Illusions with Fish

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- Illusions - Illusions - Illusions -


fish under water <>
the illusion of words
we think we know


Fische unter Wasser <>
die Illusion von Worten,
die wir glauben, zu kennen


鯱や　水に住まわず　夏来たる
(Translation from Onohi San)


Before you scroll down, close your eyes for a moment and imagine what kind of photo you would expect.

. fish . under . water .

each word taken at face value,
each word taken with a symbolic value,
what does it conjure up in your mind?








These two fish are under a water fountain.


Now I will tell you a bit more about these fish-non-fish.


This is a scene from the Tile Museum in Kikuma Town, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island.

These fish, or rather sea monsters or crocodiles are called Makara.
They decorate the roofs of Japanese castles and temples, in a prayer to protect the building of fires. The following link has a lot of information about this being. Sometimes the castle rooftiles are refered to as "Dolphins" too. Shachihoko 鯱（しゃちほこ）
The golden ones from Nagoya Castle are maybe the most famous.　They are 2,58 m high and weigh 1215 kg!

shachi　鯱　 "Dragon Fish"

棟飾り瓦の一つで魚の形をしている。頭は竜のようで、背上に鋭い刺を持つ想像的海魚で、海にすむことから防火の効き目があるという。しゃちとも言い、鴟尾が発展したものである。魚形の棟飾りは中国では宋時代にあらわれるが、日本では室町時代から登場している。インドのマカラの影響があったものと言われている。初期には仏閣で使われていたが、桃山時代からは城の天守閣や櫓で多用されるようになった。名古屋城の金の鯱が有名で、これは高さ２５８ｃｍ、重さ１２１５ｋｇ。使われている１８金の重さは４３．４ｋｇとなっている。
http://www.khandro.net/mysterious_makaras1.htm
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DarumaArchives-002/message/62



My Story about the Gods of the Elements.
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/02/suijin-god-of-water.html


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Kikuma Tile Museum

Ceramics of a different nature can be found at the seaside town of Kikuma, which has been engaged in traditional roof tile production for several hundreds of years. Kikuma-gawara, as the local tile is known, is of such a high grade, it is even made by appointment to the Imperial Household in Tokyo.
Visitors to the Kawara-no-Furusato Park can try their hand at making tiles to take home. In fall, the town fills with excitement when it comes time for the annual festival. The 500-year-old festival reaches its peak when young boys astride splendidly decorated horses gallop up the approach to the Kikuma Shrine
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/RTP/Setouchi/outline.html

Here is a link to the Tile Museum of Kikuma Town.
http://home.e-catv.ne.jp/tour-ehime/kikuma.htm

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鯱乗り童子 Child sitting on a Shachi
about 23 cm high

. Asahi tsuchi ningyoo 旭土人形 Asahi Clay Dolls .
Aichi



about 13 cm high

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summer sea - even the sunshine sparkles under water

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well done gabi.
great piece and i certainly wasnt expecting that.

this is what i saw, sort of.



thanks, Ashe

And thanks to you, Ashe san !
Gabi


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