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Created page with "*''Other Names'': 立砂 ''(tatesuna)'' *''Japanese'': 盛砂 ''(morisuna)'' ''Morisuna'', also known as ''tatesuna'', were small conical piles of sand placed in the [[Edo pe..."
*''Other Names'': 立砂 ''(tatesuna)''
*''Japanese'': 盛砂 ''(morisuna)''
''Morisuna'', also known as ''tatesuna'', were small conical piles of sand placed in the [[Edo period]] to either side of the entrance of a lodgings, such as a ''[[honjin]]'', when welcoming an elite guest. Along with a decorative broom and bucket (''kazari hôki'' and ''kazari teoke'') also placed near the entrance, these were meant as a sign of purity and cleanliness, and as a sign that preparations had been undertaken, and completed, to properly receive the elite visitor.
The practice of placing morisuna emerged in the [[Muromachi period]] (or perhaps earlier) as a sign to passersby and residents of the town that an elite person was being welcomed or was in temporary residence; they also served for that elite visitor as a marker for the entryway of their lodgings. The practice of arranging ''morisuna'' fell out of practice at the most elite residences – such as the [[Jurakudai]] and [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] – in the late 16th century, but it was taken up around that same time by commoners, becoming a standard practice at ''honjin'' in [[shukuba|post-stations]] and port towns, and elsewhere.
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==References==
*Kurushima Hiroshi, “Morisuna, makisuna, kazari teoke, hôki, kinsei ni okeru chisô no hitotsu toshite” 盛砂・蒔砂・飾り手桶・箒 : 近世における「馳走」の一つとして, ''Shigaku zasshi'' 95:8 (1986), 1347.
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*''Japanese'': 盛砂 ''(morisuna)''
''Morisuna'', also known as ''tatesuna'', were small conical piles of sand placed in the [[Edo period]] to either side of the entrance of a lodgings, such as a ''[[honjin]]'', when welcoming an elite guest. Along with a decorative broom and bucket (''kazari hôki'' and ''kazari teoke'') also placed near the entrance, these were meant as a sign of purity and cleanliness, and as a sign that preparations had been undertaken, and completed, to properly receive the elite visitor.
The practice of placing morisuna emerged in the [[Muromachi period]] (or perhaps earlier) as a sign to passersby and residents of the town that an elite person was being welcomed or was in temporary residence; they also served for that elite visitor as a marker for the entryway of their lodgings. The practice of arranging ''morisuna'' fell out of practice at the most elite residences – such as the [[Jurakudai]] and [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] – in the late 16th century, but it was taken up around that same time by commoners, becoming a standard practice at ''honjin'' in [[shukuba|post-stations]] and port towns, and elsewhere.
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==References==
*Kurushima Hiroshi, “Morisuna, makisuna, kazari teoke, hôki, kinsei ni okeru chisô no hitotsu toshite” 盛砂・蒔砂・飾り手桶・箒 : 近世における「馳走」の一つとして, ''Shigaku zasshi'' 95:8 (1986), 1347.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Culture]]