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Camellia Tea Ceremony
@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

To provide fresh fish for shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康 1543-1616), bamboo pens were constructed in Edo Bay to hold live catches.
It was discovered that seaweed thrived on the bamboo fences, and soon fishing communities were actively farming the algae on sunken wooden frames.

#seaweed#Edo #江戸 #徳川家康

An aerial view of a seaweed farm in Japan.

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An aerial view of a seaweed farm in Japan. Photo thanks - https://www.sushisushi.co.uk/
An aerial view of a seaweed farm in Japan. Photo thanks - https://www.sushisushi.co.uk/
A man walking close to flooded fields specializing in raising seaweed.

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A man walking close to flooded fields specializing in raising seaweed. Photo thanks - https://www.sushisushi.co.uk/
A man walking close to flooded fields specializing in raising seaweed. Photo thanks - https://www.sushisushi.co.uk/
Seaweed farm.

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Seaweed farm. Photo thanks - https://moonlitseaprints.com/inventory/mls2022062-shiro-kasamatsu-nori-seaweed-aka-shadow-on-the-waves/
Seaweed farm. Photo thanks - https://moonlitseaprints.com/inventory/mls2022062-shiro-kasamatsu-nori-seaweed-aka-shadow-on-the-waves/
Seaweed farm.
Seaweed farm.
Seaweed farm.
Camellia Tea Ceremony
@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Until the early Edo period villagers had harvested naturally growing algae by hand (in the 8thC it is recorded that some fishermen paid their taxes to the emperor in kelp), but farming allowed for cheaper and more readily available seaweed (a valuable food source in winter).

#seaweed #wakame #nori

Diagram of kelp being dried on a beach.
Diagram of kelp being dried on a beach.
Diagram of kelp being dried on a beach.
Diagram of a woman preparing seaweed sheets.
Diagram of a woman preparing seaweed sheets.
Diagram of a woman preparing seaweed sheets.
Diagram of seaweed being prepared into sheets for drying.
Diagram of seaweed being prepared into sheets for drying.
Diagram of seaweed being prepared into sheets for drying.
Diagram of fishermen gathering kelp.
Diagram of fishermen gathering kelp.
Diagram of fishermen gathering kelp.
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