六十余州名所図会 出雲 大社ほとほとの図
Izumo Province: Hotohoto at the Grand Shrine, from Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
Thick trunks stand straight in front of a gray forest that seems to sink into mist. "Hotohoto" in the title is the name of a custom of knocking on doors on the night of Koshogatsu (Little New Year) to be given rice cakes.
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One thick brown trunk stands straight, with two thinner ones to its right. Dense, dark green leaves cover the top, and in the back, trees painted faintly in gray stand in a row as if in mist. Toward the right at the bottom, three or four people in brightly colored kimono stand together in a group. The one in the middle wears whitish robes.
"Hotohoto" in the title is the name of an event held on the night of Koshogatsu (Little New Year), when people go from house to house, knocking on doors to be given rice cakes and other treats. Around Izumo Taisha in the Edo period, children went around on the night of the 15th day of the First Month, tapping on doors with a "hoto hoto" and receiving rice cakes and sweets.
Look hard between the gray trees in the back on the left, and you'll find two figures painted faintly in the same gray. Unlike the people in front, they are left without color and blend into the trees.
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- Source title
- 『六十余州名所図会 出雲 大社ほとほとの図』
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- Made
- 130+ years ago (roughly Edo to Meiji)
- Added to site
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