How are toro lanterns used, what do they mean, and how can you use Japanese lanterns yourself?
Summers in Japan are filled with festivals and celebrations for everything from fans to flowers, but today marks the last day of Obon, one of the most special.
Amulets and Talismans from Japan. O-Mamori. Mingei Folk Art, Legends and Folktales - ishidoro stone lantern Steinlaterne
Lanterns Silently Floating on the River August 10, 2013 Toro Nagashi is a Japanese local event in which participants float toro or chochin (paper lanterns), and offerings down a river. This is...
How are toro lanterns used, what do they mean, and how can you use Japanese lanterns yourself?
Toro nagashi refers to the Japanese river lantern festivals held in summer where participants release candle-lit lanterns into the river together with their prayers for peace. We introduce the background of this ceremony, as well as places where you can see and take part in toro nagashi ceremonies.
Dominic makes a Japanese Tōrō Lantern for his yard.
How are toro lanterns used, what do they mean, and how can you use Japanese lanterns yourself?
How are toro lanterns used, what do they mean, and how can you use Japanese lanterns yourself?
How are toro lanterns used, what do they mean, and how can you use Japanese lanterns yourself?
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Culture Trip takes a deeper look at Toro Nagashi the Japanese lantern festival one of the country's most fascinating and beautiful ancestral traditions.
El Obon es una de las fiestas más importantes del año en Japón. Dedicada a los muertos, es una hermosa tradición celebrada en verano.
An altogether-too-short year of my life was spent living and working in Japan. Every country has its unique charms, but Japan has more than its fair share. I lived in a small city called Ichinoseki…
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How are toro lanterns used, what do they mean, and how can you use Japanese lanterns yourself?
How are toro lanterns used, what do they mean, and how can you use Japanese lanterns yourself?
How are toro lanterns used, what do they mean, and how can you use Japanese lanterns yourself?
An elegant pair of Japanese cast and lacquered bronze pagoda lanterns, Taisho Period, circa 1920, Japan. The lanterns a true pair, with mirrored decorations and lantern doors opening in opposite directions. The lanterns of traditional toro form, cast in bronze, and lacquered. Each lantern comprised of three parts - the "roof", the "fire box", and the pedestal. This type of pedestal lantern is called a dai-doro, as opposed to the hanging lantern type, tsuri-doro. The hexagonal roof of the lantern, reminiscent of temples or pagodas, features a wonderful, dense cloud pattern with three heart-shaped cutouts, known as inome, or boar's eye. The roof topped by a hoju, the Buddhist flaming Jewel of Wisdom. Each of the six corners feature a fantastic shachihoko, mythical beasts with the face of a tiger and body of a fish. Bells are suspended from the shachihoko. The globular body of the lantern features four pierced panels with the three leaf hollyhock mon of the Tokugawa clan surrounded by a karakusa pattern of scrolling vines. One panel serving as a hinged door with a lock stylized as the Three Jewels. The tall pedestal with more fantastic animals. The upper part features a band of dragons. Another large dragon warps himself around the pillar, grasping the pearl of wisdom. Under him minogame, turtles with long tails, swim happily. Finally, around the base of the pedestal are a band of leaping buddhistic lions, shishi. The bronze of a wonderful copper brown with a clear lacquer finish. The undersides and interiors with museum collection numbers. Provenance: The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, from the personal collection of its founder, Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969).
