SAIJIKI New Year ANIMALS

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SAIJIKI - NEW YEAR

ANIMALS

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First sparrow 初雀 (はつすずめ ) hatsu suzume
Sparrow (suzume)


First craw or raven 初鴉 (はつがらす) hatsu garasu
Crow, Raven karasu


First chicken 初鶏 (はつとり) first chicken craw
... hatsu koe 初声 (はつこえ ) first voice
Chicken (niwatori) and Local chicken (jidori)



first bush warbler 初鶯 (はつうぐいす) hatsu uguisu
Nightingale, bush warbler (uguisu)



first dove/pidgeon 初鳩 ( はつばと) hatsubato
Pigeon, pidgeon, dove (hato)


first crane 初鶴 (はつづる ) hatsuzuru
..... first crane in the field 初田鶴（はつたづ） hatsu tazu
Crane, Grus japonensis (tsuru)



lobster 伊勢海老 (いせえび ) ise-ebi
.... Kamakura-Lobster 鎌倉海老（かまくらえび） Kamakura-Ebi
WASHOKU ... Kamakura-Lobster




First mouse 嫁が君 (よめがきみ ) yomegakimi
old name of the mouse when seen for the first time in the New Year.
Mice were a common tenant in the old farmhouses and caused a lot of damage to the stored rice grains and other food items.
Yet during the New Year, they were treated nicely as "Princess Mouse".


灯(あんどん)の油なめけり嫁が君
andon no abura namekeri yome ga kimi

it licks the oil
of the standing lamp -
our first house mouse

Masaoka Shiki

The old andon lamps used rapeseed oil for energy.


Mouse, Year of the Mouse / Rat ! Japan in 2008


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