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Japanese: 乙子の朔日 - おとごのついたち

December 1st. On this day, rice cakes were pounded and red bean rice was cooked to celebrate the youngest brother. One theory also says that it means "the last new day of the month of the year." In some places, on this day, children would wear flower hats made from urajiro leaves and go from house to house chanting "Otoko no sakuji," receiving rice and coins. This may have been the original form of the " Sekizoro, " a year-end tour of houses in the three capital cities of the Edo period. It is also linked to the Kawabitari no tsuitachi festival, a festival to the water god, and it is said that eating rice cakes on this day will help you avoid drowning. Otogo tsuitachi. Season: Winter [Haiku, Heikai Shogakusho (1641)]

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Japanese:

一二月一日。末弟を祝う日として餠をついたり、小豆飯を炊いた。また、一説に「一年の最後の朔日」の意ともいう。所によっては、この日子供が裏白(うらじろ)の葉でつくった花笠をかぶって、「乙子の朔日」と唱えながら、家々を回り、米銭などを貰って歩いた。江戸時代三都で年末に家々を回って歩いた「節季候(せきぞろ)」の元の形かとも思われる。また、水神祭としての川浸朔日(かわびたりのついたち)と結びついて、この日、餠を食うと水難をまぬがれるなどとする。おとごついたち。《季・冬》〔俳諧・誹諧初学抄（1641）〕

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