- 2006/11/27(月)
Karate was created by combining Chinese kung fu with an Okinawan martial art. Since it developed as a technique of self defense, not as a means of bringing down an enemy, weapons are not used. Instead, one fights with fists, elbows, feet and other parts of body.
Karate reached Japan proper in the Taisho period and became popular during the Showa period. The karate outfit is like that worn in judo.
Karate reached Japan proper in the Taisho period and became popular during the Showa period. The karate outfit is like that worn in judo.
- 2006/11/25(土)
Eel is highly regarded in Jpanese cuisine. Today most eel comes from aquaculture centers. It's eaten throughout the year but is especially popular in the hot summer months as it provides stamina. There is a custom of eating eel on a particular day in late July (doyo no ushi no hi).
- 2006/11/25(土)
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Froshiki is a perfectly square pice of close for wrapping and carring things. The single piece of cloth taking to the shape of whatever it wraps−clothing, boxes, bottles, even round objects. You place the object in the middl, then just tie the opposite corners. When you're not using it, you can fold it up small. Being light and compact, they're very convenient.
Incidentally, does the furo of froshiki mean bath ?
Yeah, they say the furoshiki got its name in the Edo period, sinece people use to wrap their clothes in them at the bath-house.
How do you use it?
Spreading a big Froshiki.
You had better not to do. It meaning is taking or making plans in an exaggerated, unrealistic way in a proverb.
Froshiki is a perfectly square pice of close for wrapping and carring things. The single piece of cloth taking to the shape of whatever it wraps−clothing, boxes, bottles, even round objects. You place the object in the middl, then just tie the opposite corners. When you're not using it, you can fold it up small. Being light and compact, they're very convenient.
Incidentally, does the furo of froshiki mean bath ?
Yeah, they say the furoshiki got its name in the Edo period, sinece people use to wrap their clothes in them at the bath-house.
How do you use it?
Spreading a big Froshiki.
You had better not to do. It meaning is taking or making plans in an exaggerated, unrealistic way in a proverb.
- 2006/11/24(金)
The kappa is one of Japanese's best known imaginary creatures. It lives in or near the water, is thought to be a survival of a water god formerly worshipped extensively. The kappa has frequently been the subject of pictures and stories. Even today it is worshipped at water-god festivals and river festvals, and prayed to for protection against water accidents.
- 2006/11/24(金)
Taking revenge by killing the murder of someone close to you, such as a feudal lord or relative, is called katakiuchi. In feudal Japan, paticularly during the Edo period, carrying out a vendetta was conidered admirable. More than 100 such incidents can be documented. Kanadehon Chushingura, a ballad drama(joruri) based on the revenge taken by 47 masterless samurai from Ako, was also performed as kabuki and gained immense popularity. Outlawed in the Meiji preod, the practice disappeard.
- 2006/11/23(木)
The literal meaning of kaiseki is, 'stone for the kimono bosom'. The word derives from Zen priests'practice of putting heated stones inside their kimono next to their stomachs to help them forget cold and hunger during long hours of practice.
This idea was carried over to the tea ceremony devel- oped in the Muromachi period. They served a simple meal that would warm the stomach and stave off hunger to about the same extent that a warm stone would.
This idea was carried over to the tea ceremony devel- oped in the Muromachi period. They served a simple meal that would warm the stomach and stave off hunger to about the same extent that a warm stone would.
- 2006/11/23(木)
Originally, kaimyo were Buddhist names conferred during lifetime on those who took Buddhist vows. However, the term is generally used to refer to the posthumous names assigned to the dead by Buddhist priests, as a sign that they have 'become Buddhas.' that is, attained salvation. By convention men are given posthumous names with the suffix -koji and women, names with the suffix -daishi.
- 2006/11/23(木)
One of the most wide spred popular religious beliefs among the Japanese is devotion to Inari. Shrines honoring this god are to be found all over the country. The main shrine is Fushimi Inari at Fushimi in Kyoto. It is famous for the torii (sacred gates) donated by believers in such numbers that they from a veritable tunnel.
Inari shrines are dedicated to Inari Daimyojin (the Great God Inari), and the god of grain, Uganomitama no Kami. The derivation of the name Inari goes back to legends of the god appering carrying a bundle of rice plants on hisback. (Rice plant in japanese is ine; ri means burden.) This shows that rice cultivation was a very important undertaking to the Japanese in anciant times.
In the Middle Ages, with advances in commerce and industry, merchants and artisans joined the farmers in their devotion to Inari; the god came to be widely worshipped as a god that brings good fortune.
Inari shrines are dedicated to Inari Daimyojin (the Great God Inari), and the god of grain, Uganomitama no Kami. The derivation of the name Inari goes back to legends of the god appering carrying a bundle of rice plants on hisback. (Rice plant in japanese is ine; ri means burden.) This shows that rice cultivation was a very important undertaking to the Japanese in anciant times.
In the Middle Ages, with advances in commerce and industry, merchants and artisans joined the farmers in their devotion to Inari; the god came to be widely worshipped as a god that brings good fortune.
- 2006/11/23(木)
Ayatori is a traditional Japanese girl's game. A string about 50 cm long is looped around the fingers or wrists of both hands and manipulated to from various patterns. It can be played by one person, or two people may turns, passing the string back and forth, with the receiver grasping the string in such a way that the patten changes each time it is transferred.
- 2006/11/23(木)
Amida Nyorai is the Buddha in the Western Paradise of the Pure Land. The doctrine of the Jodo sect of Buddhism holds that if one appeals to Amida with all one's heart, one will be reborn in paradise after death. Ever since the spread of Pure-Land thought during the Heian period, belief in Amida has been fervent.
