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ebi えび / 海老 / 蝦 lobster, prawn, shrimp art motives
Boiled lobsters with their red color are an auspicious symbol.
kazari-ebi, kazariebi 飾海老 lobster-decoration
for the New Year
. WKD : ise-ebi 伊勢海老 lobster from Ise .
under construction
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. tsuchi ningyoo 土人形 clay dolls .
source : chokinbako.no-blog.jp/blog
chokinbako 海老の土人形貯金箱 - piggy bank
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. maneki neko, manekineko 招き猫 beckoning cat .
source : minomusi.exblog.jp
cat holding an Ise lobster
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. ema 絵馬 votive tablets .
tairyoo kigan 大漁祈願 with a wish for a good catch
source : www.miyazaki-c.ed.jp
From Tsukishima Island, Miyazaki 築島 -宮崎県
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. tsurushibina, tsurushi bina つるし雛 / 吊るし雛 small hanging hina dolls .
Usually with a bent body as a wish for a long and healthy life of the child.
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- ABC - List of ebi shrimp art motives from the Prefectures
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. . . . . . . . . . Fukuoka
source : www.asahi-net.or.jp
Lobsters have thinner legs than crabs and therefore making their legs for papermachee dolls is quite difficult.
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. . . . . . . . . . Miyazaki
source : www.asahi-net.or.jp
ebiguruma 海老車 shrimp on wheels
ebikko エビッコ in the local dialect
When moving, the antennae (hige ひげ) move in and out.
This one is about 6 cm high.
宮城県遠刈田温泉 Toogatta onsen hot spring
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. . . . . . . . . . Shizuoka
source : www.asahi-net.or.jp
papermachee dolls
Their eyes are quite protruding - me ga deru - as an auspicious pun with having good luck (眼が出る).
They look like an "old man from the sea" 海の老人 and show the origin of the Chinese character for EBI 海老.
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