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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last month

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🥣RADISH GOBBLING😊

It's time once again to eat up Daihōon-ji's (大報恩寺) blessed daikon for another year of protection against sickness and disease.

temple nuns-
it takes two
yanking the radish
尼達や二人かかって引大根
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1819.
Trans. David G. Lanoue.

#daikondaki #大根だき #Daihoonji #SenbonShakado #Kyoto #京都 #radishes #Japan

Daikon-daki festivals are held around Japan. Guests have a choice of purchasing a bowl of stewed daikon, or buying a whole daikon to take home and cook.

Statue of Hotei enjoying autumn leaves in the grounds of Daihoon-ji.

Blessed daikon at Daihoon-ji. On December 7th and 8th they are consumed to fortify the body at the start of winter.

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last month

After a night of temptation and doubt, Buddha reached enlightenment just as Venus appeared in the morning sky.

Perhaps inspired by this, Jizen may have used the radish to symbolise the star, linking it to the overcoming of obstacles. The vegetable would come to be seen as a charm.

#daikondaki #大根だき #Buddha #venus #radish #radishfestival #Daihoonji #SenbonShakado

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last month

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Considered a charm against evil (悪魔除けの大根), it made sense that these radishes would also help alleviate illnesses & diseases when consumed.

The 'blessed' radishes were mixed with others in a great cauldron and fed to the congregation to promote health for the upcoming year.

#Kyoto #Japan #daikon #daikondaki #radish

Woodblock print of the god Daikokuten carrying a giant daikon.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/ — Woodblock print of the god Daikokuten carrying a giant daikon. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

Woodblock print of armor and a giant daikon.

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Woodblock print of the god Daikokuten writing on a giant daikon.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/ — Woodblock print of the god Daikokuten writing on a giant daikon. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

Woodblock print of a horse carrying daikon.

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last month

During a Bodhi Day memorial during the Kamakura period at Daihōon-ji it's recorded that the 3rd abbot, Jizen (慈禅上人), took 4 radishes, cut them in half and drew the Sanskrit character for Buddha on each.

He then distributed them as a prayer for good health.

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #daikondaki

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last month

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After a night of temptation and doubt, Buddha reached enlightenment just as Venus appeared in the morning sky.

Perhaps inspired by this, Jizen may have used the radish to symbolise the star, linking it to the overcoming of obstacles. The vegetable would come to be seen as a charm.

#daikondaki #大根だき #Buddha #venus #radish #radishfestival #Daihoonji #SenbonShakado

Images of Okame inside the main hall of Daihoon-ji. Now a folk figure, Okame was a real woman. The wife of the temple's head carpenter, she helped save construction of the main hall when her husband's calculations proved incorrect. Her reward? She killed herself to prevent anyone from knowing what had happened (the story got out anyway).

The main hall of Daihoon-ji is a national treasure. It is the oldest building in Kyoto's city proper.

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last month

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The 'Radish Boiling Festival' (大根焚 'Daikon-daki') is particularly popular with older people.
Many take the time to pray to a statue of 'Bokefuji Kannon' (ぼけ封じ観音), a bodhisattva believed to protect against senility.

These photos show the statue of Bokefuji Kannon at Imakumano Kannon-ji (今熊野観音寺).

#BokefujiKannon #senility #dementia #daikondaki #Kyoto #Japan #京都

Statue of Bokefuji Kannon before the Daishi-do at Imakumano Kannon-ji.

Statue of Bokefuji Kannon at Imakumano Kannon-ji.

Small statues left as offerings, prayers that those leaving the gift will be protected from senility, dementia and other diseases commonly found in old age.

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · last month

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He then distributed them as a prayer for good health.

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #daikondaki