2/11/2010

Summer entertainment

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Summer entertainment and toys

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Summer
***** Category: Humanity


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Explanation

Entertainment in summer, outdoors, mostly done in the cooler evening hours.


For more activities, like summer skiing, swimming
see

.SAIJIKI ... HUMANITY
Kigo for Summer
 

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kigo for all summer


mizutama 水玉 ( みずたま) "water balls"
A toy for children.
Glass balls or beads filled with colored water are used for decorations or small hairpins or pins for the robes. They can be round or in the form of gourds.


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shoonoobune 樟脳舟 (しょうのうぶね) "mothball boat"
A toy for children.
A plastic toy boat has a mothball made of camphor tied to its back. As the mothball dissolves in water, the boat is moved along the water surface.
This is enjoyed in night stalls along the road or at home in a small basin.


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suichuuka 水中花 (すいちゅうか)
"flowers under water"

..... shuchuuka 酒中花(しゅちゅうか) "flowers immersed in sake"

Artificial flowers, made from various colorful materials, which unfold when placed in water.
They are used to entertain visitors with a feeling of freshness.
They were quite popular in Edo when enjoying a drink with friends.


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. Tatebanko Diorama Toys
立版古(たてばんこ)
 


. yobanashi 夜話 "night story"  




yomise 夜店 (よみせ) night stalls
..... 夜見世(よみせ)
hoshimise 干見世(ほしみせ)
Stalls with food and simple games along the river banks, temple and shrine access roads, parks and other wide areas.
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Verkaufsstand an einer nächtlichen Straße.


引いて来し夜店車をまだ解かず
hiite kishi yomiseguruma o mada tokazu

pulling along
with his night stall cart,
but not yet unpacked


Takahama Kyoshi

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kingyouri kingyo uri 金魚売 (きんぎょうり)
vendor of goldfish

They carried their fish in buckets on a shoulder pole, walking the streets of Edo in summer, to entertain the children. Later they came on bicycles with a cart.


一本の道を微笑の金魚売  
ippon no michi o mishoo no kingyo uri

a goldfish seller
with a smile
on this straight road

Hirahata Seito (Hirahata Seitoo) 平畑静塔
         

Goldfish and brocade carps ... KIGO
Goldfishbowl and more


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shinnai nagashi 新内ながし (しんないながし)
Shinnai street singers

..... nagashi ながし
kowairo nagashi 声色ながし(こわいろながし)
fune nagashi 舟ながし(ふねながし)
They were usually two, one singer and one playing the shamisen. They walked along busy roads, giving a performance and earning some money. Sometimes they were called inside to a restaurant to play for the guests.
The songs related to the bunraku plays (shinnaibushi 新内節)



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tsukuri-ame, tsukuriame 作り雨 (つくりあめ) man-made rain
tsukuridaki 作り滝(つくりだき)man-made waterfall
Many expensive restaurants would poor water on the roofs and have it drop down to cool the garden, like a sprinkler.



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kigo for all mid-summer

. hotaru uri, hotaru-uri 蛍売 (ほたるうり) vendor of fireflies



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kigo for late summer


. hanabi 花火 はなび firework display


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suikawari, suika wari 西瓜割り (すいかわり)
splitting a watermelon

smashing a watermelon
This is one of the most popular game with children, on the beach or at a home party. Once the watermelon is split, all get a piece to eat.
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yagai ensoo 野外演奏 (やがいえんそう)
outdoor music performance

yagai eiga 野外映画(やがいえいが)outdoor moovie
..... nooryoo eiga 納涼映画(のうりょうえいが)"movie in the evening cool"
yagai geki 野外劇(やがいげき)outdoor theater performance
yagai baree 野外バレー(やがいばれー)outdoor ballet performance
yagai paatii 野外パーティー(やがいぱーてぃー) outdoor party




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***** Autumn and entertainment

***** suika スイカ 西瓜 water melon

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