Camellia Tea Ceremonyさんのイラストまとめ

In the lunar calendar the 8th day of the New Year (now February 8th) marked a return to work after the holidays.
For seamstresses & homemakers 'Hari Kuyō' (針供養) services, 'memorials for old needles', bookend the start of New Year preparations and the conclusion of festivities.

The name for bat in Japan is 'kōmori' (蝙蝠)...possibly this derived from 'kawamori' (川守 'protecting rivers'), 'kawahari' (皮貼り 'skin stretched [between bones]'), 'kahofuri' (蚊屠り 'mosquito vanquisher') or 'ka-o-hori' (蚊を欲り 'craving mosquitoes')🦇🦇
#Japan #蝙蝠 #bats

Adding more horror into the mix, imaginations fired by ghost stories such as 'Banchō Sarayashiki' (番町皿屋敷), the pupae of this same butterfly was likened to a bound woman😣

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#folklore #Japan #お菊虫 #お菊 #chinesewindmillbutterfly #蝶々

94) MALLET⚒️
The mallet 'Uchide-no-Kozuchi' (打ち出の小槌), typically held by Daikokuten (大黒天), is said to grant any wish with 1 tap.

After he was saved from a fire on Mt Hodo by a giant dog, Yamato Takeru (2-41AD) is said to have founded Saitama's Hodosan-jinja (宝登山神社).

12) TŌ-JI (東寺)🧭

Originally called Kyō-ō-Gokoku-ji (教王護国寺), the temple was founded at the same time as Heian-kyō (平安京) to act as guardian for the 'nation' and new capital.
Dainichi Nyorai (大日如来), chief deity in Shingon Buddhism, hosts the 13th memorial anniversary.

This 16km route is the same one once used by boatmen transporting lumber from Tanba Province (丹波国) to Kyotō. They would bind the logs together to form rafts and sail these downriver. The wood was pivotal in the creation of the capitals Nagaoka-kyō (長岡京) & Heian-kyō.
#Kyoto

It became commonplace for worshippers to sip on the plain hot water as a form of purification when they visited the shrine. Because of this the rest-stop was nicknamed 'Kiyome-no-chaya' (きよめの茶屋), the 'Teahouse of Cleansing'.

Fuji-chaya closed in Edo times.
#八坂神社 #京都

64) YATAGARASU (2)🪶
Kumano Nachi Taisha (熊野那智大社) is home to the Yatagarasu (八咫烏)...a divine, 3-legged 'crow' that helped guide Emperor Jimmu from Kumano to (what would become) Yamato. The bird was believed to be an incarnation of the god Kamo Taketsunumi (賀茂建角身命).

Although the wave pattern had been around for many centuries, some believe the name 'seigaiha' (青海波) came from the Edo period craftsman Seikai Kanshichi (青海勘七). Seikai developed a method for painting the design in black lacquer with a brush.
#seigaiha #青海波 #Japan #京都

Happy "Owl Day"!🦉🙌

when the owl hoots
how many are left?
wildflowers
ふくろふよ鳴ばいくらの草の花
-Issa (小林一茶), 1810.

#OwlAwarenessDay #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay #owls #フクロウ #Japan #ukiyoe #浮世絵

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