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Ne 子 / nezumi 鼠　 Rat, Mouse

In some parts of the world, a year associated with this animal 鼠 is referred to as Year of the Mouse because the word may be translated to "rat", "mouse", or more broadly, "rodent".
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The rat / mouse is one of the 12 zodiac animals of the Asian lunar calendar.
It is therefore a well-liked animal in folk art and handicraft.

It comes as a papermachee doll, clay doll or clay bell and other materials.

Introduction

. 12 zociac animals 干支　 eto, kanshi .


Read the Introduction HERE :
. Year of the Mouse 2008 .


. tsuki no nezumi 月の鼠（つきのねずみ）mouse in the moon .
kigo for all autumn

. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage .
For people born in the year of the mouse .

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. Daruma 「 だるま」 .
even with a Micky Mouse Daruma !

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nezumi no dorei 鼠土鈴 clay bells
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Ootoyo Jinja 大豊神社 Otoyo Jinja, Kyoto
nezumi no ema 鼠絵馬 votive tablets
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. Ootoyo Jinja 大豊神社 Shrine Otoyo Jinja, Kyoto .


nezumi no hariko 鼠張子 papermachee dolls
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Nezumi no Joodo 鼠の浄土 Nezumi No Jodo Paradise of the Mice　/ “Rat Jōdo”

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Once upon a time
an old man took a toasted buckwheat cake with him to his garden patch when he went to dig.
While he was digging a rat came out cautiously. The old man broke off half of his cake and gave it to the rat.
It picked it up and crawled back into its hole.
The rat came out again, and the old man gave him some of his cake again. He picked it up and went back into its hole.
Then the father rat came out and thanked the old man.
He invited him to his house. The old man closed his eyes as he was told and followed the rat. He found himself in a splendid parlor.
The children that he had seen before came out and thanked him. He was given a fine feast.
When he started to leave, they gave him money.
The old man next door tried to imitate him. He took a toasted buckwheat cake to his garden patch to dig. He gave some of his cake to the little rats and was invited to their home.
While he was eating, he saw rats put gold into a mortar. As they pounded it, they sang, “We don’t want to hear a cat’s voice!”
The old man wanted the gold, so he imitated a cat. All the rats ran away, and the place became pitch dark. The old man looked around and found himself in his own garden patch with his head stuck into a rat hole.
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source :　shion-senba.com/hariko01

nezumi no yome-iri ねずみの嫁入り wedding of the mice

The mouse as a symbol for easy childbirth and prosperity of the family. This couple is a present for a wedding with the wish for a long family line.

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ABC - List of Zodiac Animal Toys from the Prefectures

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Hiroshima

Miharu

福だるまと干支ねずみ Daruma with mouse


Miyajima

kotsuchi nori nezumi 小槌乗りねずみ mouse on a lucky mallet

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Ishikawa
Kanazawa town

kome kui nezumi 米喰鼠 / 米食いねずみ mouse eating rice
The stamp dates back to 1960.
It relates back to the great famine of Tenpoo 天保 1832 - 1839, when hungry workers began to make it and sell it for a bit of money or exchange for food.
It is a small mechanical doll, with a wooden mouse on a board and a piece of bamboo as spring. When you touch it, the mouse lowers its head and begins to "eat" the rice grain - kotsu kotsu コツコツ ... just as money will increase "bit by bit".

Farmers made this toy with the wish for a good harvest, to have enough rice to eat their fill. If you keep this mouse happy, money will come to your home too.

. Famines in Japan .


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Kagoshima

komekura nezumi 米倉ねずみ mouse in a rice barn
薩摩首人形


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Miyagi
Sendai, Tsutsumi Ningyo 堤人形


toogarashi nori nezumi 唐辛子乗りねずみ mouse on a red pepper



kabu nori nezumi 蕪乗りねずみ mouse on a radish


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Nagano

Fukutoku 福徳十二支土鈴 clay bell with zodiac animal
奈良井土鈴　


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Okayama

Kurashiki hariko 倉敷張り子 papermachee dolls

oyako nezumi 親子鼠 mother and child mouse.
The mother holds a piece of gold (koban) in her mouth. They are on wheels.

Tsuyama clay bells 津山土鈴

mouse performing sumo wrestling 鼠の相撲

The mouse of the home of a Grandfather and a long-living elder performed sumo wrestling. The mouse of Grandfather won the bout and money kept assembling in his home.



This is a well-loved legend in Okayama and subject to paintings and children's books.

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Shiga

kotsuchi nori nezumi 小槌乗りねずみ mouse on a lucky mallet
Obata ningyoo 小幡人形


Shimane
. fuku nezumi 福鼠 lucky mouse / rat .
and the deity Daikoku Ten　大黒天


Yamanashi
Kofu town 甲府市

十二支招福土鈴 clay bell with zodiac animal


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. tsurushibina つるし雛 / 吊るし雛 small hanging hina dolls .





tawara nezumi 俵ねずみ mouse on a straw bag (filled with rice)

As a messenger of the deity Daikoku the mouse sits on his auspicious rice bags.
With the wish that the girl may be fertile in marriage and have many children. The straw bag carries the wish that there will always be food on the table of the family.

. Daikoku Ten 大黒天 .


. nezumi nori tawara ushi ネズミ乗り俵牛 cow with rice bundles and a rat .
Obata deko 小幡でこ Obata doll, Shiga


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Reference
source : eto stamps

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附馬牛土人形　茄子乗り鼠 Iwate
八橋土人形　俵乗り鼠 Akita, Yatsuhashi tsuchi ningyoo
今戸土人形　俵担ぎ鼠 Tokyo
船渡張り子　とうなす鼠 Saitama
きびがら細工　鼠 Tochigi
まわり鼠（愛知県）Aichi
奈良井のからくり玩具　びっくり鼠 Nagano
木版手染めぬいぐるみ　子 Gifu
伏見土人形　蔵ねずみ貯金玉 Kyoto
猫と鼠（大阪府） Osaka
伊勢神宮御神木一刀彫 Mie
土佐土人形　親子鼠 Kochi, Tosa tsuchi ningyo
高松張り子　大黒様と白鼠 Kagawa
古型博多土人形　鼠大黒 Fukuoka
のごみ土人形　鼠鈴 Saga, Nogomi
杵島山一刀彫　鼠 Saga, Kishimayama


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. Nezumi Fudo . 鼠不動 . Mouse Fudo .
At a temple in Meguro (Tokyo) and in Tokushima.


. gray, grey, grau, nezumi-iro 鼠色 .
hundred shades of grey, Edo Hyaku nezu 江戸百鼠.

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The Tale of the Mouse's Wedding

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- - - - - Legends about the mice and rats ねずみ / ネズミ - - - - -

. Iwabana no nezumi 岩鼻のねずみ the mice from Iwabana . - Nagano, river 千曲川 Chikumagawa

. nezumi ishi 鼠石 stone with a mouse pattern .

. Oonezumi 大鼠 the Big Rat - Iwate.

. shironezumi 白鼠 the white mouse from 住吉神社 Sumiyoshi Shrine . - Osaka

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Amulets and O-Mamori
. 12 Zociac animals 干支　 eto, kanshi .


. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .

. kotowaza　諺　/ ことわざ idioms, sayings, proverbs .

. Tohoku after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011

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