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Meoto Tableware
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Teacups, rice bowls (夫婦茶碗 meotojawan, meoto wan) and other itmes in tandem for husband and wife are quite common and often a present for a wedding.
Read the story about the Takasago legend below.
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The pieces for the husband are usually a bit larger.
They may be of the same color or different colors and slightly different patterns.
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Chopsticks for a couple, meoto bashi 夫婦箸
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Edo hakkakubashi meoto setto 江戸八角箸夫婦セット
chopsticks with 8 corners, from Edo.
They are so good you can hold a piece of tofu without dropping it.
Even now, they are made carefully by hand.
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
Meoto Daruma and Takasago - 夫婦だるまと高砂
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HAIKU
新茶汲むいつもの夫婦茶碗かな
shincha kumu itsumo no meoto jawan kana
pooring new green tea
into our couple's cups
as usual
Oma Sachiko 小間さち子
Tr. Gabi Greve
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三ケ日膳に長寿の夫婦箸
mikkabi zen ni chooju no meotobashi
food tray of the New Year
with our couple's chopsticks
for a long life
YOSHIHIKO YOSHITAKE
Tr. Gabi Greve
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寄せ鍋やまるみをおびし夫婦箸
yosenabe ya marumi o obiji meotobashi
月成 英信 / gendai haiku
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Related words
***** Hashi, O-Hashi ... Chopsticks お箸 おはし
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