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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

We're kicking off Setsubun season with 2 sweets from Kameya Shigehisa (亀屋重久), named after a famous phrase you will hear during the February 3rd celebrations...

鬼は外!🫘👹🚪➡️
"Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!"
福は内!🍀➡️🚪😊
"Devils out! Fortune in!"

#wagashi #和菓子 #京都

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A sweet from Kameya Shigehisa that mimics the plump cheeked face of Otafuku (a symbol of fortune at this time of year).

Nao-san, in an oni mask, poses with one of her favourite tea bowls. As guests drink the matcha a face appears inside the bowl...a smiling Otafuku.

Painting of Otafuku scaring away oni.

Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/ — Painting of Otafuku scaring away oni. Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/

A kinton sweet from Kameya Shigehisa that resembles a red oni (with sugar horns).

#和菓子 #wagashi #京都

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

Setsubun (節分), which falls on February 3rd this year, marks the beginning of spring in the lunar calendar.

Yoshida-jinja (吉田神社), Mibu-dera (壬生寺), Yasaka-jinja (八坂神社) and Rozan-ji (廬山寺) host the city's most famous celebrations.

#Kyoto #京都 #Setsubun #節分 #Japan

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Preparing lucky beans to throw into the crowd at Rozan-ji.

Collecting lottery tickets during Yoshida-jinja's Setsubun celebrations.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

We're kicking off Setsubun season with 2 sweets from Kameya Shigehisa (亀屋重久), named after a famous phrase you will hear during the February 3rd celebrations...

鬼は外!🫘👹🚪➡️
"Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!"
福は内!🍀➡️🚪😊
"Devils out! Fortune in!"

#wagashi #和菓子 #京都

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Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

There are three symbols in particular that confectioners enjoy using for Setsubun...

1)💋
Okame (also known as Ofuku 於福 and Otafuku 阿多福) is a cheerful, plump-cheeked woman that has become a symbol of Setsubun. The character '福' (fuku) in her name means 'luck'.
#setsubun

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A sweet inspired by the plump-cheeked symbol Setsubun, 'Otafuku'.

Print of Otafuku.

Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/ — Print of Otafuku. Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/

Statue of Okame (Otafuku) at Daihoon-ji.

One of Nao-san's precious Setsubun plates features Otafuku tossing beans at an oni.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

2)🫘
Masumame (枡豆) is a wooden box originally used to measure rice, but nowadays used to hold the beans for scattering (scaring off oni) at Setsubun.
The shape is considered lucky as 'masu' (枡) is also a homonym for ' 増す' & '益す', suggesting 'increased' (fortune).
#Japan

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A sweet inspired by the old style of square wooden rice measures, now used for storing the soy beans tossed at Setsubun.

Print of a man tossing soybeans at Setsubun.

Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/ — Print of a man tossing soybeans at Setsubun. Image thanks - https://ja.ukiyo-e.org/

Decorative masumame for Setsubun (painted with auspicious designs).

A masumame filled with colourful, sugar covered soybeans.

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