Otagajakushi - Otagajakushi

Japanese: お多賀じゃくし - おたがじゃくし
Otagajakushi - Otagajakushi

…This is why the word shakushi is said to be used more often as a soup scoop than as a rice scoop. In the Edo period, tadpoles were also called otagajakushi. They were awarded as talismans by Taga Taisha Shrine in Omi, and Motomo no Soshi (1629) counts them as one of the “items of mismatched things.” …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在〈しゃくし〉の語が飯しゃくしとしてより,汁しゃくしとして使われる方が多いといわれるゆえんである。なお,江戸時代には,〈おたまじゃくし〉は〈お多賀じゃくし〉ともいわれた。近江の多賀大社がお守りとして授与したもので,《尤草紙(もつとものそうし)》(1629)は〈まがれる物の品々〉の一つに数えている。…

※「お多賀じゃくし」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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