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Ebisu えびす　恵比寿　

Clay Doll of Ebisu with Daruma

Nakano Clay Doll / Hight 37 cm, width 20 cm

Ebisu is one of the seven gods of good luck.
The god of fishermen and good fortune, the smiling and bearded Ebisu is most often depicted with a fishing rod in his right hand, with a large red sea bream (tai) dangling from the line or tucked under his left arm. Sometimes he is also carrying a folding fan, and is often wearing a two-pointed hat (I'm not sure what these latter two objects mean, although the folding fan was waved by the emperor in a certain direction to indicate either acceptance or rejection of a request during the emperor's audiences with nobles and commoners).

In a nation very fond of fish, Ebisu is not surprisingly one of the most popular of the seven lucky gods. Ebisu is also the only deity among the seven to originate in Japan. Today he symbolizes not only safe sailing and plentiful fishing, but business prosperity for merchants in all trades. In carvings and artwork, Ebisu and Daikoku are often shown together, for Ebisu is said to be the son of Daikoku.
Read more about him here:
... Mark Schumacher

Ebisu holding a Daruma, both being symbols of Good Luck! What a happy combination!
To get such a present for the new year must bring a lot of pleasure.

There are other papermachee dolls of Ebisu and Daikoku, featured like a Daruma Doll.

Click HERE to see more of Ebisu and his companion Daikoku !



More about Ebisu and related festivals
. Ebisu and the Seven Gods of Good Luck .


Ebisu might be carrying a
. koi 鯉 carp .
He is venerated at the Ebisu Shrine 大前神社 Osaki Ebisu Jinja.

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Ebisu is native to Japan, his name in the Shinto Pantheon is
Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami　事代主の神　


source :　pauch.com/kss Kyoto

御穂津姫と事代主神 Mihotsu Hime and Kotoshironushi no Kami
(Miho Jinja 美保神社)

. Miho Jinja 美保神社 and Mihotsu Hime .

HIRUKO, THE LEACH CHILD (aka Ebisu) 蛭子
- - - - - HIRUKO MYTHOLOGY
KOTOSHIRONUSHI (aka Ebisu)　事代主
- Read source : Mark Schumacher -

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. Hiruko no mikoto 蛭子命 .
Hiruko Sha 蛭子社 Hiruko Shrine, Nagasaki

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Since Ebisu is the Deity venerated by fishermen, most of his shrines are near a beach.

Ebisu jinja 蛭子神社 Ebisu Shrine / Hiruko Shrine

Ebisu Shrine in Mie, a sub-shrine in the compound of 鳥出神社 Toride Jinja.
2 Chome-16-4 Tomida, Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture 四日市市 冨田町

During the Tenpyo time of the Heian period (729 - 749) the fisherman at 富田浜 Tomida beach had a great catch and were all exited. But the joy did not last long. For two, three days, not even a small fish was caught. On the fouth day say saw a light shimmering in the water and went out to catch it in the hope to make another great catch. But this time it was not a fish, but a statue of the deity Ebisu / Hiruko.
They build the shrine in his honor there and enjoyed more good catches after that.
Festival for Hiruko 蛭子祭　: 20th day of the 6th lunar month 　　

- reference : Ebisu Jinja -


source : yukio on facebook
蛭子社の社殿の瓦は恵比寿 Roof tile with Ebisu


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In Hakata, Ebisu is celebrated on the New Year

1月8日 初恵比須　 First Ebisu on the eighth
9日 宵恵比須　 Night before the Real Ebisu
10日 本恵比須　 REAL Toka Ebisu on the tenth
11日 残り恵比寿 Day after the Real Ebisu

SAIJIKI – THE NEW YEAR



- Nagasaki, Maruyama- Shrine Umezono Tenmangu 梅園天満宮
. Ebisu ishi 恵比須石 Ebisu Rock / Ebisu Stone .
talisman for egao bijin 笑顔美人 for a smiling beautiful face


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Ebisu riding a Tai fish
. Nishio tsuchi ningyoo 西尾土人形 Nishio Clay Dolls .
Nagoya Aichi


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Ebisu hariko えびす　張子 papermachee doll
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Ebisu dorei えびす　土鈴 clay bell
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Ebisu ema えびす　絵馬 votive plaque
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Amulets for a big catch

. Tsuri yuki anzen 釣行安全　safety when fishing .


Shichi-Fukujin　七福神 Seven Gods of Good Luck
. Amulets and Talismans from Japan .　


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The God of the Mountain and the Rice Fields
Yama no kami　山の神, ta no kami　田の神
In some areas, Ta no Kami is venerated as Ebisu.


. Ebisu venerated at Mishima Shrine .
三嶋大社、三島大社 Mishima Taisha, Shizuoka

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kosodate Ebisu 子育て（子授け）恵比須 child-protecting Ebisu

子育て（子授け）恵比須社
Saga prefecture, Hakusan 佐賀県佐賀市白山 1-3-2　
- source : taishi445.blog136.fc2.com


. Amulets for Child Protection 安産子育 .

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......................... HAIKU

Ebisu　夷　恵比寿　恵比須　えびす、エビス


Kigo for Early Winter

Ebisu Ceremony Group, Ebisu-koo　恵比寿講、夷講
..... Ebisu Matsuri, 夷子祭

A "Ceremony Group" koo　講 was a group in the neighbourhood with the same religious intention of celebrating ... for example, this God Ebisu. The most famous was possibly the Ceremony Group for Mt. Fuji, Fukikoo, where the members would collect money so that some of the group could go to the annual pilgrimmage to Mt. Fuji. But this calls for a different entry!

According to the Asian Lunar calender, the celebration was on October 20, but lately it is celebrated on any of the months in winter, with regional differences all over Japan. The God Ebisu　夷神, one of the seven gods of good luck, was identical with the God of the Mountains and the Fields in rural Japan. On this Ebisu Festival Day, Fish, Grains and Sweets were offered to the local statues of Ebisu.

Even nowadaya many stores hold a great bargain sale on the three days around the Ebisu Ceremonies.



恵比寿　夷神（本覚寺）
www.syunkei.com/7_ebisu.htm

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. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


恵比寿講酢売に袴着せにけり
Ebisu-koo su-uri ni hakama kisenikeri

Ebisu Festival:
vinegar salesman decked out
in formal wear
trans. Barnhill

. Formal trouser-skirt (hakama 袴) .
with more hokku by Basho

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振売の鴈あはれなり恵比須講
furi uri no gan aware nari Ebisu koo / furiuri

the pathos of
the birdseller's geese:
Festival of Ebisu
Tr. Barnhill

On the 20th day of the tenth lunar month


. furiuri, furi-uri 振売 peddlers in Edo .


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年は人にとらせていつも若夷
toshi wa hito ni torasete itsumo waka Ebisu

people have
always to get older -
ever-young Ebisu
Tr. Gabi Greve

Basho age 23

Amulets with the picture of Ebisu were sold on the first day of the New Year in Osaka. People would pin them at the entrance of their home for good luck.
In the Edo period, everyone became one year older on the first day of the New Year. Individual birthdays were not celebrated.


. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .



source :　www.wakaebis.co.jp

Festive sake ricewine WAKA EBISU with this hokku by Basho as its motive.
It contains sprinkles of gold foil.


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"During this annual festival held on January 9, 10, and 11, in Osaka many people come to pay respects to Ebisu, the patron deity of business. As Osaka has been traditionally known as the merchant capital of Japan, the significance of the Toka Ebisu Festival resonates especially strong with the people of the city. Throughout the three-day Festival, hundreds of thousands of people come to worship at the shrine and pray to Ebisu, affectionately called "Ebessan" by Osakans."
http://yourosaka.org/other/photo/04_2.html


"A million people pass through the sixth century Imamiya-Ebisu Shrine during the three-day January festival to pray to Ebisu (or informally, "Ebessan"), the god of business and wealth. The shrine maidens sell lucky bamboo fronds (fukusasa) loaded with lucky charms and coin talismans. Their offer is, "Buy a frond and your business will prosper." It's certainly a profitable time for the frond sellers. The highlight of the festival is "Toka Ebisu" (10th Ebisu) when colourful palanquins bear geisha and other celebrities through the lantern-lit streets."
http://www.worldeventsguide.com/event.ehtml?o=1906


There is also an Ebisu Festival held in Kyoto:

"During the Hatsuka Ebisu Festival, business people flock to Ebisu-jinja Shrine to buy fukuzasa, branches of bamboo festooned with miniature treasure ships, rice bales, gold coins and other lucky charms. This festival celebrates Ebisu, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune and the patron deity of merchants.

"During the festival ebisu-bayashi music wafts through the air of the shrine and knives produced by the Oima school, well known among cooks, are put on display.

"The festival originated in the Edo period, when Kyoto merchants returning from business trips to Edo would visit this shrine to give thanks for a successful journey.
It is held only in Kyoto on October 19, 20, and 21."
http://www.kyoto.travel/events/hatsuka_ebisu_festival.html


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Ebisu Bento
source :　busireso.com/lunch-photo

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Kigo for the New Year

Ebisu Doll Show, Ebisu oroshi　夷おろし
..... Ebisu kaki　夷かき
Small shows by the roadside where quite popular in Edo. Little paper dolls or clay dolls were moved on a box, a lucky story was told and afterward the performer got a bit of money.

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"Young Ebisu", waka Ebisu 若夷　わかえびす、 若えびす
Welcoming Young Ebisu, waka Ebisu mukae 若夷迎

After praying to a statue of God Ebisu 夷神, people would walk around on the morning of January first with little clay dolls or paper slips with Ebisu paintings, shouting "Young Ebisu, young Ebisu". The buyer could put the doll on his God's Shelf (kamidana　神棚) and pray for his home. Putting a doll or paper by the side of the entrance door was another possibility to lure good luck to the home. If you do that, you would not age yourself for one year ... or so they said !

年や人にとられていつも若ゑびす
toshi ya hito ni toraete itsumo waka Ebisu

another year !
others get older but he stays
always a Young Ebisu
(Tr. Gabi Greve)

Matsuo Basho
　寛文6年作。23歳。
若夷は、えびすさまの絵を描いた紙札で、上方では正月元旦の朝夷売りが町々を回って売り歩く。人々はこれを買って門口に張り出して、新しい年の福を呼びこもうと待ち構えている。
毎年正月に売りに来る夷様の紙札の顔は一向に年を取らない。これは、あまり御札がよく売れて、正月には取るべき歳を取っている暇がないからじゃないだろうか。
そんな馬鹿なことはなかろうが、滑稽を強調した作。若さがにじみ出ているが、後の芭蕉を知るものには何とも素人臭い作品。
http://www.ese.yamanashi.ac.jp/~itoyo/basho/haikusyu/ebisu.htm

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Kigo for the New Year

Ebisu, Ceremony for the God of Wealth and Prosperity

..... Kairaishi 傀儡師, 傀儡, 夷廻し,木傀廻し puppeteer
..... Visiting the Seven Gods of Good Luck, shichi fukujin mairi 七福神詣
..... 七福詣, 福神詣, 福神巡り, 福詣
Palanquin of fortunes, hoikago宝恵駕, hoekago 宝恵駕籠*
Ebisu palanquin, Ebisu kago 戎籠（えびすかご）
Palanquin for Fukusuke, Fukusuke kago 福助駕（ふくすけかご）


Itsuka Ebisu 五日戎 (いつかえびす) Ebisu on January 5

Hatsuka Ebisu 二十日戎 (はつかえびす) Ebisu on January 20
hatsuka Ebisu matsuri 二十日戎祭（はつかえびすまつり）
Ebisu Ceremonies in Edo and the Kanto area

Tooka Ebisu 十日戎 (とおかえびす) Ebisu on January 10
(in the Kansai area)
hatsu Ebisu 初戎（はつえびす）first Ebisu rituals
yoi Ebisu 宵戎（よいえびす）,
Ebisu matsuri 戎祭（えびすまつり）Ebisu festival
nokori Ebisu 残り戎（のこりえびす）"left over Ebisu"
nokorifuku, nokori fuku 残り福（のこりふく）

..... fukusasa 福笹（ふくささ）lucky bamboo grass
Ebisu sasa 戎笹（えびすささ）
fukuame, fuku ame 福飴（ふくあめ）"sweets for good luck"
kichoo 吉兆（きっちょう）"good omen"


Nishinomiya no igomori 西宮の居籠 (にしのみやのいごもり)
recluse at Nishinomiya
..... igomori 居籠（いごもり）
In Nishinomiya town, Hyogo prefecture, at the shrine Ebisu Jinja.
In the night of January 9/10.
The main deity from Ebish shrine is brought to the shrine Hirota Jinja 広田神社.
People who see the procession will be blessed in the coming year.

. Daikoku and Ebisu 大黒と恵比寿　art motives .


SAIJIKI – THE NEW YEAR


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Kigo for the Late Autumn

. Absolving of lies 誓文払 seimonbarai .
..... Ebisugire, Ebisu gire 夷切れ（えびすぎれ）
at shrine Kanjaden 官者殿 in Kyoto


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Kobayashi Issa　小林一茶

うら町や貧乏徳りの夷講
uramachi ya binboo tokuri no Ebisu koo

back alley--
a poor sake bottle
for the God of Wealth



門の松おろしや夷の魂消べし
kado no matsu oroshi ya ebisu no tamage-beshi

down comes my New Year's pine--
let the God of Wealth
be shocked!


本町や夷の飯の横がすみ
Honchoo ya Ebisu no meshi no yoko-gasumi

Old Quarter--
food for the God of Wealth
in mist

Issa (Tr. David Lanoue)

There were so many food offering to Ebisu-san that the large volume of mist occurred by the food and formed the mist that drifted with wind.This symbolized the prosperity of the Ebisu-shrine as well as Honcho of Nihon bashi in the center commercial district in Edo.
Nakamura Sakuo


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Laughing, Lucky Laugh (fuku warai)
First laugh (hatsu warai). first cry (hatsu naki).
Celebrating Ebisu, Good of Good Luck.


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. WASHOKU
Umi no sachi : food treasures of the sea 海の幸 　
and Ebisu sama


. Ebisu Beer エビスビール / 恵比寿ビール Yebisu Beer .



The great festival of Ebisu "Ebessan"
胡子大祭（えべっさん）
In Nishinomiya, Hiroshima prefecture
西宮神社（兵庫県西宮市）

On January 8, a large tuna fish is offered to the deity. The visitore place their offering money coins on the fish and pray for good business.
This festival started in 1970.
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Ebisu
Rein japanische Gottheit. E bedeutet Liebe, BI bedeutet Schönheit und SU bedeutet alltägliche Notwendigkeiten. Ältester Sohn (Hiruko) der japanischen Gottheiten Izanagi und Izanami no Mikoto. Als Kind auf einem Schilfboot ausgesetzt, kommt in der Gegend von Osaka an Land; daher auch Gottheit der Fischer.

Im buddhistischen Pantheon als Inkarnation der Kannon, vom Weltberg des Südens, Fudaraku, kommend.
Zusammen mit Daikokuten als Doppelfigur.

Ikonografie:
Mit Entenmuschel-Mütze; in Jagdgewändern.
Meist rundes, lächelndes Gesicht.
Mit großem Fisch und langer Angelrute.

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Mishima Daruma and Festival

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Daruma from Mishima Shrine
三島大社の恵比寿の起き上がりだるま

In the form of the God of Good Luck, Ebisu.
Ebisu is the main deity venerated at Mishima Shrine.


http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SA9S-HND/agal-938-1.html

This kind of papermachee doll is not produced any more.

. Ebisu えびす　恵比寿　.

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The Great Shrine at Mishima
三嶋大社、三島大社 Mishima Taisha

It is not clear exactly when and by whom the Shrine was founded , though it seems to have already existed in the Nara Period (710-794). Records indicate that the 55th Emperor Montoku (827-856) conferred an official rank on the Shrine in 850 and the 56th Emperor Seiwa (850-880) upgraded the rank in 859. At one point, it held the No. 1 position of the shrine list in the Izu Peninsula and it still retains the status as the most authoritative in the area.

In the Edo Period (1603-1868), Mishima became an important post-town of the 503-kilometer-long Tokaido Highroad connecting Tokyo to Kyoto. Travellers who were to go over or came down from the 15-kilometer-long steep Hakone mountains usually stayed in Mishima, and the Mishima post-town prospered with a horde of tour groups. Under the Tokugawa Shogunate rule, Daimyo, or feudal lord, of each prefecture had to live one year in Tokyo and the next in his home prefecture leaving his family in Tokyo as hostage.

On the occasion that a Daimyo went up to Tokyo or came back home for the alternate-year residence system, an entourage of more than 100 men followed him, making a long line of procession. This system helped develop traffic flows throughout Japan and the Tokaido Highroad was the busiest one. (Daimyo's travel was so gorgeous that even today, travelling in a very expensive way is dubbed "Daimyo travel.")
Really, Mishima was one of the most popular post-towns of old-time 53 stages on the Highroad.



Reas more about the history of this famous shrine
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~QM9T-KNDU/mishima.htm

More pictures about the Shrine
http://tencoo.fc2web.com/jinja/xmishima.htm


日本語
http://www.mishimataisha.or.jp/

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origami shinzoo 折紙神像
deities made from folded paper


source :　miyagemon

From the Shrine 伊豆国一宮
The deities are Ebisu and Daikoku.
The fishing pole of Ebisu is made from twisted paper.
Ebisu is venerated here as the God of Good Luck, and his pal, Daikoku, is added for more good luck in Mishima.

The main deity of the shrine is a protector of trees and the forest
Ooyamatsuminomikoto 大山祇神, 大山積神, 大山津見神
Oyama Tsumi no Mikoto
and
Fukutoku no kami　福徳の神　God of Good Luck (Ebisu)
. Kotoshironushi no kami　事代主命 .


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Ōyamatsumi [Ōyamatsumi no kami] (Kojiki)(Nihongi)
According to Kojiki, one of the deities produced as Izanagi no mikoto and Izanami no mikoto gave birth to the land (see kuniumi). According to an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi, Ōyamatsumi was produced from one of the three pieces into which Kagutsuchi was cut by Izanagi.

The term yamatsumi means a spirit dwelling within a mountain, with the result that the name Ōyamatsumi means a great deity with jurisdiction over mountains. Shrines to kami with this name can be found throughout Japan.
In Japanese folk religion, the kami of any given mountain is sometimes called Ōyamatsumi, as is the spirit of someone who has died within the mountains; in many cases, cairns of stones are erected as a place of worship.
source : Nakayama Kaoru, 2005, Kokugakuin


. Oyamatsumi no Kami 大山祗大神 .
at Afuri Jinja, Oyama, Kanagawa 大山阿夫利神社

. Oyamatsumi no Mikoto - Okayama .


. 大山祇神 （おおやまづみのかみ Ooyamazumi no Kami. .
venerated at Mount Kokushidake 国師岳 in Oku-Chichibu.


Venerated as
. Yama no Kami 山の神, Yamanokami, God of the Mountain .

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The shrine also sells thick wooden ema
Mishimagoma 三嶋駒

They are 4.5 cm thick, the extra large ones are 6 cm thick.
The motive is usually the zodiac animal of the year, and a burned stamp 焼き印 of the shrine.

The cord is made from hemp, all by hand by the shrine maidens of Mishima.



for 2012, year of the dragon


Homepage of the Shrine
source : www.mishimataisha.or.jp



source :　ibu_uko
amulet of an auspicious tai 鯛 sea bream,
for the god of fishing, Ebisu


. Amulets with Fish .


. Amulets and Talismans from Japan .　

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Contribution from Robert Yellin
Joys of Japan, February 2012



Once--or twice--a year at Mishima Shrine there's a pottery festival;
the local azuki-yomogi sweet they sell is called Fukutaro。


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Mishima Pottery
Most styles of Japanese pottery are named after the city or area where they are made, while others bear a family name, such as Raku. However, one style of pottery is named after a place that has nothing do to with its production -- the Mishima style (slip-inlay style).

As far back as 1636, there was a certain calendar published at the Grand Shrine of Mishima (Mishima Taisha) written in little squiggly kana lines. Because the "rope curtain" designs of 15th-16th century Korean Punch'ong stoneware resembled the lines of the calendar, works of this pattern came to be known as Mishima.

The Mishima name may be 17th century, but the style itself goes back to Korea's Koryo Period (935-1392) when bowls decorated in this way were known as Korai-jawan or Korai tea bowls. These were inlaid with various motifs such as floral and animal depictions. A potter would incise the design in the body, fill it in with contrasting colored clay or slip and then cover it with a transparent glaze. This technique peaked in Korea in the 12th-13th-century Koryo celadons, deemed "first under heaven." It's also referred to as zogan. Another inlay style is called reverse inlay. This is where the potter cuts away the background, leaving the design in relief, then the background is brushed over with a slip and the excess is scraped away.



Other styles of Mishima ware include:

Hori Mishima (carved)
Ko Mishima (old)
Mishima Koyomi-de (calendar-"rope curtain")
Mishima-hakeme (white-slip brush)
Hagi Mishima
Karatsu-Mishima

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Pot-hunting in Mishima
Carnival Fun, But Buyer Beware !
The ever-inventive Japanese ceramic world has come up with some fairly funky things in the past as I've noted before and I found a few new ones this time around. I spied some shamoji, which are spatula-like utensils used to scoop rice out of a rice cooker, a few night-lights lit up one booth, and some pink frogs meant to bring luck rested in a basket
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Mishima Fukutaro Engi Mochi 福太郎縁起餅
to bring you good luck !





Daruma konro　ダルマコンロ cooking pot


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observance kigo for the New Year

Mishima otauchi matsuri 三島御田打祭 (みしまおたうちまつり)
festival of "hitting the fields at Mishima
O-tauchi 御田打（おたうち）"honorable hitting the fields"
Onta matsuri 御田祭（おんたまつり）festival of the fields

On the seventh day of the first lunar month.
Prayer rituals for a bountiful harvest in the new year. People used to dress up and imitate the movements making when preparing the fields for planting. They also walked around through town in merriment.





. WKD : New Year Ceremonies .



humanity kigo for spring

. preparing the fields, "hitting the fields" tauchi　田打ち .

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observance for early autumn

Mishima matsuri 三島祭 (みしままつり) Mishima festival
Mishima Shrine Summer Festival
From August 15 to 17
on August 16, the main events take place.
Handheld fireworks are offered to the deities.
On Augusta 17, there is Yabusame 流鏑馬 archery on horseback.




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All Festivals at Mishima town
source : www.mishima-kankou.com

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Utagawa (Andō) Hiroshige (1797-1858)

11. Mishima-shuku (Mishima)
. The 53 stations of the Tokaido .


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Yamabuki <> Yellow Daruma

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Yamabuki - Yellow Daruma Dolls

It all started with this yellow Daruma,
which Chibi (Dennis Holmes) send me.



The yellow Daruma is good for your luck with money (yellow > gold), so in the last few years with the depression hanging around, these yellow Daruma are growing in number.
金運の黄色いだるまの効果ってすごいや！

The yellow color of GOLD in the Edo period was often called
“Yamabuki-iro”, the color of the wild yellow rose literally, "mountain breath"; Kerria japonica, which flowers in Spring.

On the chart of traditional Japanese colors, here is our Yamabuki-Iro
1253 山吹色 ( やまぶきいろ #E8CC34 ) and nine other variations.
During the Edo period, light colors were not allowed, so they named many colors simply and "invented" 48 shades of tea color and 100 rat-gray shades 「四拾八茶・百鼠」
http://homepage2.nifty.com/corel/LIB/doumei_ishoku.htm


Traditional Edo Kimono Colors of 100 rat-gray shades (hyaku nezumi)
There is also a "yamabuki nezumi" a yellow-gray in the list.
山吹鼠（やまぶきねず）
http://www.kimono28.com/100nezu.htm

I have written about traditional colours here too:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/794

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Yellow is also the color of the Hanshin Tigers Baseball Team, so a yellow Daruma is an item for the Fans of the Club.


http://www.darumanetjapan.com/


More goods of the Hanshin Tigers
Wristwatch with yellow Daruma
http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/again7/img1018739326.jpeg
http://www.rakuten.co.jp/again7/598099/604992/


Group of 13 yellow Daruma


http://www.darumanetjapan.com/daruma-lineJ/color.html


Group of many yellow Daruma from Tower Records


http://www.darumanetjapan.com/daruma-lineJ/color.html


More Daruma in many colors
http://www.darumanetjapan.com/daruma-lineJ/color.html

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The Daruma Market at Sumiyoshi Jinja

The Daruma which Chibi send us has the inscription
"Sumiyoshi Jinja" 住吉神社 on the belly.
So here is a great page with music and superb photos from this shrine.
By Wada Yoshio san.
http://wadaphoto.jp/japan/oume.htm

….. The Sumiyoshi Jinja Shrine
http://wadaphoto.jp/japan/images/oume09m.jpg



住吉に灯のとぼりけり鳴雲雀
sumiyoshi ni hi no tobori keri naku hibari

at Sumiyoshi
lamps are burning
larks are singing

Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue

. The Sumiyoshi Shrines of Japan .

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Medicine pack with red and yellow Daruma



ネオ眞治
風邪のお薬。赤いだるまと黄色だるまがお熱な顔！！赤と黄色の玉薬。
喘息の症状改善効果がある塩酸メチルエフェドリン配合！！かぜ！！早く良くなれっ！
http://fumojabull.at.infoseek.co.jp/retrodrugs.html


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. kin un Daruma 金運だるま
Daruma for luck with money 　

made from real gold, or yellow dolls


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More pictures in my Hariko Papermachee Doll Album
Look at Nr. 02, 06 and then 44 to 48.

My PHOTO ALBUM


Link with essays about Colors, in Japanese
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~color/all/l_12_essay.htm


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yellow Daruma -
spring must be just
around the corner



. Yellow Mountain Rose (yamabuki) 　
Kerria japonica
kigo for Japanese haiku

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Shared by Pat Geyer
Joys of Japan, February 2012


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Atsugi Daruma

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Atsugi Daruma 厚木だるま

Made by Gotoo Haruo. All are handmade and it takes about half a year after ordering it. The pattern on the belly is special of Gotoo San.



相州は「厚木だるま」後藤春男さん作。本格派の格調高いだるまです。手張りで注文から完成まで半年掛かりました。

Ｆｒｏｍ a great collection
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~um8d-tmzk/darumasan2.htm

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One more of this type, with FUKU, Good Luck, on the belly.


http://www.darumanetjapan.com/da_text/datext.html

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Hachimaki - Daruma with Headband

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Daruma with a Headband
hachimaki Daruma 鉢巻だるま

This type of Daruma with a bandana is typical of Western Japan.




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Nagoya Daruma 名古屋だるま





. Dolls from Nagoya /名古屋張子だるま 　

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Hakata Daruma 博多だるま




. Hakata Daruma Dolls .


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A hachimaki (鉢巻)
is a stylized headband (bandanna, bandana) in Japanese culture, usually made of red or white cloth, worn as a symbol of perseverance or effort by the wearer. These are worn on many occasions, for example, by sports spectators, by women giving birth, students in cram school, office workers, expert tradesmen taking pride in their work, bōsōzoku (teen biker gangs) and even rioters. Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi wore a hachimaki for the Nathan's hotdog eating competition.

They are generally decorated with inspirational slogans, like
日本一 (Nippon Ichi, "the best of Japan" or "Japan's best"), but most typically with the rising sun motif.

The historical origin of hachimaki is uncertain. One theory links the cloth to those worn by early religious ascetics. Another theory states that they originated in headbands worn by samurai that kept their helmets on, to absorb perspiration, and keep hair out of their eyes.
"Hachimaki" translates as "helmet-scarf."

Perhaps the most infamous usage of the hachimaki was by the kamikaze pilots toward the end of World War II. Kamikaze pilots would frequently don a hachimaki, usually with the kanji characters 神風 ("Kamikaze") before flying to their deaths. The hachimaki was also worn by Daniel, in the famous film "Karate Kid".
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hachimaki Daruma to win an election



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Clay Bell Daruma with headband




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Daruma on a piece of cloth


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Sukeroku with purple hachimaki 助六の鉢巻
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Famous Kabuki Play "Sukeroku".
. Reference : Sukeroku


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Bandana for your cat



The bandana range, called “Cute, Cute Cat Thief”,
by Kitan Club
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Bandana omamori amulet　バンダナお守り
Ichigaya Kamegaoka Hachimangu 市谷亀岡八幡宮 - Tokyo
Because this shrine lets you bring your pets along for hatsumode, you’ll not only see cats and dogs there, but also rabbits, turtles, ferrets, hamsters, and even iguanas. While you are there, you can pray for the health and long life of your pet, and pick up an omamori (charm) to protect them from injury and illness.
All sorts of charms are on offer. The ‘Bandana Omamori’ can be tied easily around the neck or leg of your pet, and it comes in red, blue and yellow, as well as a new version with an arabesque pattern.
The ‘Pet no Horifuda Omamori’ペットの彫り札お守り lets you have your name, your pet’s name, and your wish for your pet carved onto the charm itself.
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ーーーーー HP of the Shrine
amulets for pets - ペットお守り案内

bandana in two different sizes and four colors.
momorin 百守鈴（ももりん） little bell for your pet neckless
- and many more
- source : ichigayahachiman.or.jp-

. Ichigaya 市谷 / 市ヶ谷 / 市ケ谷 "Market Valley" .
the name relates maybe to the shrine
. Ichigaya Kamegaoka Hachimangu 市谷亀岡八幡宮 .
Kameoka Hachiman Gū
The Shrine had a market where the Edoites could buy things
ichi kai 市買 .. changed to Ichigai and a shop 市買屋 Ichigaiya .. Ichigaya

This Koenji 東円寺 Temple Koen-Ji is Nr. 33 of the following pilgrimage
. Yamanote Kannon Reijo 山の手三十三観音霊場 .

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. Mikawa Hachimaki Daruma 三河張子 　

. Matsuyama Dolls 　
男達磨 Otoko Daruma
宇和島達磨 Uwajima Daruma



Read about Takamatsu Papermachee Dolls.
... Takamatsu Hariko


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Saru - Monkey

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Saru, Monkey with Daruma さる　猿　申　

In Japan, monkeys are a symbol of wisdom.

The Details are HERE :
By the time Buddhism reached Japan (mid 6th century AD), the monkey and monkey lore were already common elements in Buddhist legend, art, and iconography. Thereafter, monkey worship in Japan grew greatly in popularity, especially among practitioners of Taoist Kōshin rites introduced from China and among followers of Tendai Shintō-Buddhism, the latter centered around the syncretic Tendai shrine-temple multiplex located at Mt. Hiei (Shiga Prefecture, near Kyoto).
Some scholars believe the famous three monkeys -- speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil -- originated in Japan in association with Mt. Hiei and the sacred monkey of the Hie Shrine (Hie Jinja 日吉神社; also called Hiyoshi Taisha 日吉大社).

MONKEY IN JAPAN
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Woodcarving by Ogasawara Mikura, Hokkaido
Photo from my Friend Shimizu



Look at more monkeys from Ogasawara san
造形作家　　小笠原　み蔵　（おがさわらみくら）
http://www8.plala.or.jp/grain/

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Monkey, do not talk ! One of the three famous monkeys.


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Papermachee Doll

This piece measures 3.5" tall. A charming monkey is holding an equally charming Daruma as if holding onto good luck for you. The gold letter calligraphy on the back of the piece reads "Good Luck." The condition of this piece is very good and the age of this piece is from the 1960's.


From my friend Tanaka san.


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The Year of the Monkey





© PHOTOS :　だるまさん色々



さる-だるま

© PHOTO :　sekasekasan / monkeys


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Daruma with Monkey Eyes


© PHOTO :　harukanaru-tabi324.air-nifty.com


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ゴリラだるま gorilla Daruma
八王子市の子安神社 Hachioji, Koyasu Jinja


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Snowman Daruma as a Monkey



2003年年末に雪が降った時に猿だるまをつくってみました。一年にひとつは雪だるまをつくらないと。（いや特に理由はないんですが・・・）
http://blue.kakiko.com/rakugake/sarudaruma.html


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Migawari Monkey, the Monkey Charm of Naramachi
身代わり猿、奈良町


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Monkey reaching for the moon
Ogata Gekko 尾形月耕 (1859-1920)

The monkey is reaching
For the moon in the water.
Until death overtakes him
He’ll never give up.

If he’d let go the branch and
Disappear in the deep pool,
The whole world would shine
With dazzling pureness.

. Hakuin Zenji 白隠禅師 .






The Magnifying Glass
Toriyama Sekien (1712–1788)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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