Nishi Shichijo Taue Kyoto

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Rice planting ceremony at Nishi Shichijo village

***** Location: Kyoto
***** Season: New Year
***** Category: Observance

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Explanation

Nishi Shichijoo taue shinji
西七条田植神事 (にししちじょうたうえしんじ)
rice planting ceremony at Nishi Shichijo village

At the old village of Shichijoomura in Kadono koori, Kyoto
(Yamashina part of Kyoto)
Kadono-gun · Kyoto-shi Ukyo-ku
京都府葛野郡西七条村

A ceremony to invite a good harvest for the coming year.

In the night from the 15th to the 16th of the first lunar month,
two men clad as farmers, wearing simple masks, and one man clad as a woman called "oyase おやせ" walk around the village, from home to home, to perform the movements of rice planting.
The woman wore a round basket with special shime decorations on her head.
korinaki コリナキ
She also wore a special red robe, usually for a wedding ceremony.

This was thought to invoke the plants to grow strong and healthy.

This ritual had been performed until around 1905, when it was abolished.

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. WKD : planting rice in the paddies, taue 田植 .


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Things found on the way

Nearby is a famous old temple, Engakuji 円覚寺

山城国葛野郡水尾村粟田山円覚寺

source : www.kagemarukun


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HAIKU


夕映えが田植神事の前垂れに　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
柳田芽衣

田植神事の化粧くずるる女形　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
長谷川ヱミ

西七条田植おやせが土間囃す　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
三枝青雲

西七条田植神事も恋はじめ　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
松田ひろむ

西七条田植神事の赤いべべ　
Nishi shichijoo taue shinji no akai bebe

the red robe
of the Nishishichijo
rice planting ritual
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Ariyama Takehiko 有山武彦

source :　kamomeza


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