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2008/12/30

Additions 2008

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Daruma Manjuu 達磨まんじゅう
ダルマまんじゅう / 達磨饅頭
steamed manju buns with Daruma !

From Temple Kawasaki Daishi

DARUMA Sable Cakes from Kawasaki
川崎大師名物大人気元祖ダルマサブレー

Kawasaki Daishi Train Line and Daruma

DARUMA Senbei だるませんべい Rice Crackers from Kawasaki

Looking for photos !

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Daruma Manju

© PHOTO :　jeanne

Sold near Daruma Temple Hoorinji in Kyoto
京都法輪寺(だるま寺)

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A restaurant called
Daruma Manjuu だるま饅頭

It used to be a store to sell only manju, but lately
also selling monja yaki and
okonomiyaki お好み焼き屋

source : 　live-happily 風花人

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Daruma Manju from Kasai Daruma Market
Hamamatsu, Kasai Kannon
浜松市東区、笠井観音の達磨市
達磨饅頭
market at January 10, until 9 at night
This is the auspicious day for Kannon Bosatsu.

at temple Fukurai-Ji 福来寺.
People come to pray for good luck and good business in the New Year.
This market has a history of more than 120 years.

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WAGASHI ... Sweets SAIJIKI

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2008/11/18

Hammer

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. daiku　大工 carpenter .
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Hammer (gennoo 玄能 )

A kanazuchi hammer 金槌(かなづち) has two sharp sides.

A sakikiri 先切り has one sharp and one round side.
Pin Hammer or Nail Hammer

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The gennoo type is double-faced and has two round sides. It is used to split rocks or to hit the back of a chisle. It is basically a tool for stone workers.

Legend says that the priest Gennoo was the first to use such a hammer.
玄翁(げんのう)和尚が殺生石を砕いたという伝説に由来する.

Now it is also called
"Daruma Hammer" daruma gennoo ダルマ玄能.

This one has an inscription of the maker.

Photo from my friend Ishino.

. Gennō Shinshō 源翁心昭 Genno Shinsho .
the priest who smashed the "Murder Stone" 殺生石 in 1385.

Japanischer Hammer (tsuchi)

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Daruma - Sledge hammer
Genno - that's what the Japanese call these hammers. A whole page has been devoted to it not so much because of its function but because of its origin, for it has a quite individual character. The selective hardening of the actual hammering surfaces means that part of the recoil energy is absorbed by the slightly softer core. While one is hitting the work with the hammer one has the feeling that the stroke is more effective, and the reason is that less recoil affects the wrist.

In Japan, metal hammers are traditionally used even to hammer chisels; the right one for this is the 375 g hammer. It will of course be necessary to aim rather more precisely than with the wooden block. If you feel somewhat nervous of trying this, the Daruma should do the trick. It is an impressive hand hammer with a broad enough surface.
source : Dieter Schmid - Fine Tools

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More Japanese ONLINE Reference

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. daiku　大工 carpenter .

koshibukuro 腰袋 waist bag

A tool for the carpenter is a bag to hang from the waist 腰袋 to keep nails and small things in.
It comes in various versions, click on the photo for more!

大工　職人　電工袋　だるまの腰袋
kugibukuro 釘袋 nail bag

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2008/10/23

Camera

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Crime prevention camera
高崎にだるま型防犯カメラ

Installed into the eye of a Takasaki Daruma Doll !
The lens is about 1 mm only.

群馬県高崎市のショッピングセンターなどに名産のだるま型防犯カメラが設置された
2008年07月11日

Reference Online

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2008/09/08

Chawan rice bowl

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Gohan chawan ご飯茶碗 rice bowl

First some basic Japanese language:
You eat rice out of a bowl called
"chawan", meaning "bowl for TEA".
And the direct translation of the word for
a teacup, YUNOMI, is "Drinking Hot Water".

yunomi chawan 湯呑茶碗（ゆのみちゃわん）

Chawan is also a word used for large tea cups
macha chawan 抹茶茶碗.
see below

Blue Himedaruma Princess Daruma

Photos from my friend Ishino.

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by 田中利斉
だるまが七転八起
復興だるまとして、日本団結してがんばりましょう
A Daruma cup to help the Tohoku recovery
source : honjien

. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011　.

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fuku Daruma 福だるま飯碗

. Aritayaki 有田焼 Daruma of Arita Pottery .

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TEA BOWL

A chawan (茶碗) is a bowl used for preparing and drinking matcha (powdered green tea) in Japanese tea ceremonies. In Japan, "chawan" also is the standard term for bowls for rice. If it is necessary to distinguish between them, bowls for rice are called gohan chawan (usually pronounced gohan-jawan), while the ones for use in chanoyu are called matcha chawan (matcha-jawan). The handle-less cups used for drinking regular course steeped tea are generally referred to as yunomi (lit., cups for hot water), while the small porcelain cups used for fine-quality steeped green tea are often distinguished as senchawan. When the word chawan stands alone, it is normally prefixed with the honorific o-.

There are many types of chawan used in the tea ceremony, and the choice of their use depends upon many considerations.
- - -　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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Rice bowl with a lid 蓋付茶碗
Kutani pottery

Photos from my friend Ishino san.

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Daruma is watching -
have you cleaned your plate
tonight ?

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chawan 茶碗 tea bowl

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Chawan: Simply, some of the hardest works of pottery to create
by Robert Yellin

In the world of Japanese traditional ceramics there is not one form held in higher esteem then a chawan, a “mere” bowl used to serve whipped green tea.

For more than 400 years this celebrated clay form has challenged potters to create a perfect vessel of segmented harmony to “simply” enjoy a cup of tea. Yet there is much more than meets the eye when we begin to look at chawan and the subtle nuances they embody, the spirit they reveal, and the so-called “hand-held universe” as they are poetically referred to.

The masterpieces from Japan were made in the Momoyama and Edo periods (1573-1867) and again in a Momoyama-style revival of sorts beginning in the 1930s. It’s from this latter period to the present that the current “Master Teabowls of Our Days” exhibition at the Musée Tomo Museum focuses on, and it starts with the greats of the day.

But before mentioning names, what are the factors that define a worthy chawan? This surely is a question open to debate, yet most will agree upon this: It has to be a well-balanced, pleasantly-weighted form that brings together all aspects of composition from the way the lip is angled, to the curves of the body and how that will influence the inner “pool,” all the way down to the underside where the kodai-foot is carved. (Some may say chawan aficionados have a kodai fetish, but more on that later.)

Now this may all sound very easy, yet many potters have told me making a good chawan is the hardest thing in the world for them. Why? It’s the giving birth to the essence of materials and hopefully allowing technique to be forgotten, so that forming becomes like breathing, while spirit shines; only then will a chawan come to life.

The ones on display at the Musee sing that song of “life.” Interestingly enough, the chawan chosen for the cover of the catalog was made by a self-confessed amateur, Handeishi Kawakita (1878-1963). Kawakita was not a potter by trade; he came from a wealthy banking family based in Tsu, Mie Prefecture. At the age of 56 he left behind the corporate world and built a climbing chamber kiln on his extensive property. Thus began his life as a potter.
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source : www.japantimes.co.jp/culture

“Master Teabowls of Our Days” - 現代の名碗
Musée Tomo till Jan. 5, 2014 - 東京都港区虎ノ門 - 菊池寛実記念智美術館
川喜田半泥子、加藤唐九郎、金重素山、三輪壽雪、岡部嶺男、鈴木藏、
樂吉左衛門から若手作家まで
source : www.musee-tomo.or.jp

松虫のりんとも言はず黒茶碗
matsumushi no RIN to mo iwazu kuro-jawan

the pine bug
does not make one sound -
this black tea bowl

. Hattori Ransetsu 服部嵐雪 .

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朝顔を一ぱい浮す茶碗哉
asagao o ippai ukasu chawan kana

filled with floating
morning-glories...
the teacup

Sakuo Nakamura believes that the flowers are reflected in the tea.
He writes, "A teacup is put on the morning breakfast table. On the surface of the tea, morning-glories are mirrored. Issa has succeeded in catching the large morning atmosphere in a little teacup."
Tr. and Comment - David Lanoue

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a tea bowl
full of floating
morning glories
Tr. Chris Drake

This early autumn hokku is from the 7th month (August) of 1821, when Issa was in his hometown taking care of his wife Kiku, who had come down with a severe case of gout. In Issa's time people drank green tea mostly in bowls that were the same size as rice bowls and tea ceremony bowls that were often in strikingly artistic shapes. Most commoners, however, used the same kind of bowl to drink tea and to eat rice and certain other foods. The small cups commonly used to drink green tea in contemporary Japan are basically the cylindrical cups (yunomi) that were originally for drinking warm water and also green tea in Issa's time. In his time the wider tea bowls were used not only for drinking green tea but sometimes for drinking sake, water, and other liquids.

This hokku can be interpreted in various ways, but I take it to be about a tea bowl that has been filled with water, upon which several morning glories have been floated. It was common to float various kinds of flowers or flower petals in bowls of sake or water, though water seems more likely here. Perhaps Issa puts the bowl by the mat on which his sick wife is lying, or perhaps on a tray or low table nearby.

Chris Drake
. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .

. Teacups 湯のみ yunomi "drinking hot water" .

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19th century by Okuda Eisen (1753-1811)

source :　Allan Scott

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KIGO

. Toowan Kuyoo 唐椀供養 (とうわんくよう)
memorial service for Chinese rice bowls .
Temple Manman-ji (万満寺 - 萬満寺), Matsudo, Chiba

Tea Ceremony SAIJIKI

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source : mag.japaaan.com
types of #chawan

Japanese Tea Bowl Shapes - with illustration
Mike Martino and Tatsua Tomeoka
Komogai-nari: Komogai Shape Tea Bowls
井戸型, Ido-gata: Ido or Well Type Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
半筒型, Han tsutsu-gata: Half Cylinder Shape Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
呉記型, Goki-gata: Goki Type Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
天目型, Tenmoku-gata: Tenmoku Type Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
平形, Hiragata: Flat Shape Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
杉形, Sugi-nari: Cedar Shape Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
椀形, Wan-nari: Wooden Bowl Shape Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
沓形, Kutsu-gata: Clog or Shoe Shape Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
筆洗形, Hissen-gata: Brush Washer Shape Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
筒型, Tsutsu-gata: Cylinder Type Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
胴締, Dojimari-gata: Waist Type Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
鉄鉢形, Wa-nari: Circle Shape Tea Bowls (抹茶茶碗)
- source : flyeschool.com/content/japanese-tea-bowl-shapes -

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October 2017 - Facebook
- Larry Bole wrote -

I wouldn't be surprised if there are haiku about teabowls, as well as mentioning teabowls, but the only one that comes to mind offhand is this, by Kikusha (1753-1820):
tenmoku ni koharu no kumo no ugoki kana

in the teabowl
this motion of the clouds
of "little spring"

Kikusha, trans. Higginson.
Here is Higginson's comment (from his book, "The Haiku Seasons"):
"Little srping" refers to a spring-like week or two in early winter, similar to North American "Indian summer". The word here translated as "teabowl" ('tenmoku') literally means "sky-eye", which could be taken as the eye of Heaven, or the eye looking at the sky. It refers to one of the more valuable types of bowls used in the tea ceremony ('cha no yu'). The poem suggests that the tea master's bowl catches the season itself, a high compliment.

天目茶碗 Tenmoku Chawan

Tomioka Tessai Tea Bowl

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2008/08/30

Daruma Udon

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Daruma Udon and Soba

開運だるまそば Daruma Soba to open up a good fortune
招福だるまうどん Daruma Udon to invite good luck

A set for the New Year !

slurping soup -
Daruma's beard
gets soaked

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なかお製麺だるまうどん
大阪府大阪市北区太融寺4-10

source : kazuuun.blog79

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Daruma Soba Okinawa
沖縄市山里 2-13-20

source : pri.ti-da.net

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Soba 蕎麦　そば　＜＞ Daruma Eating Buckwheat Noodles

. Food with DARUMA .

WASHOKU
. Udon　うどん　and noodles of Japan .

WASHOKU ... Japanese Food SAIJIKI

Daruma Museum

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2008/08/24

Modern Games

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Modern Games

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ATARI Play

Atari Daruma Kitty アタリ

source :　games.atari.com

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medama ire geemu 目玉入れゲーム
game to put the eyes into Daruma
on the bottom of a drinking glass

. Daruma Daruma Daruma .

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Daruma Game

Y3 games, New games, 1 Player, Flash, Fun, Mouse Skill,

Infomation: Steady…steady…no hits to the face! Control the swinging pendulum with your mouse. Knock the rectangle blocks out from under the face without knocking the face over or off the screen.
How to play: Use mouse to interact.
Free Play at
http://www.y3games.net/y3-games/9105/Daruma_Game-y3-games.html

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Dogo : Hime Kitty Daruma, Princess Daruma
from Dogo Onsen Matsuyama
ひめだるまキティ, 姫だるまキティ

. Tedasuke Daruma 手助けダルマ helping hand　
janken、じゃん拳 the game of “scissors-paper-rock”.

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Traditiona Games

Daruma san ga koronda ... だるまさんがころんだ

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One person is "it". Instead of counting to ten, "it" says, "Daruma-san ga koronda."(In fact, there are 10 syllables in the sentence, which means, "The daruma doll fell over.") For the other players, the object of the game is to get close to whoever is "it" without him seeing them move.

How to play
(1) The person who is "it" faces away from the other players with his eyes shut. "It" says "Daruma-san ga koronda" quickly, and then turns around as quickly as possible, opening his eyes. While "it" is saying the phrase, the other players move closer to him. Just before "it" turns around, the players must freeze.

(2) If "it" sees a player moving, that player must hold hands with "it."

(3) If a player successfully reaches "it" without getting caught, he or she slaps "it" on the back, then everyone except "it" runs away. However, if "it" is holding hands with one or more captured players, the attacker tries to break their hands apart with the side of his hand. Then everyone except "it" runs away.

(4) When "it" shouts "Tomare!"("Stop!"), everybody must freeze.

(5) If "it" tags one of them by taking no more than three steps, the two switch places.
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2008/08/07

Etsuki Daruma Fukuura

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Etsuki Daruma ... 江月だるまこけし
Wooden Daruma Dolls from Etsuki

source : takashi okawa.

A souvenir from Matsushima,
from the temple Zuigan-Ji and Godai-Doo 瑞巌寺と五大堂

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Kokeshi (1) こけし ..... Kokeshi (2) こけし ..... Kokeshi (3) こけし..... Kokeshi (4) Collection
..... Kokeshi Nesting Dolls (Matrioshka, Matryoshka)

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The temple Zuigan-Ji has taken a lot of damage during the earthquake on March 11, 2011, but it is now a shelter for the survivors.
The souvenir Daruma doll from my father has become even more precious.

ニュースによれば瑞巌寺の周辺もまた大変な状況で、
瑞巌寺の建物は避難場所になっているようです。
source : nogoma

My diary:
. Japan - after the BIG earthquake

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Fukuura-Jima 福浦島とだるま石

Sigrid from Germany has asked about the many little figures of Daruma she saw on her trip to Sendai and from there to the small island of Fukuura (Fuku-Ura, Fukura). She saw them under fallen trees and in caves. Her Japanese friends did not have any explanation for this.

Fukuura-jima is a small island reached on foot over a vermillion bridge from the nearby temple Zuigan-ji. This island is a natural park where more than 250 different plants are growing. It takes about 1 hour 30 minutes to walk around the island.
FUKU means auspicious and URA is a kind of inlet where the sea is quiet.

Zuigan-Ji and Godai-Doo 瑞巌寺と五大堂
The temple Zuigan-ji was founded in 828 as a temple of the Tendai Sect of Esoteric Buddhism. It is now one of the most famous Zen temples in Northern Japan, well known for its beautifully painted sliding doors (fusuma).

The temple was restored to its present form by the famous feudal lord of Sendai, Date Masamune, around 1600.
As you can see on this link, there are a lot of wodden dolls (kokeshiこけし) in the temple museum.

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O-Mikuji Daruma

Well, I have this explanation:
Zuigan-Ji is a famous Zen temple and even in the Benten-Hall they sell oracle papers hidden in a little wooden Daruma doll. Concerning the custom of buying an oracle at a temple or shrine, read this:

“Generally known as “God’s oracle” o-mikuji 御神籤, these messages written on a thin piece of washi, replies from Shinto or Buddhist deities, are used to tell the fortunes of those who visit shrines or temples with their problems. The visitor draws a numbered stick from the small opening at one end of a prism-shaped container and exchanges the stick for a mikuji of the corresponding number. If the fortune is less than favorable, the visitor customarily ties the mikuji around a tree branch or in a designated location near the temple or shrine in hope that circumstances will eventually improve.”

Since usually you leave your bad luck at the temple, I guess people tend to leave the Daruma dolls which carry the oracle too, to make sure all is left behind. I have a lot of these Daruma-kuji in my museum, they are all a little different in the painting, about 2-3 cm high and come in white, red or wooden color. Daruma-kuji are sold all over Japan, not only at Zen temples, and the dolls are not considered of any worth, they cost about 200 yen, maybe 20 cents only.

. Fortune-telling Daruma だるまみくじ達磨御籤 .

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Matsushima Basho Festival
and the National Haiku Contest
Basho is a great poet who composed many famous haikus about Matsushima. In the morning, a memorial service is held for Basho at Zuigan-ji Temple. In the afternoon, the National Haiku Contest is held and some famous local poets and renowned poets from central Japan select the best works. Later the winning poems are written on Byoobu (an ornamental folding screen) and exhibited at Kanrantei Matsushima Museum.

. WKD : Matsushima 松島 .

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