9/28/2008

SEAFOOD AUTUMN . . . Fish

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Seafood in Autumn : FISH

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Autumn
***** Category: Humanity


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Explanation

momiji refers to the red leaves, especially of the Japanese maples. They create the typical atmosphere of autumn and are added to the names of fish.


Fish heavy with eggs come down the rivers to the estuaries to lay eggs,
others come down from the colder northern waters to the southern shores of Japan

ochi xyz ... coming down



Datails about
Trouts and sweetfish ... the naming


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Early Autumn


. sashisaba, sashi saba 刺鯖 / 差鯖 a pair of saba mackerel fish .
A present for healthy old parents for the O-Bon festival.


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Mid-Autumn



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Late Autumn


bitterling, broad-striped, green-striped
momiji tanago 紅葉たなご (もみじたなご)
"bitterling like red leaves"
Fam. Acheilognathus




crucian carp in autumn 秋の鮒(あきのふな)aki no funa
ochibuna 落鮒 おちぶな crucian carp coming down
..... funa otsu 鮒落つ(ふなおつ)

reddened carp, momijibuna, momiji-buna
紅葉鮒 (もみじぶな)

Literally: Carp like red leaves. Fam Carassius
This funa crucian carp lives in the lake Biwa and in autumn and winter his fins become red. Crimson-finned.




eel coming downriver, ochiunagi, ochi unagi 落鰻 (おちうなぎ)
kudari unagi 下り鰻(くだりうなぎ)




landlocked salmon "among the leaves", konoha yamame
木の葉山女
a kind of trout.




ponyfish, spotnape ponyfish, hiiragi ひいらぎ
Nuchequula nuchalis, Leiognathus nuchalis
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Sea bream coming down, ochidai, ochi dai 落鯛 (おちだい)
black sea bream coming down
ochikaizu, ochi kaizu 落かいず (おちかいず)




Saury Fish (sanma 秋刀魚 (さんま ) Pacific Saury. Cololabis saira
lit. "autumn sword fish"
mackerel pike.
..... さいら saira
One of the most favorite fish of the autumn season.
net for fishing saury, sanma ami 秋刀魚網(さんまあみ)



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All Autumn


Amago trout あまご
amenouo 江鮭 あめのうお
amenouo 鯇魚(あめのうお)
amemasu あめ鱒(あめます)
Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae



bonito in autumn, akigatsuo, aki gatsuo 秋鰹 (あきがつお)
katsuo in autumn




bullhead, kajika 鰍 (かじか)
river kajika, kawa kajika 川鰍(かわかじか)
"hiding under stones", ishibushi 石伏(いしぶし)
..... ishibushi 石斑魚(いしぶし)
kawa okoze 川おこぜ(かわおこぜ),
..... guzu ぐず, arare uo 霰魚(あられうお)
harpooning kajika, kajika tsuku 鰍突く(かじかつく)
Stone fish, bullhead (okoze 虎魚 (おこぜ, オコゼ ) )
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Kaulkopf; Spinnenfisch




cutlass, hairtail, scabbard fish
太刀魚 (たちうお)

"fish with a big sword"
tachi no uo たちの魚(たちのうお), tachiio たちいお
tachi たち
Trichiurus lepturus auriga
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Degenfisch


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gigi 黄顙魚 (ぎぎ) Gigi
..... gigyuu ぎぎゅう
Pelteobagrus nudiceps
a kind of catfish
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goby, haze 鯊 はぜ
Acanthogobius flavimanus. yellowfin goby
mahaze 真鯊(まはぜ)"real haze"
kurohaze 黒鯊(くろはぜ)black goby
akahaze 赤鯊(あかはぜ)red goby
torahaze 虎鯊(とらはぜ)"tiger goby"
tobihaze 飛鯊(とびはぜ)jumping goby
..... chichibu ちちぶ, donko どんこ, furuse ふるせ
haze 沙魚(はぜ)
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hazetsuri 鯊釣(はぜつり)fishing for goby
hazebune 鯊舟(はぜぶね)boat for fishing goby
haze no sao 鯊の竿(はぜのさお)pole for fishing goby

haze hosu 鯊干す(はぜほす) drying goby

nice weather for haze fishing, haze-biyori 鯊日和
goby in autumn, haze no aki 鯊の秋(はぜのあき)
goby tide, haze no shio 鯊の潮


Fishing for haze in Edo



and sometimes the folks were so engaged in fishing, they threw their lines and hit the nose of a fellow fisher . . .



There are more than 100 浮世絵 Ukiyo-E prints about fishing in Edo !


source : gyonet.jp/press
浮世絵つり百景 版画に見る 釣りワールド

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. wazao 和竿 "Japanese fishing rod" .

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gray mullet, bora 鯔
Mugil cephalus
..... subashiri 洲走(すばしり)
..... ina いな 鰡, nayoshi 名吉(なよし)
ina tsuri いな釣(いなつり)fishing for ina
boratsuri 鯔釣(ぼらつり)fishing for bora
karasumi bora からすみ鯔(からすみぼら)roe from bora
mabora 真鯔(まぼら)
menada めなだ



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Mackerel in autumn, akisaba, aki saba 秋鯖 (あきさば )

. . . . . horse mackerel in autumn, akiaji, aki aji 秋鯵 (あきあじ)


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. Sea bass (suzuki 鱸(すずき))  
Lateolabrax japonicus. Meerbrasse
..... koppa 木っ葉(こっぱ)
..... seigo せいご, bukko ふっこ
kawasuzuki, kawa suzuki 川鱸(かわすずき)
sea bass swimming upriver
umisuzuki, umi suzuki 海鱸(うみすずき)
sea bass in the open sea
suzukitsuri, suzuki tsuri 鱸釣(すずきつり)fishing for sea bass
suzukiami, suzuki ami 鱸網(すずきあみ)net for fishing suzuki


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Salmon (sake 鮭) Japan
Oncorhynchus keta
pronounced shake when used as food on the table
King salmon, cherry salmon (yamome), shad, steelhead trout, Spring King Salmon Derby, coho (silver) salmon start to run, Golden North Salmon Derby (Alaska)
benijake, sockeye salmon
ginjake, coho salmon
"flavor of autumn", aki aji 秋味
first salmon, hatsuzake 初鮭
salmon with a bent nose, hanamagari sake 鼻曲がり鮭
autumn of the salmon, sake no aki 鮭の秋



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sardine, iwashi 鰯
Fam. Sardinia . iwashi 鰮(いわし)
maiwashi, ma iwashi 真鰯(まいわし)Sardinops melanostictus
aki iwashi 秋鰯(あきいわし)autumn sardine
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hishiko ひしこ hishiko-sardine, Japanese anchovy
... shiko しこ、shiko iwashi しこ鰮(しこいわし)
seguro iwashi背黒鰯(せぐろいわし)sardine with a black back
katakuchi iwashi 片口鰯(かたくちいわし)"sardine with half a mouth"
Engraulis japonica
chirimen iwashi 縮緬鰯(ちりめんいわし)"sardine like chirimen shrunk cloth"

Iwashi 鰯 (いわし) sardines KIGO List and FOOD

Kintaroo iwashi 金太郎イワシ / 金太郎鰯 Kintaro sardine


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shad, gizzard shad, spotted shad
鮗 (このしろ)

Konosirus punctatus, Clupanodon punctatus
shinko しんこ/ シンコ(新子) the smallest kohada fish
kohada 小鰭(こはだ) the bigger fish
. konoshiro このしろ the grown fish - legends .
By changing its name, this fish is a typical "career fish" (shusse sakana) and thus auspicious for festival food.

tsunashi つなし, sappa さっぱ

kohada no awazuke 小鰭の粟漬(こはだのあわづけ)
Kohada pickled in foxtail millet, for New Year celebrations
kohadazushi 小鰭鮨(こはだずし) kohada sushi


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trout coming downstream,
descending sweetfish, ochi-ayu 落鮎
Plecoglossus altivelis
..... kudari-ayu 下り鮎
autumn sweetfish, aki no ayu 秋の鮎
rusty sweetfish, sabi-ayu 錆鮎
muted sweetfish, bitter sweetfish, shibu-ayu 渋鮎




Yellowtail, middle-size, warasa (わらさ)
Buri when it is still small 鰤.


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Fish eaten in autumn, not in the Saijiki



hokke ほっけ Atka mackerel
Pleurogrammus azonus
Speciality of Hokkaido.
Often sold opened up and dried.
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Atkamakrele


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Things found on the way



Men posing as animals

Woodblocks by Utagawa Toyokuni
miburi-e 身振絵


the Goby pose

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The Shrimp pose



more are here
http://pinktentacle.com/2008/05/old-prints-of-men-posing-as-birds-1809/
http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/he13/he13_02830/he13_02830.html



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