http://washokufood.blogspot.jp/2009/11/maguro-tunafish.html
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first bonito, hatsu gatsuo, hatsugatsuo 初鰹 (はつがつお)
kigo for early summer
十二月の内 卯月初時鳥 - Toyokuni 豊国
The first catch of the season.
First things were much loved in Edo and people payed high prices to get them, some were even first offered at a shrine before consumption.
. WKD : First Things .
目に青葉 山ほととぎす初かつお
me ni aoba yama hototogisu hatsu katsuo
green leaves to look at
hototogisu in the mountains
first Katsuo skipjack
Yamaguchi Sodoo 山口素堂 Sodo
(1642 - 1716)
He was a disciple of Matsuo Basho.
- and a senryu in Edo - reflecting on this one
目と耳はいいが口は銭がいる
me to mimi wa ii ga kuchi wa zeni ga iru
for the eyes
and ears it is fine but
the mouth needs money
We can enjoy a lot for free in spring, but the first katsu fish is just sooo expensive.
- quote -
Thirty-six Views of the Pride of Edo -
The first bonito pick at Nihonbashi (Edo Jiman Sanjūrokkyō Nihonbashi Hatsu-gatsuo)
Painted by Utagawa Toyokuni III and Utagawa Hiroshige II 1864 (Genji 1)
This is a picture that truly shows the "pride of Edo", together with Nihonbashi, a symbol of the city of Edo, hatsugatsuo, the first bonito of the season much adored by the residents of Edo and their admiration was such that a senryū was composed,
Hatsugatsuo
to pawn one's wife for this
is a worthwhile exchange"
Among the choicest of the hatsumono (first products of the season), bonito was loved the most by people in Edo. Especially from the Meiwa and Anei (1764-1781) to Bunka and Bunsei (1804-1830) when there was a bonito boom which drove up the price of tuna to startling levels.
According to the recordings of representative writer of the Edo period Nanpo Ota (pen name Shokusanjin), in the third month of 1812 (9th year of Bunka), 6 out of 17 of the bonito brought to the Nihonbashi fish market were delivered to the shogun household, 3 to a famous restaurant Yaozen for the price of 2 ryo and 8 were handed to fishmongers and of these, one was bought by kabuki actor Utaemon Nakamura for the price of 3 ryo.
- source : library.metro.tokyo.jp -
. senryuu, senryū 川柳 Senryu in Edo .
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first bonito, hatsu gatsuo, hatsugatsuo 初鰹 (はつがつお)
kigo for early summer
十二月の内 卯月初時鳥 - Toyokuni 豊国
The first catch of the season.
First things were much loved in Edo and people payed high prices to get them, some were even first offered at a shrine before consumption.
. WKD : First Things .
目に青葉 山ほととぎす初かつお
me ni aoba yama hototogisu hatsu katsuo
green leaves to look at
hototogisu in the mountains
first Katsuo skipjack
Yamaguchi Sodoo 山口素堂 Sodo
(1642 - 1716)
He was a disciple of Matsuo Basho.
- and a senryu in Edo - reflecting on this one
目と耳はいいが口は銭がいる
me to mimi wa ii ga kuchi wa zeni ga iru
for the eyes
and ears it is fine but
the mouth needs money
We can enjoy a lot for free in spring, but the first katsu fish is just sooo expensive.
- quote -
Thirty-six Views of the Pride of Edo -
The first bonito pick at Nihonbashi (Edo Jiman Sanjūrokkyō Nihonbashi Hatsu-gatsuo)
Painted by Utagawa Toyokuni III and Utagawa Hiroshige II 1864 (Genji 1)
This is a picture that truly shows the "pride of Edo", together with Nihonbashi, a symbol of the city of Edo, hatsugatsuo, the first bonito of the season much adored by the residents of Edo and their admiration was such that a senryū was composed,
Hatsugatsuo
to pawn one's wife for this
is a worthwhile exchange"
Among the choicest of the hatsumono (first products of the season), bonito was loved the most by people in Edo. Especially from the Meiwa and Anei (1764-1781) to Bunka and Bunsei (1804-1830) when there was a bonito boom which drove up the price of tuna to startling levels.
According to the recordings of representative writer of the Edo period Nanpo Ota (pen name Shokusanjin), in the third month of 1812 (9th year of Bunka), 6 out of 17 of the bonito brought to the Nihonbashi fish market were delivered to the shogun household, 3 to a famous restaurant Yaozen for the price of 2 ryo and 8 were handed to fishmongers and of these, one was bought by kabuki actor Utaemon Nakamura for the price of 3 ryo.
- source : library.metro.tokyo.jp -
. senryuu, senryū 川柳 Senryu in Edo .
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