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Eggplant, aubergine (nasu)
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: see below
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
The Japanese name, nasu or nasubi probably derived from the word NATSU MI, meaning “summer flavor” 夏味
or “summer seed/fruit” 夏実 .
The eggplant thrives in the hot sun, maturing at the end of summer and through the fall.
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kigo for early summer
eggplant seedlings, nashi nae 茄子苗 (なすなえ)
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kigo for all summer
blossoms of the eggplant, nasu no hana 茄子の花 (なすのはな)
... hana nasu 花茄子（はななす）
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kigo for late summer
eggplant, nasu 茄子 (なす), nasubi なすび
first eggplant, hatsu nasu 初茄子（はつなす）
pickled eggplants, nasuzuke 茄子漬（なすづけ）
soup with eggplants (usually miso soup), nasujiru 茄子汁（なすじる）
grilled eggplants, shigiyaki 鴫焼（しぎやき）
fried or grilled eggplants, yakinasu 焼茄子（やきなす）
... especially for barbeques
egg-shaped or long eggplants, tsuruboso sennari 蔓細千成（つるぼそせんなり）
... orido nasu 折戸茄子（おりどなす）
"really black", shinkuro 真黒（しんくろ）
mountain eggplants, yamanasu 山茄子（やまなす）
"violet stem", heta murasaki 蔕紫（へたむらさき）
long eggplant, naga nasu 長茄子（ながなす)
round eggplant, maru nasu 丸茄子（まるなす）
pouch-shaped eggplant, kinchaku nasu 巾着茄子（きんちゃくなす）
white eggplant, shiro nasu 白茄子（しろなす）
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kigo for early autumn
horse made of eggplant, nasu no uma 茄子の馬 (なすのうま)
This is a special decoration for the ancestor's celebrations during the Bon festival. Children prepare little toy animals from vegetables to welcome the souls and see them off later.
pumpkin horse, uri no uma 瓜の馬（うりのうま）
pumpkin cow, uri no ushi 瓜の牛（うりのうし）
eggplant cow, nasu no ushi 茄子の牛（なすのうし）
"welcoming horse", mukae uma 迎馬（むかえうま）
"good bye-horse", okuri uma 送馬（おくりうま）
Decoration for the Bon Festival (o-bon) Japan.
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"Never feed a bride autumnal eggplants..."
AKI NASU WA YOME NI KUWASU NA
"Parental advice is like eggplant... every flower yields fruit."
OYA NO IKEN TO NASUBI NO HANA WA SEN NI HITOTSU MO MUDA MO NAI.
Read some more eggplant recipies here:
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Nasu, eggplant and augerbine dishes
WASHOKU ... Japanese Food SAIJIKI
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
二三本茄子植ても小てふ哉
ni sambon nasubi uete mo ko chô kana
even when planting
two or three eggplants...
little butterflies
七夕に一本茄子立りけり
tanabata ni hito moto nasubi tateri keri
Tanabata Night--
a single eggplant
standing up
Perhaps Issa is suggesting that the eggplant, like humans on this night, is standing up, star-gazing.
あちこちに茄子も下る枯の哉
achi kochi ni nasubi mo sagaru kareno kana
here and there
eggplants dangle too...
withered fields
Issa
Tr. David Lanoue
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めずらしや山を出羽の初なすび
mezurashi ya yama o Dewa no hatsu nasubi
how wonderful and extraordinary !
coming out of the sacred Dewa mountains
to these first eggplants
Matuo Basho at Sakata
Minden Nasu Eggplants
Tr. Gabi Greve
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茄子の花 今日の飯に マヨネーズ
nasu no hana kyoo no meshi ni mayoneezu
eggplant flowers -
he heaps mayonaise
on his bowl of rice
Gabi Greve, 2004
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Related words
***** Datura, "crazy eggplant, kichigai nasu"
気違茄子（きちがいなす）, ダチュラ
Trumpet flower
***** "red eggplant, aka nasu " 赤茄子（あかなす）
another name for the TOMATO トマト (とまと） !
kigo for late summer
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