Sazae Turban Shell

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Turban Shell Sazae

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: See below.
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

Sazae, 栄螺 the turban shell, is a kigo for all spring.

Turbinidae, common name the turban snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochacea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

In life, all the snails in this family have a strong, thick calcareous operculum, or "door" to their shell. This readily distinguishes them from the Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum, but which are otherwise somewhat similar.

The common name "turban snail" is a reference to the wrapped cloth headgear known as a turban. This is potentially a little misleading, as the Latin name Turbinidae does not mean turban shells, but instead is based on the genus name Turbo, which is the Latin word for a spinning top, a child's toy. For a similar derivation see the word turbine.
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kigo for SPRING


Tsuboyaki 壷焼 (つぼやき)
turban shell fried in the conch
sazae no tsuboyaki 栄螺の壷焼（さざえのつぼやき）
yakisazae 焼栄螺（やきさざえ）

Speciality at the beach of Enoshima. I remember well the delicious smell on the bridge to the island.

This started from a simple preparation of the diver women (ama) at the beaches of Japan. It can be rather bitter in taste.
Nowadays some mirin, soy sauce or vegetable bits are added.

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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


Sazae San, a famous Manga
サザエさん ( さざえさん )

Sazae-san was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the Fukunichi Shimbun (フクニチ新聞, Fukunichi Shimbun), on April 22, 1946. When the Asahi Shimbun (朝日新聞, Asahi Shimbun) wished to have Hasegawa draw the comic strip for their paper, she moved to Tokyo in 1949 with the explanation that the main characters had moved from Kyūshū to Tokyo as well.
The comic dealt with contemporary situations in Tokyo until Hasegawa retired and ended the comic on February 21, 1974. As one of Japan's longest running and oldest comic strips and animations, the series is known to nearly every Japanese person, young and old.
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HAIKU

海凪げるしづかさに焼く蠑螺かな　　　　
umi nageru shizukasa ni yaku sazae kana

quiet sea -
quietely simmering
the sazae snails

Iida Dakotsu 飯田蛇笏
Tr. Gabi Greve

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木の実ほどの小さき　栄螺や　桶の底　　　
ko no mi hodo no chiisaki sazae ya oke no soko

little sazae
as small as some nuts -
bottom of the bucket
　　　　
Aoki Getto 青木月斗
Tr. Gabi Greve


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壺焼の貝の角より出る煙
tsuboyaki no kai no tsuno yori deru kemuri

steam comes out
of the horns of the conch
as it is grilled

Yorimitsu Yooko 依光陽子 (1964 - )



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Related words

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. Legends from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

From Chiba, about a sazae without a horn and
Minamoto no Yoritomo 頼朝
頼朝が房州に逃れて勝山沖の浮き島に遊んだとき、ここの栄螺の角のために手か足かに怪我をした。そこで栄螺の角を封じてしまったといい、今日なおこの島の栄螺は土地の人からは角なし栄螺と呼ばれている。


From Kanagawa 横須賀市 Yokosuka and Nichiren
日蓮上人が海を渡っていたとき、船底に穴が開いてしまい海水が浸入してきたが、上人がお題目を唱えると、大きなアワビがその穴に吸い付いて、海水の浸入を防いだ。また、無事上陸したとき、船頭がサザエの角で足に傷をつけてしまっていた。そこで、上人はその法力でサザエの角をなくしてしまった。


From Niigata, Sado, 相川町
友蔵が、旅の商人を松明をたいて磯に上がるサザエを採る夜なれにさそった。そこで商人を殺害し、胴巻きの金を奪って死体を海に沈めた。以後、亡霊が舟につき、「友蔵おるかあ！」と呼ぶようになった。


From Oita 佐伯市
ある人が子供にサザエを食べさせようとして、合図をして子供に投げ渡していたのだが、途中で大入道がサザエを取って食べていたという。

From Okinawa
アカマターに関する俗信。アカマターは美男子に化けて女をたぶらかすので、これに対する呪いとして、女性は小便をする前につばを吐くという。また、女性は３月３日の節句には浜辺で遊んでサザエやもずくといった海の物を食べるという。


- source : yokai database nichibun -


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