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*''Japanese'': 尾長鶏・尾長鳥 ''(onagadori / chôbikei / nagaodori)''<ref>All of these are alternate ways of pronouncing/reading the same set of characters. The two methods of writing the term are likewise interchangeable.</ref>
The ''onagadori'' (lit. long-tailed fowl) was a particular type of chicken bred in [[Tosa province]] beginning in the 1760s-1770s. Its exceptionally long tails were used to decorate ''[[yari]]'' (spears) and other accoutrements for the [[Tosa han]] ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' processions, adding to the distinctiveness of the Tosa processions. Though the ''sankin kôtai'' system had a myriad of profound effects on early modern Japanese culture, historian [[Constantine Vaporis]] cites the ''onagadori'' as perhaps the sole example of the direct impact of the system upon animal husbandry.<ref>Vaporis, Constantine. "Lordly Pageantry: The Daimyo Procession and Political Authority." ''Japan Review'' 17 (2005). p31.</ref>
The male (rooster) of the breed continues to grow its tail feathers, and certain other feathers, without shedding them during molting; the tail feathers can grow to be more than eight meters long. The rooster's body is primarily black, with white and pale purple feathers in the tail and elsewhere. Some roosters also have red-purple feathers; the cockscomb (crown) is a standard form, and its legs are white or yellow, with grey in parts. The female (hen) of the breed does not differ from more standard breeds of domestic chicken, and is chiefly a light brown color, with flecks of black.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B0%BE%E9%95%B7%E9%B6%8F Onagadori]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Flora and Fauna]]
The ''onagadori'' (lit. long-tailed fowl) was a particular type of chicken bred in [[Tosa province]] beginning in the 1760s-1770s. Its exceptionally long tails were used to decorate ''[[yari]]'' (spears) and other accoutrements for the [[Tosa han]] ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' processions, adding to the distinctiveness of the Tosa processions. Though the ''sankin kôtai'' system had a myriad of profound effects on early modern Japanese culture, historian [[Constantine Vaporis]] cites the ''onagadori'' as perhaps the sole example of the direct impact of the system upon animal husbandry.<ref>Vaporis, Constantine. "Lordly Pageantry: The Daimyo Procession and Political Authority." ''Japan Review'' 17 (2005). p31.</ref>
The male (rooster) of the breed continues to grow its tail feathers, and certain other feathers, without shedding them during molting; the tail feathers can grow to be more than eight meters long. The rooster's body is primarily black, with white and pale purple feathers in the tail and elsewhere. Some roosters also have red-purple feathers; the cockscomb (crown) is a standard form, and its legs are white or yellow, with grey in parts. The female (hen) of the breed does not differ from more standard breeds of domestic chicken, and is chiefly a light brown color, with flecks of black.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B0%BE%E9%95%B7%E9%B6%8F Onagadori]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Flora and Fauna]]
