Shojo heavy drinker

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Shoojoo 猩猩 Shojo, a heavy drinker, legendary drunkard source :　Osaka Library Kooshuu Kusatsu Hariko Shoojoo 江州草津張子猩々 papermachee dolls from Kusatsu (Shiga) quote A shōjō (猩々 heavy drinker) is a kind of Japanese sea spirit with red face and hair and a fondness for alcohol. The legend is the subject of a Noh play of the same name. Chinese origins Mythical creatures named "shēng shēng" (狌狌) or "xīng xīng" (猩猩) are mentioned in three passages of the Shan Hai Jing ("The Classic of Mountains and Seas"). Nature, folklore, and popular culture There is a tale involving the shōjō and white sake. There was a gravely sick man whose dying wish was to drink sake. His son searched for it near Mount Fuji and came across the red shōjō, who were having a drinking party on the beach. The shōjō gave him some sake after listening to his plea. Since the sake revived the dying father, the son went back to the spirit to get more sake each day for five days. A greedy neighbor who also wanted the sake became sick after drinking it. He forced the son to take him to the shōjō to get the good sake. The shōjō explained that as his heart wasn't pure, the sacred sake would not have life-restoring benefits, but instead had poisoned the neighbor. The neighbor repented, and the shōjō gave him some medicine to cure him. The father and the neighbor brewed white sake together. The kyogen-influenced Noh play shōjō or shōjō midare features a shōjō buying sake, getting drunk and dancing ecstatically, then rewarding the sake seller by making his sake vat perpetually refill itself. The shōjō from the play have been made into wooden dolls (Nara ningyō), they are one of the "most common" wooden dolls derived from Noh plays. Shōjō dolls are used to ward against smallpox. The Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyōsai, who was also known for his heavy drinking and eccentric behavior,humorously referred to himself as a shōjō. source : wikipedia The Chinese characters are also used for an orangutan. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: shoojoo 猩猩 Shojo "heavy drinker" This red amulet wards off disease, especially smallpox. hoosoo yoke　疱瘡除け　warding off smallpox This comes as a set with a red Daruma and a sake cup. A mother bought it when the child was ill. It was placed on a red sheet of paper beside the hearth of a family with small children. The mother would bring offerings of rice and sake every day and pray for the good health of her children. At night, she would lay down the Shojo figure to take a rest and sleep. Having thus prayed for seven days, she would carry the figure to the outside of a village, place it behind a large tree or float it down the river to take away the disease from her child ... as a kind of migawari 身代わ御守. . Amulets from Shiga prefecture . . Daruma, Smallpox and the color Red . . Migawari . the deities substitute for us . papermachee doll from Takamatsu, Kagawa 香川　高松張子 (almost like Daruma) other figures featured in this link: Nara Ittoobori 奈良　一刀彫 woodcarving Nara 奈良土鈴　　　大谷幸康作 clay bell from Nara 滋賀　小幡人形 Obata dolls from Shiga 大阪　大阪天満宮 Osaka, Shrine Tenmangu 東京　江戸からくり Tokyo, Edo karakuri doll source : kyoudogangu.xii.jp . . . CLICK here for Nara Carving Photos ! . . . CLICK here for Hakata Doll Photos ! 博多人形 Fukuoka ................................................................................. Narumi no Shoojoo matsuri 鳴海の猩々祭り Shojo festival at Narumi (station at the old Tokaido road) shrine Narumi Hachimangu 鳴海八幡宮 . . . CLICK here for Photos ! Red Shojo run along the road and grab little children, If they get a child, it will not suffer from any disease during the summer. The Shojo are men who wear a paper mask on a bamboo construction, so they are about 2 meters high and children fear them a lot. The festival is already mentioned in records from the year 1757. source :　shoujou hozonkai 鳴海祭礼図 In Narumi, the legend knows that the Shojo came out of the sea and walked in the town. Or maybe the deity Sarutahiko no kami 猿田彦神 turned into a Shojo, or a tengu goblin with a long nose and red face. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Tsushima matsuri 津島祭 (つしままつり) Tsushima festival Tsushima Tennoo Matsuri 津島天王祭り Tsushima Tenno Festival kigo for late summer tennoo,Ten-Oo 提灯祭 floating lanterns 川船祭 river boat festival 蘆の神輿 mikoshi from reed 神葭流し floating the reed mikoshi 津島笛 flute from Tsushima On the fourth sunday of July. It starts on the Saturay evening and many events take part in the morning (asa matsuri 朝祭). On Saturday evening, many lanterns fixed to boats are floated down the river Tennogawa. During the morning festival, six boats with scenes from the Noh theater are rowed along the river. Main festival a the shrine Tsushima Jinja 津島神社 in Aichi, Tsushima town. It was already painted in the famous illustrations of the Tokaido Road during the late Edo period. quote The river festival at Tsushima shrine, a pair of 8-fold screen paintings This large impressive pair of eight-fold screens shows the boat procession on the Tenno River that was the climax to the festival at the Tsushima shrine. This grand festival was of the three famous festivals of the province of Owari (modern Aichi Prefecture) located between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto. The boat procession was held overnight from the 14th to the 15th day of the sixth month (late summer). Floats were mounted on pairs of boats lashed together. On the evening of the 14th, there were five floats, decorated with hundreds of lighted lanterns. On the morning of the following day six floats came like great towers, some surmounted with dragon sculptures. Each tower had platforms for puppet shows and other entertainments. One of the floats carried a number of young men armed with cloth-bound halberds. One after the other they leapt into the water and swam to Nakanoshima where they dedicated their halberds at the shrine. The young men were warmly welcomed as it was thought that water from the cloth had the power to heal wounds. Along the river banks there are numerous places of entertainment such as a Kabuki dance stage, and stalls and shops selling all kinds of food and other goods. source : www.britishmuseum.org . . . . . source :　Tsushima Festival mechanical figures からくり人形（猩々） Part of a screen showing the boat along the Tenno River. . Tsushima Jinja 津島神社 Tsushima Shrine . and - - - Yanegami 屋根神 Deity on the Roof . . . . . Shojo on the float Festival floats of the Tenno River 車楽舟 source : japanfestival.web :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 Shojo float with karakuri mechanical dolls 猩々車 There are two figures who scoop a drink for each other. Then one of the Shojo makes a summersault into the sake barrel. When he comes out of the barrel, his face is all red. source :　www.owarino.jp From the festival floats of the Toshogu shrine procession, Owari (Nagoya, Aichi). With more images of the karakuri mechanical doll floats. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Click for more photos ! This Noh play takes place in a village on the Yangtze in China. An sprite (shite) who lives in the sea comes before a man named Gao-feng (waki), a wine seller with much filial piety. The sprite gets drunk and enjoys himself by dancing, after which, the man learns that he has received a blessing: no matter how much wine he dips out of the vat, it never runs dry. When the play is performed with a special dance called Midare ("Disorder"), the play is called Shojo Midare (The Disorderly Tipster Sprite), or just Midare. . Shojo Midare 猩々乱 Noh performance . :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 source :　japanfestival.web Taihei Shoojoo 大瓶猩々Shojo and the big flask from the Noh play according to the Kanze school. The three Shojo stand around a sake barrel and drink, using dippers. This is a decoration of a festival float from the Chichibu festival. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: . "The Narrow Roads of Ricewine" (Sake no Hosomichi 酒のほそ道) . ラズウェル細木 Rozwell Hosoki Sake brands with the name SHOJO . . . CLICK here for Photos ! Shoojoo no en 猩々の宴 Banquet of the Shojo Ginjooshu Sake 吟醸酒 from Nagano The design of the bottle is according to a painting of dancing Shojo from Kawanabe Kyosai 河鍋暁斎. . Regional Rice Wine (jizake) . :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 Kobata Dolls from Shiga . . . CLICK here for Photos ! . Reference . source : kyoudogangu ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 色鳥はみな猩々の飲みのこし irodori wa mina shoojoo no nominokoshi the colorful autumn birds are all left-over from drinks of the drunkard Shojo Hashimoto Sunao 橋本直 irodori "colorful birds" is a kigo for autumn.

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