tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191835248953933738.post7547249794999865865..comments2023-11-24T16:34:16.891-08:00Comments on WASHOKU - Japanese Food Culture and Cuisine: FamineGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191835248953933738.post-81032275804584231552021-12-03T16:53:25.763-08:002021-12-03T16:53:25.763-08:00Tales from Miyagi 宮城県
tsuki 月 looking at the moo...<b> Tales from Miyagi 宮城県 </b><br />tsuki 月 looking at the moon<br />On the first day of the year (according to the old lunar calendar)<br />if the moon looks yellow or blue-green, there will be kikin 飢饉 a famine or typhoon.<br />If the moon looks red, there will be a fire.<br />If the moon looks black, there will be water damage.<br />If the stars around the moon are close, someone will die.<br />If there is gesshoku 月食 a lunar eclipse, there will be<br />a typhoon or densenbyoo 伝染病 a pandemic in the the village. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/02/densenbyo-pandemic-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191835248953933738.post-73461594324374544112016-05-06T21:12:56.087-07:002016-05-06T21:12:56.087-07:00Legends about Famine
soy beans 大豆 daizu - red bea...Legends about Famine <br />soy beans 大豆 daizu - red beans 小豆 azuki - 蕎麦 Soba - barley 麦 mugi<br /><br />Around the 25th day of the 1st month in the year 1733 (享保18年1月25日頃) it suddenly rained grains from the sky in the Ise and Kinki region. People picked them up, made flour from them and ate them as dumplings.<br />On the 24th day of the 2nd month the same happened in Kyoto, from 京都四条河原 Shijo toward 松原 Matsubara.<br />And again it rained barley 麦 mugi and 蕎麦 Soba from the sky, but someone picked the grains up and they only looked like such.<br />And in the text year, there was a great famine.<b><br />Whatever it was, also known from the history of China, when it rained from the sky, next year was a famine 飢饉. </b><br />.<br />Legends about Soba<br />http://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.jp/2016/05/soba-buckwheat-noodle-legends.html<br />.<br />Gabi Greve - Darumapediahttp://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.jp/2016/05/soba-buckwheat-noodle-legends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com