Koizumi Yakumo (1850-1904) - „Oshidori“; „Buried secret“

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61671/hos.5.2022.5950

Keywords:

Oshidori, Akanuma, Sono, Osho

Abstract

Yōkai (class of supernatural monsters, spirits or demons ) plays an important role in Japanese folklore, such as Oshidori and Buried secret. Many of them are written by Koizumi Yakumo.

Oshidori is a mandarin duck (one of the species of ducks). It’s also called the Far East rainbow. In China and Japan Oshidori is considered a symbol of eternal love for married couples. In Japan there is a saying of oshidori-fūfū, which means loving couple.

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Author Biography

Mariam Chalabashvili, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Master of Arts in History, 

major in History of Far East,

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Department of Far East

Modern and Contemporary History, Japanology.

1 Ilia Tchavtchavadze Avenue, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia,

+95571103101,Chalabashvili.mariam@gmail.com

ORCID identifier: 0000-0002-8411-8676

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Published

2022-12-21

How to Cite

Chalabashvili, Mariam. 2022. “Koizumi Yakumo (1850-1904) - „Oshidori“; „Buried secret“”. Herald of Oriental Studies 5 (2):254-59. https://doi.org/10.61671/hos.5.2022.5950.

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022)

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Translation

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