Akindo Star - Akindo Star

...The central star is seen as a farmer, fisherman, or sometimes a merchant, and the stars on either side are seen as a bag carried on a balance pole or a "oko." In the Shimane, Aichi, and Shizuoka regions, it is called "Kagokatsugi," "Kagokatagi," or "Kagoninai," in Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Kochi, and Shizuoka, "Akindo-boshi" or "Tenbinbou-boshi," and in Oita and Miyazaki, it is called "Ooko-boshi." Depending on the type of cargo, it is called "Awaninai" or "Ineninai" in Kumamoto, Nagasaki, and Kagoshima, "Sabauri-boshi" or "Sabakatagi" in Ehime, Okayama, and Tokushima, and "Siouri-boshi" in parts of Wakayama. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Akindo Star" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中央の星を農夫，漁夫，ときに商人と見，左右の星をてんびん棒や〈おおこ〉でかつぐ荷かごと見る。島根･愛知･静岡地方の〈かごかつぎ〉〈かごかたぎ〉〈かごにない〉をはじめ，広島，山口，高知，静岡の〈あきんど星〉〈てんびんぼう星〉，大分，宮崎の〈おおこ星〉などの呼名がある。また，荷の種類によって，熊本，長崎，鹿児島の〈アワにない〉〈イネにない〉，愛媛，岡山，徳島の〈サバ売星〉〈サバかたぎ〉，和歌山の一部の〈塩売星〉などがある。…

※「あきんど星」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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