx4RkDyzdkL4LM9vwz9jeIzdJi9KwH=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg85GW00n8TLfONON9IdpsJ17kN_-a_GWcxdsM8GsQfvYv2ua1xybxXeexeOlQvtVSbm80E6XlRz7sPxZuqEpc3nPP_xVGlKs28IFsoV0MtRoGNpBOxgxkPv0oW6vgZflF7qV5-li16X5YbQ5Afx008N8TEmnJx4RkDyzdkL4LM9vwz9jeIzdJi9KwH=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">flower-patterned<span style="text-align: left;"> cinerary urn<br />and its</span> fabric cover</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Ordinarily Buddhists hold a wake called <i>tsuya</i>(通夜) and funeral service. Tsuya is held around 7 p.m. The next day funeral service generally starts at 10 or 11 a.m. Working persons can attend <i>tsuya</i> after work. Most mourners choose either <i>tsuya</i> or funeral service.</p><p>In Japan,<i> tsuya</i> is generally held irrespective of creed. Most funeral halls and crematories are closed on the day of tomobiki, which literally means "pulling friends" and is a good day for business and lawsuits. However the word is associated with taking the deceased's friends with the deceased.</p><p>I reserved my family temple's priest to read a sutra at a local funeral home and requested him to give my mother a posthumous Buddhist name called <i>kaimyo</i>(戒名.)</p><p>Two days after her death, she was moved from my home to the funeral home. Two encoffiners performed a ritual called <i>yukan</i>(湯灌) to encoffin bodies at the funeral home. In front of our eyes, they carefully spilled warm water on her arms and legs, and shampooed her hair. I was so glad to see her hair shampooed because she had taken bed bath after hospitalization. They washed her whole body after we exited the room. Her body in dianthus-patterned white kimono was laid in a upholstered coffin. It is not uncommon for people to sit with and talk to the body almost as if it were still alive. I often talked to her.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjHD_FMlY82-SNfEZ1nWWZb4VQbPLKH_hkJjoqXySUaKHKK5f0vS9LDQ7L3QPfRh0FogfB4OgSstiiDr--P0rB3GLXGWypyv4oFXPSQ0PtdVQj1gzupdPpZpupCC2GormOYmEtxsJ4Ci_zsPL9K1HFTcVOlrUE_8afAEjG8WLMdJdf33ckquLrVUGb=s3000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2129" data-original-width="3000" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjHD_FMlY82-SNfEZ1nWWZb4VQbPLKH_hkJjoqXySUaKHKK5f0vS9LDQ7L3QPfRh0FogfB4OgSstiiDr--P0rB3GLXGWypyv4oFXPSQ0PtdVQj1gzupdPpZpupCC2GormOYmEtxsJ4Ci_zsPL9K1HFTcVOlrUE_8afAEjG8WLMdJdf33ckquLrVUGb=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yukan</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDvSmr_n5FUAcTwUFOFi84cyntytNDrmOdIOjmE-lyrqU2vFKzcAB-NtLExLj6IZui7RiQGDlziBy9Lra4ciz8VgtolbnoEBof7IsyZMRez-JLvHWpQrJVhn4_QsmjgSJPwzkGSrk8vXcZcr3GlA7jmt5IxnRwIgn5Vqcx5oy1Bz6nmTlwGNMtK91C=s500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDvSmr_n5FUAcTwUFOFi84cyntytNDrmOdIOjmE-lyrqU2vFKzcAB-NtLExLj6IZui7RiQGDlziBy9Lra4ciz8VgtolbnoEBof7IsyZMRez-JLvHWpQrJVhn4_QsmjgSJPwzkGSrk8vXcZcr3GlA7jmt5IxnRwIgn5Vqcx5oy1Bz6nmTlwGNMtK91C=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">burial outfit<br />It consists of kyokatabira (white kimono), tekko(cloth arm and hand protector), kyahan (gaiters), tenkan (triangle hood), zudabukuro(fabric neck pouch), six coins as a ferriage for crossing Japanese Styx. <br />It is a pilgrim’s outfit for journey to the afterworld.<br />The dead wear kyokatabira with the right side over the left. <br />The living wear the left side over the right.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>On the day before the funeral service, I took <i>Makurameshi</i>(枕飯, cooked rice offered to the deceased) and <i>Makuradango</i>(枕団子, rice dumpling offered to the deceased) to the funeral home, and put them on the altar.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9B-02M8UeO-oRWtBBOex1iRQGju-oVgR68gHcCQ6eGp56WlYNNDVlVHalfR3skHjvxfW9EEwbcwwm0zql4cFWlZmKFTLrvGH20UWjMc5yOiNyWhagesi7CXP5gc89ATGdqNICYphMaeN8dgDLRfiQYJ3z7OzISQCHsnq2kfkgsd_4g_tBwGCU3WeG=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9B-02M8UeO-oRWtBBOex1iRQGju-oVgR68gHcCQ6eGp56WlYNNDVlVHalfR3skHjvxfW9EEwbcwwm0zql4cFWlZmKFTLrvGH20UWjMc5yOiNyWhagesi7CXP5gc89ATGdqNICYphMaeN8dgDLRfiQYJ3z7OzISQCHsnq2kfkgsd_4g_tBwGCU3WeG=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Makuradango<span style="text-align: left;"> </span>and Makurameshi </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Makurameshi is a heaped bowl of cooked rice with upright chopsticks in it. It means a final meal of the dead in this world. The bowl and the chopsticks belong to my mother. Each of us has our own bowl for rice and chopsticks. Makuradango comes from the Buddhist episode that a bodhisattva offered rice dumpling to Buddha after his death. They are offered so that the dead can eat them or give them to the hungry departed on the way to the next world. Makurameshi and Makuradango are put in a coffin at the end. </p><p>Customs vary by Buddhist sect and region. So we imitate the people ahead of us at the funeral home.</p><p>In Japan we offer condolence money for a funeral(香典, <i>koden</i>) to the family of the deceased when visiting them for a wake or a funeral. Koden is sealed in special envelopes tied up with black and white string.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlyh-HI8cGA8wzMpdHdodmyzbAyvSqP-JvUW1QQiD0oVr0RqjhobPP_99GhpnDhvLlkGnknxgICdY1TpOzmMGuLxjmWEC2DLu50aoei5DEYtm2cKLi3VZvc1-3tHCMWce24aNfFZ2-tJYD-whedZqpuQixuxo48qlQSE_MMNJVCa_EuDp4L9B8cdTN=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlyh-HI8cGA8wzMpdHdodmyzbAyvSqP-JvUW1QQiD0oVr0RqjhobPP_99GhpnDhvLlkGnknxgICdY1TpOzmMGuLxjmWEC2DLu50aoei5DEYtm2cKLi3VZvc1-3tHCMWce24aNfFZ2-tJYD-whedZqpuQixuxo48qlQSE_MMNJVCa_EuDp4L9B8cdTN=w400-h268" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">envelope with </span>white and yellow string<br />(It is used mainly in Kansai region after the 49th day after one's death )</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>There are some envelopes for koden.</p><div style="text-align: left;">●description on envelope for Buddhists</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span> </span>gokoryo(御香料), gokoden(御香奠) or okoden(御香典) (money as a substitute for incense)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-QU9Yz2LxaLfiuYORJlsATunFNJOE-40-B3bXQ5bTvReYqllp6ufbjZR5GR3LEHMP1SUcziQ8f7HrW8jXjZF24lFOPIBFfIms7Hdu6ejXJLGzoZrMjCxFueUpjiK_6j0UPzn03ejDplhH7uIuv0xpclPhdqTmNtOMGc9KdUQFxXIGURJRA4qW0QCS=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-QU9Yz2LxaLfiuYORJlsATunFNJOE-40-B3bXQ5bTvReYqllp6ufbjZR5GR3LEHMP1SUcziQ8f7HrW8jXjZF24lFOPIBFfIms7Hdu6ejXJLGzoZrMjCxFueUpjiK_6j0UPzn03ejDplhH7uIuv0xpclPhdqTmNtOMGc9KdUQFxXIGURJRA4qW0QCS=s16000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">envelope for koden and fudepen(</span>(writing brush pen)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">●description on envelope for Christians<br /><span> </span>ohanaryo(御花料) (money for offering flowers)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCWZW0rdcnINCuvHS7QItn464o4BZn49sVoFy4Jy7dNEY4Cq7d5KUpLowwyTeuHpXDNMBdopojqIpxbvwYa7qDczqlnXynR30m3pj82NGAvvk-c_8HftQOWfdAcivJFnwv1FNiMaRYPeKCMj2jPeT_86f5Qmnz8kDhO1saXZJVeyiauFF8WHi8uEA1=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCWZW0rdcnINCuvHS7QItn464o4BZn49sVoFy4Jy7dNEY4Cq7d5KUpLowwyTeuHpXDNMBdopojqIpxbvwYa7qDczqlnXynR30m3pj82NGAvvk-c_8HftQOWfdAcivJFnwv1FNiMaRYPeKCMj2jPeT_86f5Qmnz8kDhO1saXZJVeyiauFF8WHi8uEA1=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">●description on envelope for Shintoism adherents<br /><span> </span>o(n)tamagushiryo(御玉串料) (fees for offering a branch of the sacred tree to a god) goshinzen(御神前)(money for offering to gods)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4ekzUZAvaqVcEr3YasTDSqoJK2ZXLgh3LZ9_1doN15ChUT0f8mILCIU1OVXCgpAaE1DoaKXPYDT3ItQ5DYQjQdTOQeNAvUZcARJcubpPqgZXAlHExgtIPlCXJNIwHDhWCj2m2H6kehM_vgv7U0QsmqNZYGwZJYyZKh-vsaRJ19oDT1wsqMa1LsnI3=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4ekzUZAvaqVcEr3YasTDSqoJK2ZXLgh3LZ9_1doN15ChUT0f8mILCIU1OVXCgpAaE1DoaKXPYDT3ItQ5DYQjQdTOQeNAvUZcARJcubpPqgZXAlHExgtIPlCXJNIwHDhWCj2m2H6kehM_vgv7U0QsmqNZYGwZJYyZKh-vsaRJ19oDT1wsqMa1LsnI3=w400-h267" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">●description on envelope for Buddhists<br /> gobutsuzen(御仏前) (money for offering to the deceased)</div><div style="text-align: left;">●description on envelope for people of all creed</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span> </span>goreizen(御霊前) (money for offering to the deceased)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLoV7JHuM6ENLgznTP8Eav6E1xNypksYk4bjKVzj2l6fF_o5rmmKqDX__p0gxu4DNFWXYuy6g-n6ANDgn4jOUE5407rqE2iohuMxoYavTy536TGZzLtzZdjOf4CQ0PIcWwG1lsjibnPTOtoXitrFYCnTq2Q44Fd2Wq6Jt9vlGYfqNl7BHZREINVxXH=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLoV7JHuM6ENLgznTP8Eav6E1xNypksYk4bjKVzj2l6fF_o5rmmKqDX__p0gxu4DNFWXYuy6g-n6ANDgn4jOUE5407rqE2iohuMxoYavTy536TGZzLtzZdjOf4CQ0PIcWwG1lsjibnPTOtoXitrFYCnTq2Q44Fd2Wq6Jt9vlGYfqNl7BHZREINVxXH=w400-h268" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">envelopes for koden and juzu(</span>Buddhist rosary)<span face="Arial, "Arial New", "MS P ゴシック", sans-serif" style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 19px; text-align: left; text-indent: -35px;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Envelope with <i>gobutsuzen</i> are not suitable for a wake and funeral service. It is said that the deceased has yet to attain Buddhahood until 49th day memorial service. However the adherents of the True Pure Land Buddhism use the envelopes with gobutsuzen for a wake and funeral service because the deceased is said to become a Buddha immediately after death. When the deceased's religion is not known, funeral attendants can use an envelope with goreizen. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Funeral attendants wrap a koden-envelope with fukusa(袱紗).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyX3lqSAm8hgcNYw-qCsNqtETJTliKCqfojQmui7dvSZDk2NPkzZECNukA9Vh4_C4rsd6Hl_6a_d3yRlw7NLYKz-csvmvTthFukYoyp1lKUx99jrlWNfdujsUy81C4s1gfT6UkTx8JkK7V2G21xG5WhU-1Ou1FY42qfRYGi3Pq5n2sUoD-_Nc6Ld7J=s640" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyX3lqSAm8hgcNYw-qCsNqtETJTliKCqfojQmui7dvSZDk2NPkzZECNukA9Vh4_C4rsd6Hl_6a_d3yRlw7NLYKz-csvmvTthFukYoyp1lKUx99jrlWNfdujsUy81C4s1gfT6UkTx8JkK7V2G21xG5WhU-1Ou1FY42qfRYGi3Pq5n2sUoD-_Nc6Ld7J=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> koden-envelope on fukusa</span></td></tr></tbody></table> Fukusa is a piece of cloth. Recently, a cloth case for koden is<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;">commonly used.</span></span><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWB3mubR6r7Cr_h_IMQLVNGPemMzlpgyDF4pMIMRFEDWuZeJlnc3x1oBnmJwsMOrhl5vd4_okZlhfPKho_8eRnPggmOQD8zF_rnDEZQYU_GMrgSOUDmLydGSBpib0SMFpdLr5tayX1hAk1B4jPm1aaYhAZ6EB_Cg1laIa9V3yb29Mo5FVY_7HKCUOf=s640" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWB3mubR6r7Cr_h_IMQLVNGPemMzlpgyDF4pMIMRFEDWuZeJlnc3x1oBnmJwsMOrhl5vd4_okZlhfPKho_8eRnPggmOQD8zF_rnDEZQYU_GMrgSOUDmLydGSBpib0SMFpdLr5tayX1hAk1B4jPm1aaYhAZ6EB_Cg1laIa9V3yb29Mo5FVY_7HKCUOf=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> koden-envelope in fukusa</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They give it to <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; text-indent: -35px;">the </span><span class="redtext" style="background-color: #fdfdfd; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: -35px;">receptionist</span> and <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;">sign the book of condolences</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;">at</span> a funeral home.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Since only my family members attended my mother's funeral, we received koden in the mail. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcpspX6EoiD-bqby9SWg7XrFnddNcNpsPEjPs9qM2AqXNEjw6nKSzjBqBT5FN_ARBlYIxlB-yka80-fQVKiZHhJ945ieCkneZ4lPddI09y97054ZBQMQzJkhhFchSk8Wi2ApqCldTV4omwVLXSi1QI1RumphjXmOrTnXm7skxgJhqx6H-yjfD-PRmK=s1920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcpspX6EoiD-bqby9SWg7XrFnddNcNpsPEjPs9qM2AqXNEjw6nKSzjBqBT5FN_ARBlYIxlB-yka80-fQVKiZHhJ945ieCkneZ4lPddI09y97054ZBQMQzJkhhFchSk8Wi2ApqCldTV4omwVLXSi1QI1RumphjXmOrTnXm7skxgJhqx6H-yjfD-PRmK=w640-h427" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">an example of Buddhist-style altars</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p>At a wake, a Buddhist priest reads a sutra, mourners pick up crumbled incense (<i>makko</i>) and sprinkle it on a small fraction of charcoal on ashes in the incense burner(<i>koro</i>) to burn.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwd6qX2yP8etYJGrgS42605Hh5-A2FL5EdQhOU6F88yuqzR_muioqYAbYH1ieq4xA_HFvZbDQfIqHdVvLzxTzHNyd_KKrLDRwKOXAExoMCGJfVwe-imrRIti7hUvNGOPQxZkjjOgftGuzZlrUgU2MLmy8VpC2G-THODgYTyDTLOOh5utCmH6Vr9DTT=s3000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2129" data-original-width="3000" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwd6qX2yP8etYJGrgS42605Hh5-A2FL5EdQhOU6F88yuqzR_muioqYAbYH1ieq4xA_HFvZbDQfIqHdVvLzxTzHNyd_KKrLDRwKOXAExoMCGJfVwe-imrRIti7hUvNGOPQxZkjjOgftGuzZlrUgU2MLmy8VpC2G-THODgYTyDTLOOh5utCmH6Vr9DTT=w640-h454" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A Buddhist priest reads a sutra</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYGGffNje4J9EuTPmb_ac3tac33ynNc-i7liguQj7Fh4qtI--Im_QSBQ_gQOVs6SKlYksN8MzcSKXnte14Xmg4sYSOJLX9kvWg0mzvmj84lphPnYZATK4RU5QiJ8r2xZabIq7FPZvfl9vcD5uuJD0ZG-JlfoCqQaiNvp4pbhrtU_uv6oo_b1RJnuxV=s640" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYGGffNje4J9EuTPmb_ac3tac33ynNc-i7liguQj7Fh4qtI--Im_QSBQ_gQOVs6SKlYksN8MzcSKXnte14Xmg4sYSOJLX9kvWg0mzvmj84lphPnYZATK4RU5QiJ8r2xZabIq7FPZvfl9vcD5uuJD0ZG-JlfoCqQaiNvp4pbhrtU_uv6oo_b1RJnuxV=w214-h320" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A mourner picks up crumbled incense</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkwH0fYzGEkIv4YL-3z8X1fTd9HRUJC_gMb5Ph9u6AIG6Ez8Q7MvTBN3U5d8ERtYh72_m2ImEM0M_ssRJkNCw-dI0b5UZt2U6IuSux5psb3o_hTGMWjQqDD8iH0qba48do0TgkjOhZAT4L5_oqD4FAj6FbILrPBFTj2ssrIJcu9es5M2pfE_LXFBXL=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkwH0fYzGEkIv4YL-3z8X1fTd9HRUJC_gMb5Ph9u6AIG6Ez8Q7MvTBN3U5d8ERtYh72_m2ImEM0M_ssRJkNCw-dI0b5UZt2U6IuSux5psb3o_hTGMWjQqDD8iH0qba48do0TgkjOhZAT4L5_oqD4FAj6FbILrPBFTj2ssrIJcu9es5M2pfE_LXFBXL=w320-h240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">burner(left) and </span>incense(right)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyc9_dofxGzewDKyUxYN8iMk2F1c2qbaSv_H1IcgfaOwO9qD2BUf9bRHWmUlY_aOnh3exOHBFYSbBt87K6M5aGB__JKVKbiZr3kdEZ2fKMeiP6k5e3JQjwEiDzdBC2po-dLV9MG6-yHtOYUjpXPAoH3m9xiGeKRFpSRCHEqnysUolFyNcKKeIc8R84=s640" style="display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyc9_dofxGzewDKyUxYN8iMk2F1c2qbaSv_H1IcgfaOwO9qD2BUf9bRHWmUlY_aOnh3exOHBFYSbBt87K6M5aGB__JKVKbiZr3kdEZ2fKMeiP6k5e3JQjwEiDzdBC2po-dLV9MG6-yHtOYUjpXPAoH3m9xiGeKRFpSRCHEqnysUolFyNcKKeIc8R84=s320" width="214" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">In </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">some schools of Buddhism</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">, a m</span></span><span style="text-align: left;">ourner </span>holds it up in front of forehead after picking <span style="text-align: left;">incense</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSCd-gGUAW9nIkgJLvpVB3vpk6G_bhNMx9hJVBGWlTHe2eeO9-QW5E0gxtQfzoCr8ikAN0aNHa1Gq20UPTV_D5BHCVBFtmUVZiVk8GXmSRDVAy3plarNgGhqRTEj_gibaG_TT1pdr615LtKcZ7731hNYgnq5rr4VKwNaZ6Va4hVqWWL43JiheAYhLK=s640" style="clear: right; 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They share some memories of the deceased. The closest relatives may stay and keep vigil with the deceased overnight.</p><p>The chief mourner gives attendants a greeting card to express thanks for attending the funeral, salt and an article such as green tea, Nori(dried edible seaweed), handkerchief or hand towel. Mourners sprinkle salt on themselves for purification in front of their doors. Recently salt tends not to be given. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4iM_IDUW5yOMHa5h2cIeV74A2z97HWy_uYJE4volh64_akC6odiSk_LzZb2YhsE-r39APce8ZgOnm6Og8NZLWuGgVWOYgr6pCxFggbQo6WB_Y8G1amKEJtHDStjYNTk9SII84ir-PIONR5QuBYiNyl3wBvs5zYtkEXmqDDsZpuqP0RJ31QiV730cM=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4iM_IDUW5yOMHa5h2cIeV74A2z97HWy_uYJE4volh64_akC6odiSk_LzZb2YhsE-r39APce8ZgOnm6Og8NZLWuGgVWOYgr6pCxFggbQo6WB_Y8G1amKEJtHDStjYNTk9SII84ir-PIONR5QuBYiNyl3wBvs5zYtkEXmqDDsZpuqP0RJ31QiV730cM=w400-h268" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span>salt for for purification(left) and<span style="text-align: left;"><br />a greeting card called kaiso-orei(right)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Most bereaved families recently conduct small-scale funeral service. The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged this trend. My relatives are elderly or live far away. Only my family members attended my mum's funeral. We didn't hold a wake.</p><p>My mother's funeral service started at 8:30 a.m. on the 6th day after her death. I live in Yokohama city that has 928,450 people over 65 as of March 31, 2021. More people die in the winter than the summer every year. The city has only four public crematoriums. Furthermore, only Covid-19 victims were cremated after 3 p.m. So these crematoriums were booked solid for days.</p><p>We made a monetary offering called Fuse(布施) to the Buddhist priest in return for receiving <i>kaimyo</i> and reading sutra before the funeral. We also paid him for transport(御車代, okurumadai).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXKG9m6z0SM8yHsGpqFX-2Cx8d6MpLlTWw9ENx095HfMNR1Elg97BvyjVeyjbcI_cZm4nWB6w_40GqVWlRA7p-2ewl-qAI3B7SqO_tJGwLn9VucOwQzGSd00BAAmwQDOZETYLJsHno1K_O_2mbny862DSbb_UmQcPPyLmrxUAD1aF65jl8_0BCyLFs=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXKG9m6z0SM8yHsGpqFX-2Cx8d6MpLlTWw9ENx095HfMNR1Elg97BvyjVeyjbcI_cZm4nWB6w_40GqVWlRA7p-2ewl-qAI3B7SqO_tJGwLn9VucOwQzGSd00BAAmwQDOZETYLJsHno1K_O_2mbny862DSbb_UmQcPPyLmrxUAD1aF65jl8_0BCyLFs=w400-h268" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fuse and okurumadai</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>The natural spirit tablet(位牌, ihai) with my mother's kaimyo was placed on the altar.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjRYVWnDC2X7D0Jv07W6b9TtlIPXrMc7ZFQGc6kyHOz96pUevgFnihWZD2-INs9Y13wG-2J_BInsYwlkhryi6wd7zUqwToLFuWVKS1D_FPQaPSU4y8N9rVcIfCiU5L4zAXDtIlIQFey3S_684jGg1iNIzW41CuiAE4frnPpPSn8OXWzVgm90z0wGJE=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjRYVWnDC2X7D0Jv07W6b9TtlIPXrMc7ZFQGc6kyHOz96pUevgFnihWZD2-INs9Y13wG-2J_BInsYwlkhryi6wd7zUqwToLFuWVKS1D_FPQaPSU4y8N9rVcIfCiU5L4zAXDtIlIQFey3S_684jGg1iNIzW41CuiAE4frnPpPSn8OXWzVgm90z0wGJE=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">natural and blank spirit tablet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>At the funeral, the priest read a sutra, we sprinkled crumbled incense in the incense burner and put flowers inside the coffin. I put old letters and a deck of paper cards inside the coffin beforehand. She loved to play contract bridge. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcpoxndaa3ZXKjxulJlyI35QfQKybq2uUgpupdX6blU3GGoIcWJRLCjYhikEgfVPQfdkn7flj4dRJ1jYje5HHn4fj6ZU8wL04bEiuugyDHiJ4_wWF7bR9QgL1d8XdsxMRVP4oiCmKz6o3nW1BEx79zPSIgwE9gMe0frw0JOVxYtb5VzBcLPdL4vGge=s1188" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcpoxndaa3ZXKjxulJlyI35QfQKybq2uUgpupdX6blU3GGoIcWJRLCjYhikEgfVPQfdkn7flj4dRJ1jYje5HHn4fj6ZU8wL04bEiuugyDHiJ4_wWF7bR9QgL1d8XdsxMRVP4oiCmKz6o3nW1BEx79zPSIgwE9gMe0frw0JOVxYtb5VzBcLPdL4vGge=s320" width="295" /></a></div><p>Then we went to a crematorium with her photo in frame, the tablet.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkPTJqt6IyNuwvjv499SZVRQqQp0Nzpzw4XfPffKXLsIa59wPEAUOptLEmSGNI_LzyfiCTgMjfDRfK5Jz5uK-3hbey4fzOOziZi98GCtYTK805LJhcmgWLYEDFgm82GM1Xw-GWJvNQgxo3wJbgvBIOf6M3aUY500OioJ4u496HqS8UmBjj-IBGpC0l=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="2000" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkPTJqt6IyNuwvjv499SZVRQqQp0Nzpzw4XfPffKXLsIa59wPEAUOptLEmSGNI_LzyfiCTgMjfDRfK5Jz5uK-3hbey4fzOOziZi98GCtYTK805LJhcmgWLYEDFgm82GM1Xw-GWJvNQgxo3wJbgvBIOf6M3aUY500OioJ4u496HqS8UmBjj-IBGpC0l=w400-h284" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Nowadays most bereaved families choose foreign-type(station wagon or executive sedan) hearse. We also chose a foreign-type hearse.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6k7guox7tyeEMiKoXAyYXQKohFTlS19iFa9up6wtjiM4EuVHArzSm9NRZ_VA8FRIsGIrCd7PDzg-jCTUca2GXP8OPGjPXrMfzFkOAKlMYsU0i3OcCQ4tbt4Mf4iU8F_C9Mt7YIt8ywXCEq3ZD2qJTZxL_gf58cyswr0hS3BPHq0ISeBnyxBSwQl6v=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="640" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6k7guox7tyeEMiKoXAyYXQKohFTlS19iFa9up6wtjiM4EuVHArzSm9NRZ_VA8FRIsGIrCd7PDzg-jCTUca2GXP8OPGjPXrMfzFkOAKlMYsU0i3OcCQ4tbt4Mf4iU8F_C9Mt7YIt8ywXCEq3ZD2qJTZxL_gf58cyswr0hS3BPHq0ISeBnyxBSwQl6v=w640-h448" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Japanese-style hearse</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7Z_cJpzWDN23vW_-q3IMSbjY9_P9iUZ0XrbZhFg9EgFZGKhr2xoQsEntwrYUkx_rUg7Ltm7SwjVLurtQ8zFqKfSU8ZPaaKGrBT2vquau4TxaPKcJ3Q7wbTNHosvMEOK0vwDHCwJfRcbVrJZzqPSWF23SwIRdlIjO5N1haO-CZnBlt6FzXgZZRzhan=s640" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="640" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7Z_cJpzWDN23vW_-q3IMSbjY9_P9iUZ0XrbZhFg9EgFZGKhr2xoQsEntwrYUkx_rUg7Ltm7SwjVLurtQ8zFqKfSU8ZPaaKGrBT2vquau4TxaPKcJ3Q7wbTNHosvMEOK0vwDHCwJfRcbVrJZzqPSWF23SwIRdlIjO5N1haO-CZnBlt6FzXgZZRzhan=w400-h241" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">foreign-type hearse</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>In Japan, more than 99% of the dead are cremated. When the bereaved choose burial, they will go to a great deal of trouble to get a grave for burial. There is little space for burial in Japan.</p><p>Only our family members and the priest went to the crematorium. The tablet was placed in front of her body. He read a sutra before cremation. Our family members waited about 1 hour during cremation. Usually deceased person's relatives and familiar persons also go to a crematorium. The bereaved serve a meal to them after (or during) cremation.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4gHdl6QmDniqEIpjou3Y7szGWPqn0hhvIrzNvNV2zEwFFWEUFz58AU8QDaOYo5gTI_EYk4MtMCbV0h2HLpEtmfbMIwbnQimoe5RRRDPQW00_fUPNYHcj_ZZ4E7FKCuiS3-SLANH2kynajJ7eYODeD4zMcsDLP5CAWG4eU--2FVMC-ouMn75-2guso=s3000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2129" data-original-width="3000" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4gHdl6QmDniqEIpjou3Y7szGWPqn0hhvIrzNvNV2zEwFFWEUFz58AU8QDaOYo5gTI_EYk4MtMCbV0h2HLpEtmfbMIwbnQimoe5RRRDPQW00_fUPNYHcj_ZZ4E7FKCuiS3-SLANH2kynajJ7eYODeD4zMcsDLP5CAWG4eU--2FVMC-ouMn75-2guso=w400-h284" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Buddhist priest reads a sutra before cremation</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCdMdU7hr8Le-2f-ja-e5ZCtvD7rmKs9Of10RMJQlnzUdFCAzKMXuaIFRe8ohFJBD2C0gc-vyu2oR1UhJpFZfxyaW4D5znRlEaryNkq_JMn12zGJ6NZ3iYOo2k93NA0mBQRJ6pKkQOYP6NtygJuho790Gcb669WuzsWiS1iS98ME2vbhVKKnJaNGVT=s2134" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1996" data-original-width="2134" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCdMdU7hr8Le-2f-ja-e5ZCtvD7rmKs9Of10RMJQlnzUdFCAzKMXuaIFRe8ohFJBD2C0gc-vyu2oR1UhJpFZfxyaW4D5znRlEaryNkq_JMn12zGJ6NZ3iYOo2k93NA0mBQRJ6pKkQOYP6NtygJuho790Gcb669WuzsWiS1iS98ME2vbhVKKnJaNGVT=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Buddhist priest reads a sutra before cremation</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="text-align: left;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>As a ritual called <i>Kotsuage</i>(骨上げ), paired relatives pick a piece of bone from the ashes with chopsticks and place them in an urn. We transferred some pieces of her bones into her urn. A crematorium technician put other pieces of them into it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmeXX4mOBV_8WoIEUKkSEsPEXyTdG-fA3Jvchpweg0QO51jyekuelTCi9gOhEBXbzSPaVCAL9udb11deN7Pr3jwCNqp-3XxoylxeEfJSKAAG-p59JWil6mvm1S7G0q73v424FdB7Aiu8uSTuJEXHsXmVcS-W1WUSrxTvQnfQgBQbLR2KfgcPm-f1Hv=s1500" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmeXX4mOBV_8WoIEUKkSEsPEXyTdG-fA3Jvchpweg0QO51jyekuelTCi9gOhEBXbzSPaVCAL9udb11deN7Pr3jwCNqp-3XxoylxeEfJSKAAG-p59JWil6mvm1S7G0q73v424FdB7Aiu8uSTuJEXHsXmVcS-W1WUSrxTvQnfQgBQbLR2KfgcPm-f1Hv=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kotsuage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5u8cjLtatNO2scV-GSLNGEdufgNMwRy3sYP1NGQuOKZQMC2eQRMaU3StSFKTy2903N7FPEdlZGpLQcIKSwPdFKTEUsWAAeLQj5neXk_7Z5vzP2SEHF8YVpX6x6ZmmrpdH_4jsIr8YZ70GtX6F7esbNDGNhaWa7eRaK0qo8YGNrP8gwNpISs7xZriv=s625" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="625" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5u8cjLtatNO2scV-GSLNGEdufgNMwRy3sYP1NGQuOKZQMC2eQRMaU3StSFKTy2903N7FPEdlZGpLQcIKSwPdFKTEUsWAAeLQj5neXk_7Z5vzP2SEHF8YVpX6x6ZmmrpdH_4jsIr8YZ70GtX6F7esbNDGNhaWa7eRaK0qo8YGNrP8gwNpISs7xZriv=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Paired relatives </span>pick a piece of bone from the ashes with chopsticks<br /> and place them in an urn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />After going home, we placed the photo, the tablet, the urn, an incense holder, a candle holder, a singing bowl with striker, flowers, offerings on a post-funeral altar.<div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAxaTR-90HqYcOq0uUf4ZMtaUDrBeprcYMgPN8cXWOQLVvN_p3B8B2AjVxS48RsTC62KCg8OERw319zYLrmUeJtS7X5hSYrVcQz5vK0kbDZNkvdfJdJ_I9kFtYKQz_YUA9zfgIHbcAgHxr8jpz7xuOdnRloFUfAWRUIl6uFWAZWQFJP8t6XTPs0drc=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAxaTR-90HqYcOq0uUf4ZMtaUDrBeprcYMgPN8cXWOQLVvN_p3B8B2AjVxS48RsTC62KCg8OERw319zYLrmUeJtS7X5hSYrVcQz5vK0kbDZNkvdfJdJ_I9kFtYKQz_YUA9zfgIHbcAgHxr8jpz7xuOdnRloFUfAWRUIl6uFWAZWQFJP8t6XTPs0drc=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">an example of post-funeral altar<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We burn an incense stick, ring the bowl and join our hands in prayer daily until the 49th day after her passing. We still do them every morning.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kotsuage in old times</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuLRzXFWNN88wBHz8Eu25HZKu9mb_86VmQM8S36aT0DDnwYwiW2LGP7kAUOoMLpAB6oweHVAx84U90D8GulY2jS8be0GMd8R-ZSh5XE7Oa6W4Xvh0AmAm_ivVmKMnVTCpaasUoFfRKVRM1JkcWhB4SPJlBqSog3Ci9XvEgmYH4NBsSdBd_DkRqo2Sk=s3315" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2123" data-original-width="3315" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuLRzXFWNN88wBHz8Eu25HZKu9mb_86VmQM8S36aT0DDnwYwiW2LGP7kAUOoMLpAB6oweHVAx84U90D8GulY2jS8be0GMd8R-ZSh5XE7Oa6W4Xvh0AmAm_ivVmKMnVTCpaasUoFfRKVRM1JkcWhB4SPJlBqSog3Ci9XvEgmYH4NBsSdBd_DkRqo2Sk=w640-h410" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Credit: Japanese funeral customs: after the cremation: three women and a child pick bones from the ashes with chopsticks and place them in an urn. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?). <a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/pnfxt5nz" target="_blank">Wellcome Collection</a>. Public Domain Mark<br /><br />Description<br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Left, a Buddhist monk walks off; right, two men converse, watched by a child</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">It seems that they are two women, a young man and a child. He looks like a teenage boy due to his hairstyle called Wakasyu-mage. I guess that his father died and that he picks bones with his mother, his grandmother, his little sister.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-60429129875838989892021-09-13T16:52:00.000+09:002021-09-13T16:52:19.150+09:00The 68th Japan Traditional Kogei-Art Crafts- Exhibition <p> The 68th Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition(日本伝統工芸展) will take place from September 15, 2021 to March 6, 2022. The exhibition requires the applicants to create sophisticated design based on high degree of professional skill in Japanese traditional techniques.</p><p><br /></p><p>See the Japan Kogei Association site for further information:</p><p><a href="https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/">https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/</a> (Japanese version only)</p><p>Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition:</p><p><a href="https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition/honten/68">https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition/honten/68</a> (Japanese version only)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Exhibition will travel through the following venues:</p><p><br /></p><p>Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store, Tokyo</p><p>(event hall, Main building 7F)</p><p>September 15-27, 2021</p><p>Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store:</p><p><a href="https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/nihombashi.html">https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/nihombashi.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mitsukoshi Nagoya Sakae Store, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture</p><p>(event hall, 7F)</p><p>September 29- October 4, 2021</p><p>Mitsukoshi Nagoya Sakae Store:</p><p><a href="https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/nagoya.html">https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/nagoya.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Takashimaya Osaka Store, Osaka Prefecture</p><p>October 15-20, 2021</p><p>Takashimaya Osaka Store:</p><p><a href="https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/index.html">https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecure</p><p>October 23-November 3, 2021</p><p>Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art:</p><p><a href="http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/e_home/">http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/e_home/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Kyoto Sangyo Kaikan Hall, Kyoto Prefecture</p><p>(Kyoto Keizai Center 2F)</p><p>November 5-7, 2021</p><p>Kyoto Sangyo Kaikan Hall:</p><p><a href="http://www.ksk.or.jp/">http://www.ksk.or.jp/</a> (Japanese version only)</p><p>Kyoto Keizai Center:</p><p><a href="https://kyoto-kc.jp/">https://kyoto-kc.jp/</a> (Japanese version only)</p><p><br /></p><p>the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture</p><p>November 18-December 12, 2021</p><p>The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art:</p><p><a href="http://okayama-kenbi.info/en/">http://okayama-kenbi.info/en/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>the Kagawa Museum, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture</p><p>January 2-16, 2022</p><p>The Kagawa Museum:</p><p><a href="http://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kmuseum/foreign/">http://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kmuseum/foreign/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Mitsukoshi Sendai Store, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture</p><p>(hall, Main building 7F)</p><p>January 20-25, 2022</p><p>Mitsukoshi Sendai Store:</p><p><a href="https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/sendai/index.html">https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/sendai/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture</p><p>(Mitsukoshi Gallery, 9F)</p><p>February 2-7, 2022</p><p>Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store:</p><p><a href="https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/fukuoka/index.html">https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/fukuoka/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture</p><p>February 16-March 6, 2022</p><p>Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum:</p><p><a href="https://www.hpam.jp/museum/">https://www.hpam.jp/museum/</a></p>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-82812123737667790282021-01-01T17:39:00.005+09:002021-01-01T17:39:39.239+09:00new year 2021<p> Wishing you and yours a safe, healthy, and prosperous new year! </p><p><br /></p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, my mother was hospitalized because of dehydration in February, because of pneumothorax and pneumonia in November. She remains largely stable now. She is not a COVID-19 patient, but meeting is restricted. In her hospital, we are permitted to visit a patient 10 minutes per week. </p><p><br /></p><p>2021 is the Year of the Ox according to the Chinese zodiac. Each of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs is related to a characteristic animal.</p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tSI4YET5fzk/X-7Ow5TvoiI/AAAAAAAAFr0/6UoxOsZxisQ62OIyxPOuwq_z9_11j4TfACNcBGAsYHQ/s414/s_tp_hatuhinode-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tSI4YET5fzk/X-7Ow5TvoiI/AAAAAAAAFr0/6UoxOsZxisQ62OIyxPOuwq_z9_11j4TfACNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/s_tp_hatuhinode-7.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">New Year's card(formal)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n5itFNI3vDo/X-7PHEOGT9I/AAAAAAAAFr8/PJCyvGLmiSwZg53V1ckXkI9UK9FtNqpAgCNcBGAsYHQ/s414/s_tp_etomoji-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n5itFNI3vDo/X-7PHEOGT9I/AAAAAAAAFr8/PJCyvGLmiSwZg53V1ckXkI9UK9FtNqpAgCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/s_tp_etomoji-1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">New Year's card(formal)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>"丑" means an ox.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkZuDri7Snk/X-7PU_EAAZI/AAAAAAAAFsA/upe-UsLN0akcvXyHcXojDEowZlAFhvCvQCNcBGAsYHQ/s414/s_tp_eto_shichifukujin-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkZuDri7Snk/X-7PU_EAAZI/AAAAAAAAFsA/upe-UsLN0akcvXyHcXojDEowZlAFhvCvQCNcBGAsYHQ/s16000/s_tp_eto_shichifukujin-13.jpg" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZkZuDri7Snk/X-7PU_EAAZI/AAAAAAAAFsA/upe-UsLN0akcvXyHcXojDEowZlAFhvCvQCNcBGAsYHQ/s414/s_tp_eto_shichifukujin-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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font-family: Arial, "Arial New", "MS P ゴシック", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">Seven Deities of Good Fortune</span><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VyaGRTavRMY/X-7UMKNCldI/AAAAAAAAFts/aMqCaLGg7WQPwMRbF9_5wHKoi2QQLVAzACNcBGAsYHQ/s1165/wafu11_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QTfLdEniYqA/X-7T1O6R9DI/AAAAAAAAFtY/C73LPrpgM-cspD1dY1ejxuacC7QHuHNNQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1165/design4_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="787" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QTfLdEniYqA/X-7T1O6R9DI/AAAAAAAAFtY/C73LPrpgM-cspD1dY1ejxuacC7QHuHNNQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/design4_1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Year's card<br /><span style="text-align: left;">https://nengaprint.net/<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Wk95K1RGM0/X-7Qj0Hl1CI/AAAAAAAAFsk/UBu9e7CxkewZva1e7WwVs3i06QiJtNCDwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1213/design6_1-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="836" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Wk95K1RGM0/X-7Qj0Hl1CI/AAAAAAAAFsk/UBu9e7CxkewZva1e7WwVs3i06QiJtNCDwCNcBGAsYHQ/w276-h400/design6_1-01.jpg" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">https://nengaprint.net/</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VYXCF2yRVYQ/X-7RmdrLz1I/AAAAAAAAFtE/AHVazX63-pMDdv8oP08DvcF_FlwsFsr6ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1165/design11_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="787" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VYXCF2yRVYQ/X-7RmdrLz1I/AAAAAAAAFtE/AHVazX63-pMDdv8oP08DvcF_FlwsFsr6ACNcBGAsYHQ/w432-h640/design11_1.jpg" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">New Year's card<br /></span>https://nengaprint.net/</td></tr></tbody></table><div>Amabie (アマビエ) is a Yokai(specter) in Japanese folklore, who emerged from the sea in Higo Province (Kumamoto Prefecture) and prophesied abundant harvest for the next six years and an epidemic. The yokai instructed that people should draw an image of it and share it with as many people as possible in order to forestall the disease.</div><div> The story was printed in the kawaraban(woodblock-printed bulletins) come out in 1846.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Emz80DBOeLw/X-7Reyt8rnI/AAAAAAAAFs8/DX8TLIHRXo8u_vZTginn4BJEgV36GKy0ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1165/ippan7_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="787" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Emz80DBOeLw/X-7Reyt8rnI/AAAAAAAAFs8/DX8TLIHRXo8u_vZTginn4BJEgV36GKy0ACNcBGAsYHQ/w270-h400/ippan7_1.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">New Year's card<br /></span>https://nengaprint.net/</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2RQ5Cb5iXrM/X-7cUAsDO8I/AAAAAAAAFuE/JfFHgpo1h9Q1xydXbojhDY9yxlMzT8C6gCNcBGAsYHQ/s2000/RB00000122_00085_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="2000" height="513" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2RQ5Cb5iXrM/X-7cUAsDO8I/AAAAAAAAFuE/JfFHgpo1h9Q1xydXbojhDY9yxlMzT8C6gCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h513/RB00000122_00085_0.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph courtesy of the Main Library, Kyoto University - Amabie<br />(kawaraban come out in 1846)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zW-EkP84wTY/X-7RhNBx2EI/AAAAAAAAFtA/YDrHQSuVRi87fCeqlNM8pnVChHkG75vXwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1165/wafu8_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="787" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zW-EkP84wTY/X-7RhNBx2EI/AAAAAAAAFtA/YDrHQSuVRi87fCeqlNM8pnVChHkG75vXwCNcBGAsYHQ/w432-h640/wafu8_1.jpg" width="432" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">New Year's card(formal)<br /></span>https://nengaprint.net/</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Akabeko (red cow) is a traditional toy from the Aizu region in Fukushima Prefecture.</div><div>People believed that the red color could expel evil and that the toys could prevent children from contracting smallpox and other illnesses.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p-JOkNIwc-A/X-7UPdlWvyI/AAAAAAAAFtw/vxnfKCwZ9Dsj5kdUV_qbf7P13x4X37FxQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1165/wafu12_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="787" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p-JOkNIwc-A/X-7UPdlWvyI/AAAAAAAAFtw/vxnfKCwZ9Dsj5kdUV_qbf7P13x4X37FxQCNcBGAsYHQ/w270-h400/wafu12_1.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">New Year's card(formal)<br /></span>https://nengaprint.net/<br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xhC-2PUc4zY/X-7UGYxl0jI/AAAAAAAAFtk/9iIaUHAVqLUf3tsN7ZbaYoXaNaWCdiUSwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1165/wafu5_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="787" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xhC-2PUc4zY/X-7UGYxl0jI/AAAAAAAAFtk/9iIaUHAVqLUf3tsN7ZbaYoXaNaWCdiUSwCNcBGAsYHQ/w270-h400/wafu5_1.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">New Year's card(unformal)<br /></span>https://nengaprint.net/</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-57MC2cYvyok/X-7T4UxbchI/AAAAAAAAFtc/5coR6hNZbAA9mG1zmlVHNarQXCayaUBUQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1165/ippan1_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="787" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-57MC2cYvyok/X-7T4UxbchI/AAAAAAAAFtc/5coR6hNZbAA9mG1zmlVHNarQXCayaUBUQCNcBGAsYHQ/w270-h400/ippan1_1.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">New Year's card(unformal)<br /></span>https://nengaprint.net/</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MEaYsHA2h5Y/X-7UJCAgjRI/AAAAAAAAFto/RlxN7NosSMk8rcOgF4O3MkaiwOxmi5oFACNcBGAsYHQ/s1165/ippan2_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="787" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MEaYsHA2h5Y/X-7UJCAgjRI/AAAAAAAAFto/RlxN7NosSMk8rcOgF4O3MkaiwOxmi5oFACNcBGAsYHQ/w270-h400/ippan2_1.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">New Year's card(unformal)<br /></span>https://nengaprint.net/</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-82336195549673095732020-09-25T14:32:00.000+09:002020-09-25T14:32:49.635+09:00The 67th Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition Art Crafts<p> The 67th Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition(日本伝統工芸展) is taking place at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo from September 16 to 28. </p><p>Admission can be restricted.</p><p>The exhibition requires the applicants to create sophisticated design based on high degree of professional skill in Japanese traditional techniques.</p><p><br /></p><p>See the Japan Kogei Association site for further information:</p><p>https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/ (Japanese version only)</p><p>Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition:</p><p>https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition</p><p>https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition/honten/67 (Japanese version only)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Exhibition will travel through the following venues:</p><p><br /></p><p>Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store, Tokyo</p><p>September 16-28, 2020</p><p>Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store:</p><p>https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/nihombashi.html</p><p><br /></p><p>Mitsukoshi Nagoya Sakae Store, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture</p><p>September 30-October 5, 2020</p><p>Mitsukoshi Nagoya Sakae Store:</p><p>https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/nagoya/index.html</p><p>http://nagoya.mitsukoshi.co.jp/</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kyoto Sangyo Kaikan Hall, Kyoto Keizai Center, Kyoto Prefecture</p><p>October 14-16, 2020</p><p>Kyoto Sangyo Kaikan Hall:</p><p>http://www.ksk.or.jp/</p><p><br /></p><p>Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecure</p><p>October 23-November 3, 2020</p><p>Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art:</p><p>http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/e_home/</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture</p><p>November 13-29, 2020</p><p>The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art:</p><p>http://okayama-kenbi.info/en/</p><p><br /></p><p>Shimane Art Museum, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture </p><p>December 2-25, 2020</p><p>Shimane Art Museum:</p><p>http://www.shimane-art-museum.jp/en/</p><p><br /></p><p>the Kagawa Museum, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture</p><p>January 2-17, 2021</p><p>The Kagawa Museum:</p><p>http://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kmuseum/foreign/</p><p><br /></p><p>Mitsukoshi Sendai Store, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecure</p><p>January 21-26, 2021</p><p>Mitsukoshi Sendai Store:</p><p>https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/sendai/index.html</p><p> </p><p>Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture</p><p>February 3-8, 2021</p><p>Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store:</p><p>https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/fukuoka/index.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture</p><p>February 17-March 7, 2021</p><p>Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum:</p><p>https://www.hpam.jp/museum/</p><p><br /></p><p>※The Exhibition at Osaka was cancelled.</p><p><br /></p>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-13660742381876042682020-01-01T22:51:00.000+09:002020-01-01T22:51:52.473+09:00New Year 2020Happy New Year!<br />
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May the New Year bring many good things to you.<br />
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2020 is the Year of the Rat according to the Chinese zodiac.<br />
Each of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs is related to a characteristic animal.<br />
The rat has been seen as a symbol of wisdom, wealth and prosperity because they multiply rapidly and have been thought to be a messenger of Daikokuten (god of wealth).<br />
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謹賀新年(<i>Kinga Shinnen</i>)<br />
恭賀新年(<i>Kyoga Shinnen</i>)<br />
謹んで新春のご祝詞を申し上げます<br />
謹んで初春(新春)のお慶びを申し上げます<br />
あけましておめでとうございます<br />
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New Year Holiday Arrangement with an ornamental cabbage<br />
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Ready-made traditional New Year foods called <i>Osechi Ryori</i> are set in three-tiered boxes.<br />
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<br />ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-61612472595384253242019-09-18T15:27:00.000+09:002019-09-18T15:27:41.123+09:00The 66th Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition Art CraftsThe 66th Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition(日本伝統工芸展) is taking place at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo from September 18 to 30. The exhibition requires the applicants to create sophisticated design based on high degree of professional skill in Japanese traditional techniques.<br />
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Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition:<br />
<a href="https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition">https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition</a> (Japanese version only)<br />
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The Exhibition will travel through the following venues:<br />
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Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store, Tokyo<br />
September 18-30, 2019<br />
Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store:<br />
<a href="https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/nihombashi.html">https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/nihombashi.html</a><br />
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Mitsukoshi Nagoya Sakae Store, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture<br />
October 2-7, 2019<br />
Mitsukoshi Nagoya Sakae Store:<br />
<a href="https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/nagoya/index.html">https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/nagoya/index.html</a><br />
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Takashimaya Kyoto Store, Kyoto Prefecture<br />
October 9-14, 2019<br />
Takashimaya Kyoto Store:<br />
<a href="https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/kyoto/store_information/index.html">https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/kyoto/store_information/index.html</a><br />
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Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecure<br />
October 25-November 4, 2019<br />
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art:<br />
<a href="http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/e_home/">http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/e_home/</a><br />
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Takashimaya Osaka Store, Osaka Prefecture<br />
Novmber 6-11, 2019<br />
Takashimaya Osaka Store:<br />
<a href="https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/store_information/index.html">https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/store_information/index.html</a><br />
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the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture<br />
November 14-December 1, 2019<br />
The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art:<br />
<a href="http://okayama-kenbi.info/en/">http://okayama-kenbi.info/en/</a><br />
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Shimane Art Museum, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture<br />
December 4-25, 2019<br />
Shimane Art Museum:<br />
<a href="http://www.shimane-art-museum.jp/en/">http://www.shimane-art-museum.jp/en/</a><br />
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the Kagawa Museum, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture<br />
January 2-19, 2020<br />
The Kagawa Museum:<br />
<a href="http://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kmuseum/foreign/">http://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kmuseum/foreign/</a><br />
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Mitsukoshi Sendai Store, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecure<br />
January 22-27, 2020<br />
Mitsukoshi Sendai Store:<br />
<a href="https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/sendai/index.html">https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/sendai/index.html</a><br />
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Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture<br />
February 4-9, 2020<br />
Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store:<br />
<a href="https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/fukuoka/index.html">https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/fukuoka/index.html</a><br />
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Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture<br />
February 13-March 1, 2020<br />
Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum:<br />
<a href="https://www.hpam.jp/museum/">https://www.hpam.jp/museum/</a>ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-74785337389620396772019-04-07T17:00:00.000+09:002019-04-27T21:48:06.685+09:00ceremonies for Imperial successionThe new imperial era will begin on May 1. Emperor Akihito will be called “emperor emeritus” and Empress Michiko “empress emerita” following his abdication in April. Prince Akishino, Crown Prince Naruhito's younger brother, will be the next crown prince.<br />
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A series of the ceremonies for the Imperial succession started on March 12. Most of them are simple and are not open to the public.<br />
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<i><b>Taiirei-Seiden-no-gi</b></i>(the core abdication ceremony) beginning at 5:00 p.m. JST, April 30,<br />
<i><b>Kenji-to-Shokei-no-Gi</b></i>(Inheritance Ceremony of Kenji and others)beginning at 10:30 p.m. JST, May 1,<br />
<i><b>Sokuigo Choken-no-gi </b></i>(the new emperor's declaration of accession to the throne)beginning at 11:10 p.m. JST, May 1<br />
will be broadcast live on NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation), NHK World(<a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/">https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/</a>).<br />
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In 2019 travelers should be careful about the holidays that will last from April 28(27) to May 6.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">The abdication ceremonies of Emperor Akihito</span></b><b><br /></b><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b>12 March</b></span><span style="color: red;"> </span><br />
<b><i>Kashikodokoro-ni-Taii-oyobisono-Kijitu-Hokoku-no-gi:</i></b><br />
<i><b>Koreiden-Shinden-ni-Taii-oyobisono-Kijitsu-Hokoku-no-gi</b>:</i><br />
The Emperor wearing ancient attire for emperors reads out a script to report his abdication and its date at Kashikodokoro(賢所), Koreiden(皇霊殿) and Shinden(神殿) on Imperial Palace grounds.<br />
Imperial ancestor Amaterasu-omikami(the sun goddess) is enshrined in Kashikodokoro(賢所). Successive emperors and members of the imperial family are enshrined in Koreiden(皇霊殿). Eight guardian gods of emperors and gods in heaven and earth are enshrined at Shinden(神殿).<br />
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<i><b>Jingu-Jinmu-Tenno-Sanryooyobi-Showa-Tenno-izen-Yondai-no-Tenno-Sanryo-ni-Chokushi-Hakkenn-no-gi:</b></i><br />
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The Emperor sends Imperial envoys for reporting his abdication and its date, and making offerings to the Ise Grand Shrine and the Mausolea of Emperor Jinmu and the 4 recent Emperors up to Emperor Showa.<br />
The Mausolea of Emperor Komei and Emperor Meiji are located in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. Those of Emperor Taisho and Emperor Showa(Hirohito) are located in Hachioji City, Tokyo Prefecture.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b>15 March</b></span><br />
<b><i>Jingu-ni-Hohei-no-gi:</i></b><br />
The Imperial envoy reports the abdication and its date, and made offerings at the Ise Grand Shrine.<br />
<b><i>Jinmu-Tenno-Sanryo-oyobi-Showa-Tenno-izen-Yondai-no-Tenno-Sanryo-ni-Hohei-no-gi:</i></b><br />
The Imperial envoys report the abdication and its date, and made offerings at the Mausolea of Emperor Jinmu and the 4 recent Emperors up to Emperor Showa.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b>26 March</b></span><br />
<b><i>Jinmu-Tenno-Sanryo-ni-Shin'etsu-no-gi:</i></b><br />
The Emperor pays reverence at the Mausoleum of Emperor Jinmu, Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b>18 April</b></span></div>
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<b><i>Jingu-ni-Shin'etsu-no-gi:</i></b></div>
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The Emperor pays reverence at the Ise Grand Shrine, Ise City, Mie Prefecture.</div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><b>23 April</b></span></div>
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The Emperor pays reverence at the Mausoleum of Emperor Showa, Hachioji City, Tokyo.</div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">30 April</span></b></div>
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<b><i>Taiirei-Tojitsu-Kashikodokoro-Omae-no-gi,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Sokuirei-Tojitsu-Koreiden-Shinden-ni-Hokoku-no-gi:</i></b></div>
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The Emperor reports the conduct of the Abdication Ceremony at Kashikodokoro, Koreiden and Shinden in Imperial Palace.</div>
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<b><i>Taiirei-Seiden-no-gi</i>(退位礼正殿の儀, the core abdication ceremony):</b><br />
Attendants gather at the Matsu no Ma (main hall) of the Imperial Palace. At 5:00 pm, the imperial couple enter the hall. They are accompanied by the crown prince and the crown princess, imperial princes and princesses(their wives), imperial princesses, great-granddaughters of Emperor Taisho. Chamberlains place the sword and the jewel of the Three Imperial Regalia, the Great seal and the Imperial seal on a table in front of the emperor. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech on behalf of the Japanese people. The emperor gives a farewell address.<br />
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About 338 attendants of the ceremony include the prime minister, cabinet ministers, speakers and vice‐speakers from both houses of the Diet, the chief justice of Supreme Court of Japan, prefectural governors. After the couple make their exit, the attendants make their exit. The ceremony lasts for 10 minutes from 5:00 pm.<br />
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The Three Imperial Regalia consist of the sword Kusanagi (草薙劍), the mirror Yata no Kagami (八咫鏡), and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama (八尺瓊勾玉). </div>
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Magatama are curved, comma-shaped beads. The oldest magatama were excavated from ruins of the Jomon Period(c.14,000- 300BCE). The beads were popular in the tumulus period(300-538).<br />
Yata no Kagami is a bronze mirror with one side polished bright, to give a reflection, and the reverse side with designs.<br />
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It is thought that the three regalia became used to confer legitimacy on their owner as an emperor around 9th century. The real sacred mirror is enshrined as an object symbolizing the goddess Amaterasu Omikami at the Ise Grand Shrine, Ise City, Mie Prefecture. Its replica is enshrined at Kashikodokoro of Imperial Palace. The real Kusanagi sword is placed at Atsuta Jingu Shrine in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. Its replica and the jewel (it's real) are stored in a room of Imperial palace.<br />
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The sword's replica was made during the reign of Emperor Sujin, who is said to have lived in the early 1st century, or the third or fourth century. In the Nihonshoki(Chronicles of Japan), the real Kusanagi was moved from the Imperial palace to the Ise Grand Shrine. Later it was transferred to the Atsuta Shrine.<br />
Though the replica remained in the Imperial palace, it sank to the sea floor in 1185 when the Taira clan were defeated by the Minamoto clan at the Battle of Dan-no-ura. The sword and the jewel sank with many Taira clan members including the eight year-old Emperor Antoku. The jewel was recovered, but the sword was lost. Another sword was sent from the Ise Grand Shrine to the Imperial palace, and the sword became the replica of Kusanagi sword.<br />
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However, no one (even emperor) can see the real regalia and the replicas.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">the enthronement ceremonies of the new Emperor</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">1-3 May</span></b><br />
<b><i>Kashikodokoro-no-gi:</i></b><br />
Ceremony to report the accession to the throne at Kashikodokoro in Imperial Palace(ritual prayer by a proxy).<br />
<b><span style="color: magenta;">1 May</span></b><br />
<b><i>Koreiden-Shinden-ni-Hokokuno-gi:</i></b><br />
Ceremony to report the accession to the throne at Koreiden and Shinden in Imperial Palace(ritual prayer by a proxy).<br />
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<b><i>Sokui no rei(即位の礼, </i>enthronement ceremony) :</b><br />
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1. <b><i>Kenji-to-Shokei-no-Gi</i>(Inheritance Ceremony of Kenji(剣璽, the sword and the jewel) and others)</b><br />
Attendants of the ceremony including cabinet ministers, the heads of the three branches of government gather at the the Matsu-no-Ma hall of the Imperial Palace. At 10:30 am, the new emperor enters the hall. He is accompanied by the crown prince and adult imperial princes. Chamberlains place the sword and the jewel of the Three Imperial Regalia, the Great seal and the Imperial seal on a table in front of the new emperor. The new emperor makes his exit. Chamberlains carry the regalia and the seals out of the hall. The attendants make their exit. The ceremony lasts for 10 minutes from 10:30 am.<br />
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2. <b><i>Sokuigo Choken-no-gi</i></b> <b>(the new emperor's declaration of accession to the throne)</b><br />
Attendants of the ceremony gather at the the Matsu-no-Ma hall of the Imperial Palace. At 11:10 am, the new imperial couple enter the hall. They are accompanied by the crown prince and the crown princess, imperial princes and princesses(their wives), imperial princesses, and great-granddaughters of Emperor Taisho. The new emperor make an address. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech on behalf of the Japanese people. The new imperial couple make their exit. The attendants make their exit. The ceremony lasts for 10 minutes from 11:10 am.<br />
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">4 May</span></b></div>
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<b><i>Ippan-Sanga</i>(Visit of the General Public to the Palace for celebrating the enthronement of the new emperor):</b></div>
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The new emperor receives congratulations from the general public after the Enthronement Ceremony at the Imperial Palace. No reservations are necessary, but visitors need to allow enough time to go through security check.</div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">8 May</span></b><br />
<b><i>Kashikodokoro-ni-Kijitsu-Hokoku-no-Gi:</i></b><br />
The new emperor reports the dates of the Enthronement Ceremony and Daijosai (Great Thanksgiving Ceremony) at Kashikodokoro in Imperial Palace.<br />
<i><b>Koreiden-Shinden-ni-Kijitsu-Hokoku-no-Gi:</b></i><br />
The new emperor reports the dates of the Enthronement Ceremony and Daijosai (Great Thanksgiving Ceremony) at Koreiden and Shinden in Imperial Palace.<br />
<b><i>Jingu-Jinmu-Tenno-Sanryo-oyobi-Zen-Yondai-no-Tenno-Sanryo-ni-Chokushi-Hakken-no-Gi:</i></b><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Ceremony to send Imperial envoys for reporting the dates of the Enthronement Ceremony and Daijosai (Great Thanksgiving Ceremony), and making offerings to the Ise Grand Shrine and the Mausolea of Emperor Jinmu and the 4 recent Emperors up to Emperor Showa.<br />
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">10 May</span></b><br />
<b><i>Jingu-ni-Hohei-no-Gi:</i></b><br />
The Imperial envoy reports the dates of the Enthronement Ceremony and Daijosai (GreatThanksgiving Ceremony), and makes offerings at the Ise Grand Shrine.<br />
<b><i>Jinmu-Tenno-Sanryo-oyobi-Showa-Tenno-izen-Yondai-no-Tenno-Sanryo-ni-Hohei-no-gi:</i></b><br />
The Imperial envoys report the dates of the Enthronement Ceremony and Daijosai (GreatThanksgiving Ceremony), and make offerings at the Mausolea of Emperor Jinmu and the 4 recent Emperors up to Emperor Showa.<br />
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The Emperor reports the conduct of the Enthronement Ceremony at Kashikodokoro.</div>
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The Emperor reports the conduct of the Enthronement Ceremony at Koreiden and Shinden.</div>
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<b><i>Sokuirei-Seiden-no-Gi</i>(即位礼正殿の儀, the core enthronement ceremony):</b></div>
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The new emperor proclaims his enthronement and receives felicitations of representatives from home and abroad. About 2,500 guests are invited to attend the ceremony, including heads of states and their spouses, congratulatory envoys and their spouses, ambassadors to Japan, representatives of Japanese descendants from 195 countries.<br />
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<b><i>Shukuga-Onretsu-no-Gi</i>(the coronation parade):</b><br />
A celebration parade moves from the Imperial Palace to the Akasaka Imperial Residence. The imperial couple get in a convertible, the crown prince does in another car. About 110,000 people lined motorcade route to cheer at the last coronation parade in 1990.<br />
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">22, 25, 29, 31 October</span></b><br />
<b>Kyoen-no-Gi(Imperial Court banquet):</b><br />
Court banquet to celebrate the enthronement of the Emperor and for him to receive the congratulations of the guests in the Imperial Palace. Sit-down dinners are held on October 22 and 25, stand-up ones are done on October 29 and 31.<br />
About 2,600 guests are invited to attend the banquet, including heads of states and their spouses, congratulatory envoys and their spouses, ambassadors to Japan and their spouses, representatives of Japanese descendants.<br />
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">23 October</span></b><br />
<b>Formal dinner put on by the Prime Minister and his wife at the Hotel New Otani Tokyo:</b><br />
About 900 guests are invited to attend the dinner, including heads of states and their spouses, congratulatory envoys and their spouses, two representatives of each country, representatives of Japanese descendants.<br />
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">14-15 November</span></b><br />
<b><i>Daijosai</i>(大嘗祭, GreatThanksgiving Ceremony)</b><br />
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Daijosai is a Niinamesai that a new emperor holds for the first time after his enthronement. Annual Niinamesai is a harvest festival held at Shinkaden in Imperial Palace on November 23rd. The festival dates back at least to 677. <br />
Daijosai takes place at a temporary site. This year's site is East Gardens on Imperial Palace Grounds.<br />
The new emperor dedicates newly harvested rice to imperial ancestors and gods in heaven and earth for the first time after his enthronement, and he partakes of the rice.<br />
The rites related to Daijosai are held on May 13, November 8, 12, 13,14,16, 18. The dates of five rites are to be determined.<br />
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<b>Sokuirei-oyobi-Daijosai-go-Jingu-ni-Shin'etsu-no-Gi:</b><br />
The Emperor pays reverence at the inner and outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine after the Enthronement Ceremony and Daijosai (GreatThanksgiving Ceremony).<br />
<b>Sokuirei-oyobi-Daijosai-go-Jinmu-Tenno-Sanryo-oyobi-Zen-Yondai-no-Tenno- Sanryo-ni-Goshin'etsu-no-Gi:</b><br />
The Emperor pays reverence at the Imperial mausoleums of Emperor Jinmu and the four most recent Emperors, after the Enthronement Ceremony and Daijosai (GreatThanksgiving Ceremony).<br />
<b>Sokuirei-oyobi-Daijosai-go-Kashikodokoro-ni-Shin'etsu-no-Gi:</b><br />
The Emperor pays reverence at Kashikodokoro in the Imperial palace after the Enthronement Ceremony and Daijosai (GreatThanksgiving Ceremony).<br />
<b>Sokuirei-oyobi-Daijosai-go-Koreiden-Shinden-ni-Shin'etsu-no-Gi:</b><br />
The Emperor pays reverence at the Koreiden and Shinden in the Imperial palace after the Enthronement Ceremony and Daijosai (GreatThanksgiving Ceremony).<br />
<b>Sokuirei-oyobi-Daijosai-go-Kashikodokoro-Mikagura-no-Gi:</b><br />
A ceremonial performance of Mikagura (Japanese Court Music) at Kashikodokoro after the Enthronement Ceremony and Daijosai (GreatThanksgiving Ceremony)<br />
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">19 April, 2020</span></b><br />
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Ceremony for Proclamation of the new Crown Prince at the Imperial Palace<br />
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ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-51939385548114578662019-04-02T00:47:00.000+09:002019-04-02T00:47:00.056+09:00Japan's next era nameJapan's next era name is “Reiwa(令和)”, the government announced on Monday. The Japanese era name "Heisei(平成)" is scheduled to end on 30 April 2019 when Japan's Emperor Akihito will abdicate. He will relinquish the throne to his eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito. The new imperial era will begin on May 1.<br />
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Japanese era name called gengo used to be changed repeatedly for various reasons including new emperors' enthronement, natural catastrophes, plague outbreaks prior to the Meiji period. It was established by law to change era names only when a new emperor acceded to the throne in 1868. The legal basis of the Japanese era system is lost in 1947 when the former Imperial Household Law was abolished. An era-name bill was passed, and legislation on the era name system was enacted into law in 1979.<br />
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The era names started with Taika(大化, 645-650). From Taika to Heisei(current era name), 247 era names were used. The kanji "令" is not included in the previous 247 era names. The kanji "和" is included in 20 era names such as Wado(和銅, 708-715), Jowa(承和, 834-848), Genna(元和, 1615-1624), Meiwa(明和, 1764-1772), Showa(昭和, 1926-1989). All era names other than Reiwa are derived from Chinese classics. Reiwa comes from a preface to a ume(plum) poem in "Manyo-shu(Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves)", the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry in the late eighth century.<br />
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original text of the ume poem:<br />
于時、初春令月、氣淑風和、梅披鏡前之粉、蘭薫珮後之香。<br />
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初春の令月(れいげつ)にして、気淑(よ)く風和ぎ、梅は鏡前の粉を披(ひら)き、蘭は珮後(はいご)の香を薫す<br />
Early spring(February), it's good month to begin everything, the air is clean, the wind is calm.<br />
Ume blossoms come into bloom like a beauty who is putting on face-powder before a mirror.<br />
Sweet herbs(or a party space?) emit scents as if traces of a scented sachet emanate.<br />
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Its author is unknown, but the poem is said to have been written on the 13th day of the 1st month in 730 when a ume viewing party was held at Otomo no Tabito's home.<br />
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The collection of poems includes approximately 4,500 poems written by people from every walk of life from different regions of Japan over a period of about 300 years. Its poets consist of a variety of persons such as emperors, aristocrats, commoners, people at the very end of the road, front-line soldiers, punished or executed persons and beggars.<br />
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<br />ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-75052807871292969682019-01-02T16:58:00.000+09:002019-01-02T16:58:14.686+09:00New Year's Holidays 2019May the New Year bring many good things to you.<br />
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2019 is the Year of the Pig according to the Chinese zodiac. Each of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs is related to a characteristic animal. In the Japanese zodiac, the Pig is replaced by the boar because pigs were not common in Japan.<br />
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Wild boar was thought to be a messenger of the god of fire prevention. People used to put heaters in rooms to pray for fire prevention on the day of the boar. A pig-shaped burner for mosquito coil(蚊取り線香) is popular, but the burner is said to be boar-shaped to pray for fire prevention originally.<br />
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Visitors can sometimes see ornamental metal fittings with heart shaped cut outs in Japanese Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. The cut outs mean <i>Inome</i>(猪の目, boar's eye) and have been used to ward off evil spirits and bring happiness.<br />
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"亥" means a boar.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">"元旦" means New Year's Day morning.</span><br />
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The Japanese era name "Heisei(平成)" is scheduled to end on 30 April 2019 when Japan's Emperor Akihito will abdicate. He will relinquish the throne to his eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito. Japanese era names used to be changed repeatedly prior to the Meiji period. It was ruled to change era names only when a new emperor acceded to the throne in 1868. The next era name is in the air. The government will release the name a month before the imperial succession.<br />
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・謹賀新年(<i>Kinga Shinnen</i>)<br />
・恭賀新年(<i>Kyoga Shinnen</i>)<br />
・謹んで新春のご祝詞を申し上げます<br />
・謹んで初春のお慶びを申し上げます<br />
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・寿(<i>kotobuki</i>) -- happy, auspicious<br />
・福(<i>Fuku</i>) --happiness<br />
・賀(<i>Ga</i>) --celebration<br />
・賀正(Gasho) --observe New Year's holidays<br />
・賀春(Gasyun) --observe a new year<br />
・頌春(Shosyun)--praise a New Year<br />
・迎春(Geisyun) --embark on a new year<br />
・初春(Hatuharu) --a new year, beginning of year<br />
・新春(Shinsyun) --a new year<br />
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"春" means spring. Spring means a new year because a year used to begin around the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar.<br />
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・明けましておめでとうございます<br />
・新年おめでとうございます<br />
・新春のお慶びを申し上げます<br />
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Ornamental cabbages(葉牡丹, habotan) have been used as a ground cover plant of New Year's decorations since the middle of the Edo Period. Habotan means leaves like a peony. In recent years, miniature ornamental cabbages are very popular as a cut flower or a plant suited to group plantings. A bouquet made of the cabbages looks like a rose bouquet.<br />
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Ornamental cabbages are often planted with violas and garden cyclamens.<br />
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New Year Holiday Arrangement with an ornamental cabbage<br />
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Ornamental cabbages flower in the second year<br />
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Ready-made traditional New Year foods called Osechi Ryori are set in three-tiered boxes.<br />
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ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-67930316568373683262018-09-19T15:01:00.002+09:002018-09-19T15:01:24.865+09:00The 65th Japan Traditional Kogei(Art Crafts) ExhibitionThe 65th Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition(日本伝統工芸展) is taking place at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo from September 19 to October 1.<br />
The exhibition requires the applicants to create sophisticated design based on high degree of professional skill in Japanese traditional techniques. The exhibition's winning works are available in each venue, but their prices are not indicated.<br />
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See the Japan Kogei Association site for further information:<br />
<a href="https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/">https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/</a> (Japanese version only)<br />
Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition:<br />
<a href="https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition/honten">https://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition/honten</a> (Japanese version only)<br />
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The Exhibition will travel through the following venues:<br />
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Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store, Tokyo<br />
September 19-October 1, 2018<br />
Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store:<br />
<a href="https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/nihombashi.html">https://www.mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/nihombashi.html</a><br />
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Mitsukoshi Nagoya Sakae Store, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture<br />
October 3-8, 2018<br />
Mitsukoshi Nagoya Sakae Store:<br />
<a href="https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/nagoya/index.html">https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/nagoya/index.html</a><br />
<a href="http://nagoya.mitsukoshi.co.jp/">http://nagoya.mitsukoshi.co.jp/</a><br />
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Takashimaya Kyoto Store, Kyoto Prefecture<br />
October 17-22, 2018<br />
Takashimaya Kyoto Store:<br />
<a href="https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/kyoto/store_information/index.html">https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/kyoto/store_information/index.html</a><br />
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Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecure<br />
October 26-November 4, 2018<br />
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art:<br />
<a href="http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/e_home/">http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/e_home/</a><br />
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Takashimaya Osaka Store, Osaka Prefecture<br />
Novmber 7-12, 2018<br />
Takashimaya Osaka Store:<br />
<a href="https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/store_information/index.html">https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/store_information/index.html</a><br />
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the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture<br />
November 15-December 2, 2018<br />
The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art:<br />
<a href="http://okayama-kenbi.info/en/">http://okayama-kenbi.info/en/</a><br />
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Shimane Art Museum, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture<br />
December 5-25, 2018<br />
Shimane Art Museum:<br />
<a href="http://www.shimane-art-museum.jp/en/">http://www.shimane-art-museum.jp/en/</a><br />
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the Kagawa Museum, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture<br />
January 2-20, 2019<br />
The Kagawa Museum:<br />
<a href="http://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kmuseum/foreign/">http://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kmuseum/foreign/</a><br />
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Mitsukoshi Sendai Store, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecure<br />
January 23-29, 2019<br />
Mitsukoshi Sendai Store:<br />
<a href="https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/sendai/index.html">https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/sendai/index.html</a><br />
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Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture<br />
February 6-11, 2019<br />
Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store:<br />
<a href="https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/fukuoka/index.html">https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/fukuoka/index.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.m.iwataya-mitsukoshi.co.jp/index.html">http://www.m.iwataya-mitsukoshi.co.jp/index.html</a><br />
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Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture<br />
February 21-March 10, 2019<br />
Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum:<br />
<a href="http://www.hpam.jp/">http://www.hpam.jp/</a><br />
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Mitsukoshi Matsuyama Store, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture<br />
March 12-17, 2019<br />
Mitsukoshi Matsuyama Store:<br />
<a href="https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/matsuyama/index.html">https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/matsuyama/index.html</a><br />
<br />ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-9171136453612762862018-08-25T16:24:00.001+09:002018-08-25T16:24:41.535+09:00Three main Bon dance of JapanThe Bon holidays were over last week. In many areas, the Bon festival is held from August 13 to 16 (in other areas, from July 13 to 16 or from 13th to 16th days of the 7th month in the lunar calendar.)<br />
The Bon dance is one of the Bon events. The dance is said to have started when people danced in delight along to the Buddhist chants because it rained after doing a ritual for rain. Bon dances were originally held to send off the spirits of our ancestors, but they have become local festivals for entertainment. Originally, Bon dance took place from early evening until dawn. People used to gather and dance spontaneously to welcome the spirits of the dead or deities in the early evening and to send off them at dawn. People danced on the border between this world and the netherworld. After send-off ceremony, people never look back, or the spirits come along. The original form of Bon dance is inherited in some areas.<br />
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Three main Bon odori(Bon dance) of Japan are Awa Odori(阿波踊り) in Tokushima Prefecture, Gujo Odori(郡上踊り) in Gifu Prefecture, and Nishimonai no Bon Odori(西馬音内の盆踊り) in Akita Prefecture.</div>
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Unfortunately, this year's Awa odori was a poorly run festival. Visitors and dancers were frustrated. Awa Odori Promotion Association announced that Awa odori will take place at a hall in Tokushima City as a charity event for the victims of the 2018 Japan floods on 24 September. Then about 1,000 dancers will perform at a park near the hall to raise money for the victims. Heavy downpours caused devastation across large parts of western Japan in late June through mid-July. The disaster left 225 dead and 11 missing (as of August 6.) </div>
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We've had many typhoons this year. In late July through early August, Typhoon Jongdari exceptionally moved from east to west over Japan, did two loops, and made landfall in Shanghai, China. Typhoon Soulik hit the Amami Islands, moved over the seas west of Kyushu, and made landfall in the Korean Peninsula on Friday before dawn. Typhoon Cimaron moved across the Japanese archipelago and weakened to a tropical storm on Friday. The remnants of typhoons Soulik and Cimaron brought heavy rainfall to Hokkaido.</div>
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<b>The 62nd Tokyo Koen-ji Awa Odori in Koen-ji, Tokyo</b></div>
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Tokyo Koen-ji Awa Odori:</div>
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<b>Minamikoshigaya Awa Dance in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture</b><br />
dates: 24 - 26 August<br />
venues: Koshigaya Community Center(two halls and square), station square of Minamikoshigaya Station, and four venues(streets)<br />
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About 700,000 visitors came to watch this dance festival.<br />
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Minamikoshigaya Awa Dance:<br />
<a href="https://www.saitamatsuri.jp/matsuri/koshigaya_awaodori/">https://www.saitamatsuri.jp/matsuri/koshigaya_awaodori/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.minamikoshigaya-awaodori.jp/index.html">http://www.minamikoshigaya-awaodori.jp/index.html</a> (Japanese version only)</div>
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<b>Gujo Odori in Gujo Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture</b><br />
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The dance is taking place for 32 nights during a long period from July 14 to Semtember 8 this year. Dance venues are different each time. People dance in the streets from 8 p.m. until the next morning at 5 a.m.(4 a.m. on the last day) from 13 to 16 August. It has been designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.<br />
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Dancers have dancing geta(wooden clogs) for Gujo Odori. The event has 10 dance songs. The first song is "kawasaki", and the nine songs including kawasaki are played over and over again. The last song is "Matsusaka." It is played only once a day. I performed Bon dance to tunes of kawasaki in gym class during high school.<br />
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According to a historical paper published in 1840, shrine parishioners danced at their shrine until dawn during the Bon period until the middle of the 18th century. The Gujo Domain issued some proclamations that samurai, their family members and their servants were not to be allowed to go dancing during the Bon period.<br />
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Gujo Hachiman Tourism Association:<br />
<a href="http://www.gujohachiman.com/kanko/odori_e.html">http://www.gujohachiman.com/kanko/odori_e.html</a><br />
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<b>Nishimonai Bon Odori in Ugo-machi, Ogachi-gun, Akita Prefecture</b><br />
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The bon dance has been designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property and takes place from 16 to 18 August every year.<br />
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Town Ugo Tourism&Products Association(Japanese version only):<br />
<a href="http://ugo.main.jp/bonodori/index.html">http://ugo.main.jp/bonodori/index.html</a></div>
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What first strikes you about this dance performance are dancers wearing black, fabric full-face hoods with two eye holes. Other dancers also hide their faces with rush braided hats.<br />
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Dancers wear distinctive, traditional attire. They are patchworked kimono called <i>hanui</i>. The oldest attire has been passed down from the Edo period. It's not uncommon to see the attire over 100 years old.<br />
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Adult women wear patchworked kimono with rush braided hats. Men and underage women wear tie-dyed kimono with black full-face hoods.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">There is no records showing the bon dance's derivation and history. It is said that Nishimonai Bon Odori is a mixture of the dances for harvest and for the dead.</span><br />
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According to legend, an ascetic monk built a branch shrine which enshrined Zao Gongen and got people dance to pray for abundant harvests at the shrine in the end of 13th century.<br />
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A lord of Yashima Castle took refuge in Nishimonai Castle whose lord was his wife's father, but troops tried to attack Nishimonai Castle. The Yashima Castle's lord committed suicide by sword to take responsibility for bringing trouble to his father-in-law in 1593. The Nishimonai Castle's lord set fire to his castle and escaped to Shonai region in 1600. One theory holds that some retainers of the Yashima Castle's lord started Bon dance to pray for the soul of the deceased lord. According to another thoery, some ex-retainers of the Nishimonai Castle's lord who remained as farmers in Nishimonai started Bon dance in a reminiscent mood.<br />
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Visitors can see the three main Bon odori in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture around the end of July. Fujisawashuku Yugyounobon is held at shopping malls around Fujisawa Station and Yugyou-ji Temple for three days.<br />
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Fujisawashuku Yugyounobon(Japanese version only):<br />
<a href="http://www.fujisawa-cci.or.jp/yugyou2018%20bosyu/index.html">http://www.fujisawa-cci.or.jp/yugyou2018%20bosyu/index.html</a><br />
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<b>Yamaga Lantern Festival in Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture</b><br />
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It is held on 15 and 16 August. Women in <i>yukata</i>(casual summer kimono) dance with Kanatoro(gold and silver paper lanterns) on their heads. Now most Kanatoro are LED paper lanterns.<br />
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Yamaga Toro(lantern) is made of washi paper and glue. It was designated as national traditional industrial arts in 2013. Kanatoro is popular, but Yamaga Toro has another design that has the shape of various buildings.<br />
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Yamaga Toro dates back to the 12th century when Yamaga residents held up torches to light the way in a dense fog for Emperor Keiko and his party. They got to a temporary lodging for the emperor safely. The remains of the lodging(current Omiya Jinja Shrine) was dedicated to the emperor. The residents offered torches to the remains every year. In the Muromachi Period(ca.1336 - ca.1573), torches turned to paper lanterns.<br />
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It was in 1954 when women with lanterns on their head started to dance. Now 1,000 female dancers with lanterns on their head perform a dance for many tourists.<br />
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Yamaga Lantern Festival:<br />
<a href="http://yamaga-tanbou.jp/about/toromatsuri/">http://yamaga-tanbou.jp/about/toromatsuri/</a><br />
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From early evening until dawn, people dance in the streets at Owara Kaze no Bon, a festival to pray for an abundant harvest and protection of planted rice from high wind due to typhoons in Tatsuo City, Toyama Prefecture. The festival continues until dawn even after most tourists go to their accommodation.<br />
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Owara Kaze no Bon:<br />
<a href="http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.com/2010/09/abnormally-hot-summer.html">http://ichinen-fourseasonsinjapan.blogspot.com/2010/09/abnormally-hot-summer.html</a><br />
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ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-39131376510399251502018-08-11T15:57:00.000+09:002018-08-11T15:57:01.242+09:00Japan's Pompeii - Kanbara<br />
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Kanbara Kannon-do Hall (鎌原観音堂,a temple dedicated to the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy Kannon) stands in Kanbara area, Tsumagoi village, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma Prefecuture.<br />
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The hall has 15 stone steps now. Legend has it that Kannon-do had 150 stone steps. In 1979 the grounds of the hall was examined. The hall had once had 50 stone steps. Debris buried its 35 steps(6.5 meters in height .)<br />
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And two female skeletal remains(partially mummified) were found.<br />
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Mount Asama straddling the border between Gunma and Nagano Prefectures has often erupted. In 1783 the eruption reached its peak about 10:30 a.m. on August 5(the 8th day of the 7th month in the lunar calendar) after the volcano had repeated small eruptions. The eruption issued a large amount of pyroclastic fall, lava flow, pyroclastic flow, debris avalanche and lahar. (mudflow). Experts infer that debris avalanche battered Kanbara village. It crushed 957 homes and left 1,443 people dead in an area surrounding the mount.<br />
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The two remains were found at foot of the hall's steps. They are considered as parent and child or younger and much older siblings because two restored faces are quite similar. Younger woman was about to give older one a piggyback ride up the steps. They were so close to survival, but just couldn't survive the debris avalanche.<br />
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There are also other opinions. Some people say that there was no time to evacuate and that people happened to be at the hall to pray for the end of volcanic eruption. Another says that there was 10 minutes to evacuate because the speed of debris avalanche was estimated to be about 30 or 40 kirometers per hour.<br />
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The avalanche buried Kanbara village(current Kanbara area in Tsumagoi village) and killed 466(or 477*) of 597 villagers. (*Some experts infer that 11 villagers of the survivors died from eruption-related injuries and burns long after the eruption. The text on a stone monument to commemorate the 32nd death anniversary of the victims says the number of the victims was 477.)<br />
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The survivors were 80 villagers who stayed outside the village and 51 who were able to reach the hall, a neighboring village and a nearby mountain, happened to survive in a hut, a field, a survivor's house. After the disaster 93 Kanbara's survivors remained in the village. Five neighboring village headmen rode to rescue of 93 survivors. In the end 55 survivors have remained in Kanbara ever since. Most survivors in other devastated areas abandoned their villages.<br />
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The Kanbara's survivors re-established their village in the same place. Widowers got married widows. Parents of deceased children adopted orphans.<br />
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I have heard a man talking on a TV program before. As I got a strong impression from his talk, it is remembered to this day.<br />
A presumed descendant of the survivors said, "A man asked the survivors, 'Why didn't you abandon your village?' They answered, 'Because we couldn't bear to leave our family members behind. They are buried under here.'"<br />
Though it's uncertain as to whether or not he talked about the 1783 Asama Eruption, there is no other instance like the reconstruction of Kanbara village.<br />
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Kanbara was a pastoral village and yet a strategic spot on the road. Inns, wholesale stores, tea shops lined both sides of the street. The Edo Shogunate disbursed 1,050 ryo(approx. 136 million yen at present value) to Kanbara village and 4,766 ryo(approx. 620 million yen at present value) to 19 seriously damaged villages for post-eruption recovery. Actually, the Shogunate ordered Kumamoto Domain to pay 100,000 Ryo as reconstruction aid. The domain could not afford to pay the huge sums of money, so the domain's residents paid a lot of money. After the Kumamoto earthquakes occurred in 2016, Kanbara residents raised money for victims of the quakes. They thank Kumamoto citizens to this day.<br />
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The surviviors held a Buddhist memorial service on the 32nd death anniversary of the victims in 1815. At the same time they built a monument with carved names of the victims by receiving a helping hand from neighboring villages.</div>
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Enmei-ji Temple(延命寺) was buried by the eruption. The temple's chief priest was engulfed in the eruption on his way to the Mount Asama on that day. He headed for the volcano to pray to end its eruption. The location and existence of the temple was unknown. Ironically, the stone block was found at the riverside of the Agatsuma River due to flooding of the river in 1910.</div>
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The remains of its constructions was confirmed buried 6.5 meters under the ground, 200 meters from Kannon-do in 1980. Artifacts including Buddhist ritual objects had been discovered through six examinations since 1985. </div>
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The remains of folk houses at Tooka-no-kubo(十日ノ窪) were examined in 1979 and 1980. About 2,000 housewares were found. They included some articles such as a lacquer comb, a tortoise shell hairpin, a mercury mirror, a tea bowl and a kettle for the tea ceremony. Their owners were commoners.</div>
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Okomori-do is a building with hanging towels located behind stonegraves. Kannon-do became known to the whole country after examination in 1979. The hall had an increasing number of tourists. In 1979, 7th and 8th generation descendants of the survivors and their relatives, newcomers after the eruption, launched Kanbara Kannon-do Hoshikai(service club.) They take turns to receive visitors. They offer prayers to the victims, hold memorial service for the victims on August 5 every year.</div>
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As of 2001, about 80 percent of Kanbara village residents were the descendants of the survivors. So they had a tremendous amount of respect for Kannon(Goddess of Mercy) enshrined in Kannon-do who saved dozens of survivors. Villagers who helped the excavation works had strong sense of prayer. They saw the lifestyles of their ancestors and felt the pains of the victims. Kannon-do is also a meeting place for residents.</div>
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A memorial service called <i>mawari-nenbutsu </i>takes place twice a month. Homes used to take turns providing a venue for it. It is held at a local multipurpose center now. Not all homes participate in it. In the venue, three hanging scrolls with the names of the 477 victims, the Thirteen Buddhas, Kobo-Daishi(Kukai) are displayed. Participants chant some nenbutsu(prayers to Amitabha Buddha) and wasan. Wasan are Buddhist hymns in Japanese. Wasan chanted here were made in the Meiji Period. They represent the tragedy of the 1723 Asama eruption and a prayer to Amitabha Buddha.</div>
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The museum shows artifacts, illustration of damage, an erupting volcano diorama, restored faces of two women who were found at foot of Kannon-do's steps. Visitors can see views of Mount Asama and current Kanbara area in the observation room.</div>
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Tsumagoi Kyodo Shiryokan(Japanese version only):</div>
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Tsumagoi Village is Japan's top producer of cabbages and is a popular tourist destination.<br />
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The village has several camp sites, spa and ski resorts.<br />
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<b>Oni Oshidashi lava(</b>鬼押出し)<br />
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The Lava covered about 6.8 square kilometers of the surrounding forest, forming a flow field 800-2,000m wide and extending 5.5 km to the north. The analyses of the welded pyroclastic rocks show that the Oni Oshidashi lava is considered to be clastogenic lava. Pyroclastic material ejected from a volcanic vent piled up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. A high flux of pyroclast accumulation around the vent led to clastogenic lava flows from the northern lowest rim of the summit crater. "Oni Oshidashi" means "lava that an ogre pushed outward from a volcano."<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/8438044@N02/7355467082/">鬼押出し</a> (credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/8438044@N02/">duke.yuin</a>/ flickr)</td></tr>
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Visitors can see the Oni Oshidashi lava at the Onioshidashi-en(鬼押出し園, Onioshidashi Park) or the Naganohara town municipal Asama-en(浅間園, Asama Park).<br />
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The Onioshidashi Park is located near Karuizawa. The Kokudo Corporation developed Onioshidashi as a tourist site. Now Prince Hotels manages the park.<br />
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In the park Kannon-do(a branch temple of Kan'ei-ji Temple in Ueno, Tokyo) was built to mourn for the victims in 1958. The survivors of the volcanic eruption sought rescue from the Kan'ei-ji Temple. The chief priest of the Zenko-ji Temple in Nagano Prefecture(the former chief priest of the Kan'ei-ji) came to the disaster area, provided meals to the survivors, and chanted a prayer for the victims for 30 days. In the following year, 1784, the priest held a memorial service for the victims at the Zenko-ji Temple.<br />
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The Naganohara town municipal Asama-en has the Asama Volcano Museum, a volcano walk, a trekking course(need for guide, since Mt. Asama is a volcano. Small eruptions sometimes occur at Mt. Asama. Advance reservations are required), a trailer site, a cycleway in the forest, and a motorcycle museum(almost Japanese classic bikes.)<br />
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The Great Tenmei famine is considered to have set in 1782, and lasted until 1788. The 1723 Asama eruption contributed to the famine. Volcanic ash was sent down around Japan, resulting in cold weather that led to catastrophic crop failure. Mount Iwaki in Aomori Prefecture also erupted in 1783.</div>
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In Iceland, the Laki volcanic fissure erupted over an eight-month period between June 1783 and February 1784. The Laki eruption and its aftermath affected the whole of the northern hemisphere.</div>
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Firefly-watching is nearing an end while I am dillydallying. Most of firefly-watching events were done, but some of them will last until mid-July.<br />
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Kaneda River in Nan-bu cho, Tottori Prefecture<br />
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audience waiting to flashing fireflies at Hotaru no Sato in Fukutsu City, Fukuoka Prefecture<br />
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Kawaura River, Minokamo City, Gifu Prefecture<br />
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In early June, Hotaru-hojo-sai (Releasing Fireflies Ritual) is held at Yanagihara Shinchi Pond in Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Kanagawa Prefecture. Visitors can see fireflies flashing during a week from the ritual.<br />
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Tokyo Hotaru Festival imagined fireflies by Sumida river through LED lights. This event is not held any more.<br />
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The word "<i>hotaru</i> (fireflies) " appeared in Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan) finished in 720, but it is unclear what the word meaned.<br />
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In the Heian period(794-1185), fireflies were referred in literature such as the collection of poems "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves", Sei Shonagon's "The Pillow Book", Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji."<br />
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Sei Shonagon praised that lots of fireflies flitted to and fro on a moonless summer night. She also loved that a couple of fireflies hovered and blinked a dim light.<br />
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Hotaru (The Fireflies) is the 25th chapter of "The Tale of Genji." When Genji's half-brother Hotaru Hyobukyo no Miya(蛍兵部卿宮) visits Tamakazura(玉鬘, Genji's adopted daughter), Genji releases fireflies behind a screen to light up her with fireflies, showing her beauty to him.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Title: Hotaru (The Fireflies), the 25th chapter of "The Tale of Genji"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Artist: Toyokuni(Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ/Kunisada I, 1786-1864)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Publication Date: 1852</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Book title: Genji 54-jo(源氏五十四帖, 54 chapters of "The Tale of Genji")</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Title: Hotaru (The Fireflies), the 25th chapter of "The Tale of Genji"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Artist: Ogata Gekko(尾形 月耕, 1859-1920)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Publication Date: 1892</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">book title: Genji 54-jo(源氏五十四帖, 54 chapters of "The Tale of Genji")</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Title: Hotaru (The Fireflies)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Artist: Ichiyosai Toyokuni(Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ/Kunisada I , 1786-1864)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Book title: Genjiko no zu(源氏香の図)</span></div>
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Genjiko(源氏香) is a game in Ko-do( incense burning) in which participators smell five scents and guess same ones. Five scents can be all the same or different. There are 52 possible combinations of answers. A collection of the patterns that show the combinations is Genjiko no zu. The combinations are assigned to the Chapters of “The Tale of the Genji.” Five vertical lines mean scents. The rightmost line means the first scent, and the leftmost one does the fifth scent. participators connect the lines that seem to be the same scents.<br />
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In the Heian Period, fireflies symbolized feelings of love, visible love, yearning heart. Actually fireflies light up to attract a mate.<br />
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Woman poet Izumi-Shikibu(ca.978-?) depicted fireflies as her visible affection for her husband in one of her waka poems. She felt like her strong feelings for him left her body and flew around flashing. Commuter marriage was common among nobles in the Heian Period. Noblemen visited their wives' houses. It was common that a married couple of nobles lived apart. A nobleman who lost interest in his wife gradually kept away from her. Her husband also had not seen her for a long while. </div>
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Minamoto no Shigeyuki (源 重之, died 1000) wrote a poem about one sided love:<br />
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In the Edo period, commoners also went out to see fireflies when they began to appear at dusk. Edo residents visited spots to see fireflies such as Sorin-ji Temple in Yanaka, now-defunct Sugatami-bashi Bridge (an area around Nishi-waseda and Takada), an area near Asukayama Park in Kita Ward, an area near Iidabashi, jindai-ji Temple in Chofu City.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Title: Hotaru-gari Azuma Fuzoku(蛍狩当風俗)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Artist: Toyokuni(Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ/Kunisada I, 1786-1864)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Publication Date: 1860</span></div>
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Outstanding Kabuki actor Sawamura Tanosuke Ⅲ(1845-1878) is graphically portrayed in this print. He was a gorgeous <i>onnagata</i> (an actor specializing in female roles) , even after he had his both legs amputated at the knee due to necrosis and had his right hand and left four fingers amputated. He performed Kabuki with his prosthetic limb.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Title: Hotaru-gari Azuma Fuzoku(蛍狩当風俗)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (Kabuki actor </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Ichikawa Ichizo</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Ⅲ)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Artist: Toyokuni(Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ/Kunisada I, 1786-1864)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Publication Date: 1860</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Title: Hotaru-gari Azuma Fuzoku(蛍狩当風俗)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Artist: Toyokuni(Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ/Kunisada I, 1786-1864)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Publication Date: 1860</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Title: Hotaru-gari Azuma Fuzoku(蛍狩当風俗)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Artist: Toyokuni(Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ/Kunisada I, 1786-1864)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Publication Date: 1860</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III(Utagawa Kunisada I, 1786-1864)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Publication Date: 1856<br />courtesy of National Diet Library</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Title: 34(A woman holding a uchiwa(fan) in her mouth and a firefly cage in her hand)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (楊洲周延, 1838-1912)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Publication Date: 1898</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Journal title: Shinbijin(真美人)</span></div>
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Children used to put fireflies into straw cages called <i>hotarukago</i> and placed them at their bedsides. I didn't know the cage. Some elderly people miss the cage.<br />
hotarukago:<br />
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An around 70-year-old woman who were born and raised in Tokyo, one of my friends, saw fireflies flickering above the paddies in her childhood. They used to be common insects even in Tokyo until about 60 years ago. Now fireflies drastically have decreased in Japan because they can live only in clean rivers. So artificially-raised fireflies are released in many parts of Japan. Even now, there is a natural growth area of fireflies in Seijo, Tokyo. The area is not open to the public for the sake of environmental preservation.<br />
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In Japan, spotted bellflower(Campanula punctata) is called Hotaru-bukuro(蛍袋), which literally means a sack for fireflies. It is said to be named for a Japanese lantern which was also called hotaru(火垂る). According to another account, It was named so because a bellflower containing fireflies looked like a lighted lamp.<br />
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<br />ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-19209115625998908202018-02-24T15:35:00.000+09:002018-02-24T15:35:41.498+09:00Dogs visited shrines on behalf of their owners(2)<br />
10. Japanese wolf as the deity<br />
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According to an article in National Geographic(2012), Shiba-inu(a Japanese dog breed) and wolves are closer genetically than other breeds of dogs and wolves. In Japan wolves were called <i>Yama-inu</i>(wild mountain dogs) in the past.<br />
Musashi-mitake Jinja Shrine located at the top of Mt. Mitake has enshrined a Japanese wolf as the deity “Ooguchi Magami”. According to Chronicles of Japan, a white wolf led the way when Yamato Takeru no Mikoto(a Japanese legendary prince of the Yamato dynasty) got lost. The wolf commonly known as <i>Oinu-sama</i> has been an emissary or a subordinate to a deity.<br />
Oinu-sama has been enshrined as a guardian deity of mammalian pest control, fire and theft protection, protection against every accidents. Though meat-eating was officially prohibited on several occasions in Japan, game meat was available. There was very little livestock farming. So wolves benefited arable farmers. They got rid of deer, bear, wild boar, hare and other hungry animals which can ruin a crop.<br />
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The shrine is also dog friendly. Visitors can request a prayer specifically for dogs. Amulets for dogs are available. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Musashi-mitake Jinja's <i>goshuin-cho</i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">(goshuin </span><a class="crosslink" href="https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/note" style="background-color: white; color: #534a42; line-height: 1.8em;" title="noteの意味">note</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Go-shuin means a seal stamp given to worshippers at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Go-shuin includes information such as the name of the temple and the date of visit written in calligraphy.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Musashi-mitake Jinja's </span><i style="text-align: center;">goshuin</i></div>
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<a href="http://photozou.jp/photo/show/2004009/169462263">01_武蔵御嶽神社_御朱印</a> posted by <a href="http://photozou.jp/user/top/2004009">(C)suswtl</a><br />
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It will be an 10 minute bus ride from Mitake station(JR Ome Line) to Takimoto Station(Mitake Tozan Cable). After 6 minutes funicular ride visitors arrive at Mitakesan Station. The shine is 25 minutes walk from the station. Each funicular car has a space for dogs.<br />
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Musashi-mitake Jinja Shrine(Japanese version only):</div>
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<a href="http://musashimitakejinja.jp/kito/wanchan/">http://musashimitakejinja.jp/kito/wanchan/</a> (prayer for dogs)</div>
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Around the shrine there are 26 <i>Shukubo</i>(pilgrim's lodging) that date back to the Edo Period. Shukubo are popular with worshippers, climbers, and hikers.</div>
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Mt.Mitake Tourisum Association:<br />
<a href="http://www.mt-mitake.gr.jp/">http://www.mt-mitake.gr.jp/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jetalone/2352566419/">Mt. Mitake Trekking 御岳山・日の出山トレッキング</a> (credit:<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jetalone/">jetalone</a>/</span>flickr)
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There are a lot of Shinto shrines which enshrine Japanese wolf in Japan.<br />
Distribution map of Shinto shrines which enshrine Japanese wolf(Japanese version only):<br />
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Mitsumine Jinja Shrine in Chichibu City, Saitama Prfecture has also enshrined a Japanese wolf as the deity “Ooguchi Magami".</div>
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Torii(shrine gate) of Mitsumine Jinja Shrine<br />
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Zuishinmon gate of Mitsumine Jinja Shrine (former Niomon gate guarded by two wooden warriors called Nio. The Nio statues were moved to another temple.)<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: "arial" , "arial new" , "ms p ゴシック" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">A bronze</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: "arial" , "arial new" , "ms p ゴシック" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> torii(built in 1845) , Yatsumunemokutodai, chozusha are</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: "arial" , "arial new" , "ms p ゴシック" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> at the top of these stone steps.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: "arial" , "arial new" , "ms p ゴシック" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Yatsumunemokutodai (</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "arial new" , , sans-serif;">八棟木灯台) is a </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: "arial" , "arial new" , "ms p ゴシック" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">decorative</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: "arial" , "arial new" , "ms p ゴシック" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> wooden lighting fixture </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "arial new" , "ms p ゴシック" , sans-serif;">built in 1857.</span><br />
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chozuya(手水舎, Shinto water ablution pavilion) built in 1853<br />
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Haiden(front shrine) of Mitsumine Jinja Shrine<br />
Cedar trees are estimated to be 800 years old.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Haiden</span><br />
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Okariya(The shrine of "Ooguchi Magami", the wolf deity)<br />
Okariya literally means a temporary shrine. Rituals dedicated to the wolf deity are performed here because the deity usually remains sequestered in the mountains.</div>
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Stone lanterns stand on either side of front approach<br />
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Okumiya (Inner Shrine) of Mitsumine Jinja is located at the top of Mt. Myohogatake and is 90 minutes walk from the front shrine. Please note that bears may frequent the area.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">second torii on the route to Okumiya</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yohaiden (Shrine to worship gods from a distance)</span><br />
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Okumiya built in 1741</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Komainu</i> (狛犬, lion dogs) derives from Chinese guardian lions. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">A pair of komainu are placed either at the entrance of Shinto shrines, or somewhere inside. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">At the shrine, a variety of guardian wolf statues stand instead of lion-dog ones hither and thither. </span><br />
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Most statues wear bibs offered by believers. It is said the bibs come from a prayer to Jizo(地蔵, Ksitigarbha in Sanskrit). Though his mission is to save people between Buddha's death and the appearance of Maitreya(弥勒菩薩, Miroku-bosatsu), Jizo is also regarded as the guardian of children because he saves dead children who have to pile stones <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-indent: -35px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">endlessly</span></span> </span>like Sisyphus at the banks(<i>Sai-no-kawara</i>) of <span style="background-color: white;">death's river</span> <span style="background-color: white;">(</span><i>Sanzu River.</i><span style="background-color: white;">)</span> The children can't cross the Sanzu River because they predeceased their parents. Ogres unpile the stones before the children complete a tower, but Jizo gives the children salvation in the end.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's thought that</span></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Arial, "Arial New", "MS P ゴシック", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> p</span>arents whose child died started to offer bibs in prayer to Jizo for their child. This is considered as the beginning of statues wearing bibs in Shinto shrines and <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: inherit;">Buddhist temples.</span><br />
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Mention dogs, and "the dog shogun" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi comes to mind. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (徳川 綱吉, 1646-1709), the fifth shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, is known for the Edicts on Compassion for Living Things (生類憐みの令 <i>Shoruiawareminorei)</i>. He prohibited the killing of living things including humans. The law was a series of bans.<br />
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He made an extensive dog shelter with an area of approximately 990,000 square meters in Kakoi-machi(former area around Nakano 4-chome, Tokyo). The shelter had five-part fenced-in grounds and each part had a doghouse, a feeding ground, a bower, a puppy breeding facility. About 80,000 dogs had lived there between 1695 and 1709. Some veterinarians and officials were assigned there.<br />
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Dog statues stand in front of Nakano City Office where the dog shelter used to be.</div>
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In recent years, Tsunayoshi has been re-evaluated as an exceptionally talented policymaker. At the time, Japan had a savage atmosphere in the post war period. He tried to change people's consciousness so that they were attracted towards non-violence and had moral fiber. The law aimed to show mercy to living things including humans.<br />
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In Edo(former Tokyo) a lot of feral dogs roamed the streets. They often did harm to people. On the one hand, some people killed them, and some gangsters ate dog meat. Tsunayoshi housed them in his dog shelter.<br />
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Sick cattle and horses were abandoned. Samurai often injured horses to improve their appearance. He banned abandoning and injuring them. Animal shows by snakes, dogs, cats, and mice were banned.<br />
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"Living things" included humans. At the time many children and very sick persons were also abandoned. He strictly prohibited abandoning them. Additionally, he promoted improvement of prison environments. He obligated people to register the names of pregnant women and children aged seven or under, the numbers and owners of dogs, cats, cattle, horses and firearms.<br />
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The shelter's dogs were fed by taxpayers' money. People were deeply frustrated with his overly tight control for the protection of living things including dogs, cats, birds, fish, shellfish, and worms. However, it it said that his retainers expanded the ban to include all of living things. After his death, the shelter was demolished and most of the bans were abolished. The bans against abandoning cattle horses, children and sick persons remained.<br />
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When an apartment caretaker of <i>Nagaya</i>(one story tenement house) found an abandoned child in front of his apartment, it was his duty to find homes for the child. Stone notice boards called <i>Maigo-ishi </i>were built along the busy streets in Edo. Handwritten notes posted on the stone let passersby know about homeless and missing children.<br />
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ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-71090251500423325192018-02-21T16:36:00.000+09:002018-02-21T16:36:05.700+09:00Dogs visited shrines on behalf of their owners(1)2018 is the Year of the Dog according to the Chinese zodiac. So I raise some topics about dog statues and sculptures.<br />
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The Hachiko statue is famous worldwide. His name was Hachi. He was affectionately called Hachiko. Surprisingly, Hachi himself attended the unveiling ceremony of the Hachiko statue in 1934, in his lifetime.<br />
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There is a dog statue at Daruma-ji(達磨寺) Temple in Oji-cho, Kitakatsuragi District, Nara Prefecture. His name is Yukimaru(雪丸.) He is said to have been the dog of Prince Shotoku(574-622) who was regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan. Legend has it that he was able to talk human language and chant a Buddhist sutra, and he left a will to bury his body in the temple. The statue is considered established in the Edo Period. The statue of Yukimaru is mentioned in <i>Yamato meisho zue</i>, an illustrated guide describing famous places in Nara Prefecture, published in 1791. The official character of Oji-cho(Oji Town) is also called Yukimaru. </div>
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Yukimaru statue in Daruma-ji<br />
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<a href="http://photozou.jp/photo/show/197391/76287130">2011年04月17日_DSC_0155聖徳太子の愛犬</a> posted by <a href="http://photozou.jp/user/top/197391">(C)poco</a></div>
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<a href="http://photozou.jp/photo/show/197391/76287192">雪丸 聖徳太子の愛犬 達磨寺 2011.4.17</a> posted by <a href="http://photozou.jp/user/top/197391">(C)poco</a><br />
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3. Satsuma dogs<br />
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Saigo Takamori's bronze statue in hunting attire with his dog based on a Satsuma dog stands in Ueno Park, Tokyo. He went hunting a lot, so he had many hunting dogs including the female Satusma dog Tsun. One of his dogs named Tora accompanied him on a visit to Gion, a geisha district in Kyoto. He brought his dogs to a war zone. With the situation deteriorating, he unleashed his dogs.<br />
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Saigo Takamori's statue in Ueno Park<br />
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Saigo Takamori(1828-1877) was a Japanese samurai from Satsuma(former Kagoshima), a military commander, a politician. He was dragged unwillingly into the Satsuma Rebellion and committed seppuku as a leader of the rebel group in 1877. His honor was restored through efforts of many people including the Emperor Meiji in 1889.<br />
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4. Wooden puppy dog<br />
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Myoe (明恵) (1173–1232), a Japanese Buddhist monk, kept a wooden puppy dog with him all the time until his death. He revived an old temple and established the Toganowosan Kosanji Temple in Kyoto. The wooden figure has been designated as a nationally important cultural property.<br />
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Kosanji Temple is home to several works of art, including Choju Giga (Scrolls of Frolicking Animals), the puppy figure. However, the scrolls are now entrusted to the Kyoto National Museum and Tokyo National Museum.<br />
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Masterpieces of Kosan-ji Temple(past exhibition at Tokyo National Museum):<br />
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5. Maruyama Okyo's puppies<br />
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Maruyama Okyo (円山 応挙, 1733-1795) was a popular painter and left a lot of puppy paintings. Okyo-kan is located in the Tokyo National Museum's garden. The building was built in 1742 as a shoin (study/drawing room) at the Myogen'in Buddhist temple in Aichi prefecture and was moved to the current location in 1933. Myogen'in was also known as the oldest eye clinic in Japan. Okyo engaged in the ink paintings on the interior walls and sliding doors because he was a patient of the clinic. Puppies and Convolvulus were painted on a Japanese-cedar sliding door of the building.</div>
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another Okyo's puppies(Japanese version only):</div>
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6. White dog in Rakugo<br />
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<i>Motoinu</i>(ex-dog) is a program of Rakugo(comic story telling). Rakugo performers play several characters and narrate in one-person shows. They can only use a Japanese fan and a washcloth as a prop, kneeling on a cushion the whole time. They use a Japanese fan to resemble a <i>kiseru</i> (Japanese smoking pipe), a letter, a sword, chopsticks, an ink brush, a fish pole, an umbrella, a sake server, and so on. Or they pretend that a washcloth is a wallet, paper, a book, a cigarette pouch, and so on.<br />
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<i>Ohyakudo-ishi</i>(stone marker set in the grounds)</td></tr>
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There was a popular belief that white dogs could be reincarnated as human beings in the next life by praying fervently to the gods. In Buddhism any human could be reborn as animal, and any animal could be reborn as a human. In this story a white dog named Shiro(shiro means white) performs a<i> ohyakudo-mairi</i>(<i>hadashi-mairi</i> in another version) at a shrine to pray for be reincarnated as a human. He visits and prays at a shrine for 21 days. On the morning of the last day, he turns into a naked human. An ex-dog man draws a lot of laughter.<br />
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Ohyakudo-mairi is circumambulating between the entrance(stone marker set in the grounds) and the main hall at a shrine or temple a hundred times, with offering prayers in front of the main hall. In Hadashi mairi, prayers schedule a block of days to visit and pray at a shrine or temple barefoot.</div>
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A version of Motoinu is set at Kuramae Jinja Shrine(former Kuramae Hachiman) , Taito Ward, Tokyo. A statue based on this story stands at the shrine.</div>
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<a href="http://photozou.jp/photo/show/235928/88109863"><img alt="蔵前神社 境内に落語の「元犬」がいる。名前はシロ。" src="http://art34.photozou.jp/pub/928/235928/photo/88109863_624.v1515082152.jpg" height="351" width="624" /></a><br />
<a href="http://photozou.jp/photo/show/235928/88109863">蔵前神社 境内に落語の「元犬」がいる。名前はシロ。</a> posted by <a href="http://photozou.jp/user/top/235928">(C)@kantoku80</a><br />
Motoinu statue at Kuramae Jinja Shrine<br />
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7. Dog-shaped talisman</div>
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Emperor Shomu(聖武天皇, 701-756) established provincial monasteries and nunneries(kokubun-ji and kokubun-niji) in each province of Japan. Todai-ji was positioned as the head of all these kokubun-ji. Empress Komyo(光明皇后, 701–760) established Hokke-ji Temple(法華寺) as the head of all the provincial nunneries in 745. She set up public facilities such as a home for orphans and the neediest and a free clinic to care for the sick and to treat patients with medication.<br />
The nuns of Hokke-ji have made the same dog-shaped talisman called Omamori-inu as one of the empress' own making. The charm is available only at the temple. Pre-order is necessary.<br />
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8. Dogs went on a pilgrimage to Ise Shrine<br />
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It is believed that deities hate 'Kegare' (impurity). In general, shrine grounds are closed to dogs because shinto shrines are unwilling to be contaminated by dog excreta. However, some dogs visited shinto shrines on behalf of their owners in the Edo Period. Kunio Nishina recounted dogs' pilgrimage to the Ise Shrine in detail in his book(Kunio Nishina, INU No Isemairi(Dogs' Pilgrimage to Ise Shrine), Tokyo, Heibonsha Shinsho, 2013.)<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: "arial" , "arial new" , "ms p ゴシック" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span>Okage-inu(おかげ犬) <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: "arial" , "arial new" , "ms p ゴシック" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">stuffed animal souvenir</span><br />
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<a href="http://photozou.jp/photo/show/2841311/172404012">さるはじき</a> posted by <a href="http://photozou.jp/user/top/2841311">(C)渡り鳥s</a><br />
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Around noon on the 16th day of the 4th month in 1771, a dog from Yamashiro-no-kuni(former southern and central Kyoto Prefecture) worshipped at the Ise Shrine for the first time. The dog drank water at a chozuya(Shinto water ablution pavilion) and prayed while bowing its body in the open space in front of the main shrine. It is assumed that the dog accidentally arrived at the Ise Shrine by trailing behind a group of pilgrims. However, a lot of dogs had worshipped at the Ise Shrine since then.<br />
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Most dogs were communally owned in the Edo Period. They were free-roaming in their villages. Dog owners or villagers put a wooden plate with their dog's hometown written on it and traveling expenses around the dog's neck. The dog was called <i>Okage-inu</i>. They entrusted their dogs to tourists. The dogs were handed over from a tourist to another like a baton in a relay race. Many people supported Okage-inu out of good intentions by traveling with the dogs, giving them board and lodging. Some dogs were sent alone to Ise.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ise Sangu Miyagawa-no-watashi</i>(1855) by Ando hirosige<br />
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In the first half of the 19th century the head of the Ichihara family in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture visited the Ise Shrine every year, but he got sick in a given year. His dog Shiro, a white Akita, was very clever. So he decided to send Shiro to the shrine on his behalf. He put a cloth neck bag including traveling expenses, pieces of paper with the directions to the Ise Shrine and a message to supporters around Shiro's neck. The family saw Shiro off at the end of the Sukagawa post station. After two months, Shiro came back from the shrine. The neck bag included ofuda(paper talisman) of the shrine, a receipt of votive offering of money, feed bill, and money left. Shiro died three years after his journey. He was buried in Junen-ji Temple, the temple of the Ichihara family. The family installed the grave with a stone carving of Shiro near their family graves. Even now, the family members offer incense sticks and put flowers on their family and Shiro's graves.<br />
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"Okage-inu" was much talked about at the time. Most okage-inu were white dogs. Supporters felt proud of participating in dogs' pilgrimage like an Olympic torch relay runner. Some people got the wrong idea about some dogs. According to the book, a dog shuttled between Kuroishi in Aomori and Ise Shrine(the distance between two points is about 1200 kilometers) because someone mistook a dog to be a okage-inu. That's an unwelcome favor, but mistaken dogs were well-cared for by many people.<br />
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The book says a pig and cattle also went on a pilgrimage to the shrine.(There were oxen to plow with. Pigs were raised to wine and dine the members of the Korean Emissary in Hiroshima and Okayama. They were also raised in Nagasaki. Hollanders and Chinese were approved trade in Nagasaki and Dejima.)<br />
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The last recorded okage-inu was an antique shop owner's dog which went from Nihonbashi(in Tokyo) to the shrine in 1874.<br />
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9. Konpira dogs<br />
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Commoners were prohibited from moving freely across Japan in the Edo Period, but only going in pilgrimage was allowed. They went on a sightseeing trip to Ise and other sacred places such as Todai-ji(東大寺) in Nara Prefecture, Kiyomizu-dera(清水寺) in Kyoto, Kotohiragu(金刀比羅宮) in Kagawa Prefecture, Zenkou-ji(善光寺) in Nagano Prefecture and Kumano-sanzan(熊野三山) in Wakayama Prefecture under color of religious pilgrimage. In the 1830s, 4.8 million people, which accounted for a sixth part of the total population in Japan, made pilgrimages to Ise Jingu.<br />
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Some dogs also took a pilgrimage to Kotohiragu. They were called Konpira-inu. Even now, the shrine is dog friendly. Please mind your manners when you visit Kotohiragu with your dog.<br />
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The statue of Konpira dog named Gon in Kotohiragu</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/naitokz/1575063814/">こんぴら狗</a> (credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/naitokz/">naitokz</a>/flickr)</div>
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/alberth2/12448850133/">金刀比羅宮</a> (credit:<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/alberth2/">alberth2</a>/flickr)</div>
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ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-37305840227097129132018-01-01T23:23:00.000+09:002018-01-01T23:58:23.430+09:00New Year's Day 2018Happy New Year!<br />
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May the new year brings the happiness, luck, and peace into your home.<br />
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2018 is the Year of the Dog according to the Chinese zodiac.<br />
Each of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs is related to a characteristic animal.<br />
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"戌" means a dog.<br />
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Hatsuyume referred to the dreams that occurred on the night of Setsubun (now January 2nd) by the early Edo period.<br />
It is said to be particularly good luck to dream of Mt. Fuji, a hawk or an eggplant in the first night of the year.<br />
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People have believed their fortunes are told in the dream, so they slept after placing a picture of the ship of the Seven Deities of Good Fortune called takarabune(宝船) under their pillows to have a good dream.<br />
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New Year's pine decoration<br />
The deity of the year bringing a good harvest goes down from the sky to New Year's pine and bamboo decorations or New Year pine decorations.<br />
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During the New Year holidays, boys used to enjoy kite-flying or top-spinning.<br />
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A lion dance as a thing doing epidemic extermination / exorcism<br />
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rice cake pounding<br />
Mochi are to a Japanese new year what mince pies are to Christmas in the UK.<br />
Originally New Year's rice cakes called <i>Kagami-mochi</i> are offerings to the deities.<br />
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Sacred arrows(破魔矢, hamaya) to exorcise evil spirits are sold in many Shinto shrines.<br />
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People visit a shrine or temple and dedicate an ema(a votive horse tablet) after writing wishes and intentions on it.<br />
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Inuhariko (papier-mache dogs) has been regarded as a charm against evil for children. Parents (and grandparents) bring the child to a Shinto shrine, to express appreciation for the deities and pray for his or her health and happiness one month after birth. Relatives send Inuhariko to the child. <br />
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Why do these Inuhariko wear a bamboo basket?<br />
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1) A openweave basket is a symbol for preventing stuffy nose( and a cold.)<br />
2) The word “竹” meaning bamboo and the word “犬”meaning a dog. A combined word with “竹”and “犬”is similar to the word “笑” meaning a laugh.<br />
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Ready-made traditional New Year foods called Osechi Ryori are set in two-tiered boxes.<br />
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<br />ichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734204625603446890.post-18166410145562135472017-09-22T15:43:00.000+09:002017-09-22T15:43:35.020+09:00The 64th Japan Traditional Kogei ExhibitionThe 64th Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition(日本伝統工芸展) is taking place at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo from September 20 to October 2. The exhibition requires the applicants to create sophisticated design based on high degree of professional skill in Japanese traditional techniques. The exhibition's winning works are available in each venue, but their prices are not indicated.<br />
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See the Japan Kogei Association site for further information:<br />
<a href="http://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/">http://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/</a> (Japanese version only)<br />
Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition(<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">winning works)</span>:<br />
<a href="http://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition/honten">http://www.nihonkogeikai.or.jp/exhibition/honten</a> (Japanese version only)<br />
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The Exhibition will travel through the following venues:<br />
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Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store, Tokyo<br />
September 20-October 2, 2017<br />
Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store:<br />
http://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/nihombashi/index.html<br />
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Mitsukoshi Nagoya Sakae Store, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture<br />
October 4-9, 2017<br />
Mitsukoshi Nagoya Sakae Store:<br />
http://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/nagoya/index.html<br />
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Takashimaya Kyoto Store, Kyoto Prefecture<br />
October 18-23, 2017<br />
Takashimaya Kyoto Store:<br />
http://www.takashimaya.co.jp/kyoto/store_information/index.html<br />
http://www.takashimaya.co.jp/kyoto/store_information/index.html<br />
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Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecure<br />
October 27-November 5, 2017<br />
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art:<br />
http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/english/index.html<br />
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the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture<br />
November 16-December 3, 2017<br />
The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art:<br />
http://okayama-kenbi.info/en/<br />
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Shimane Art Museum, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture<br />
December 6-24, 2017<br />
Shimane Art Museum:<br />
http://www.shimane-art-museum.jp/en/<br />
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the Kagawa Museum, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture<br />
January 2-21, 2018<br />
The Kagawa Museum:<br />
http://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kmuseum/foreign/<br />
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Mitsukoshi Sendai Store, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecure<br />
January 24-29, 2018<br />
Mitsukoshi Sendai Store:<br />
http://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/sendai/index.html<br />
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Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture<br />
February 2-7, 2018<br />
Mitsukoshi Fukuoka Store:<br />
http://www.m.iwataya-mitsukoshi.co.jp/index.html<br />
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Takashimaya Osaka Store, Kyoto Prefecture<br />
February 16-20, 2018<br />
Takashimaya Osaka Store:<br />
http://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/store_information/index.html<br />
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Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture<br />
February 23-March 11, 2018<br />
Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum:<br />
http://www.hpam.jp/<br />
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※The 64th exhibition is not scheduled to be held in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefectureichinenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972004610154733749noreply@blogger.com3