Sweet wrapping

Japanese: あまつつみ
Sweet wrapping

...It is also said that ghosts and spirits appear on rainy nights. The long rainy period that falls in May, the month of mourning, is called "ama-tsutsumi" in the Manyoshu and other works, and signifies the abstinence period before rice planting. According to Orikuchi Shinobu, during this period, the rice field god comes, so ordinary men and women should not meet, and later "nagame" came to mean that one must cut off all relations between men and women and live in a very sad mood. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Amatsutsumi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人魂や幽霊が出現するのも雨の夜とされることがある。忌月である5月に降る長雨の期間は,《万葉集》などでは〈あまつつみ〉といわれ田植前の物忌を意味した。折口信夫によれば,この期間は田の神が来ているので,普通の男女は会ってはならぬとされ,のちに〈ながめ〉は男女関係を絶ってひじょうに憂うつな気分で暮らさねばならぬことをいうようになったという。…

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