Greg Lloyd
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Camellia Tea Ceremony
@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

It was Ei'ichirō's wife Yuki, in 1895, that suggested he shape the incense into coils.
It took 7 years to perfect!

Nowadays katori senkō has become synonymous with a pig-shaped holder called 'kayari buta' (蚊遣り豚 the 'mosquito repelling pig').
It is deeply evocative of summer.

#pig #kayaributa #蚊遣り豚

Kayari buta, a pig shaped holder for mosquito coils. The coil is hung from a metal wire after being lit...the smoke easily curls out of the pig's open back and wide snout.
Kayari buta, a pig shaped holder for mosquito coils. The coil is hung from a metal wire after being lit...the smoke easily curls out of the pig's open back and wide snout.
Camellia Tea Ceremony
@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

In Japan it's common to see the traditional 'katori senkō' (蚊取り線香) outside homes and in gardens during the summer.

To combat mosquitoes Ueyama Ei'ichirō (上山英一郎) developed incense sticks in the late 1800s mixed from starch, orange skin, and pyrethrum powder.

#Japan #蚊取り線香 #mosquitocoils
Camellia Tea Ceremony
@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

It was Ei'ichirō's wife Yuki, in 1895, that suggested he shape the incense into coils.
It took 7 years to perfect!

Nowadays katori senkō has become synonymous with a pig-shaped holder called 'kayari buta' (蚊遣り豚 the 'mosquito repelling pig').
It is deeply evocative of summer.

#pig #kayaributa #蚊遣り豚

Kayari buta, a pig shaped holder for mosquito coils. The coil is hung from a metal wire after being lit...the smoke easily curls out of the pig's open back and wide snout.
Kayari buta, a pig shaped holder for mosquito coils. The coil is hung from a metal wire after being lit...the smoke easily curls out of the pig's open back and wide snout.
Glyn Moody
@glynmoody@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

‘I went vegan on the second day of filming’: James Cromwell on making Babe, the talking #pig classic - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/21/james-cromwell-vegan-how-we-made-babe-talking-pig "‘I broke for lunch before everybody else and all the animals I had been working with were on the table – cut up, fricasseed, roasted and seared’ wut?
Glyn Moody
@glynmoody@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

‘I went vegan on the second day of filming’: James Cromwell on making Babe, the talking #pig classic - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/21/james-cromwell-vegan-how-we-made-babe-talking-pig "‘I broke for lunch before everybody else and all the animals I had been working with were on the table – cut up, fricasseed, roasted and seared’ wut?