Kakedai - snapper

Japanese: 懸鯛 - かけだい
Kakedai - snapper

It is one of the decorations used during celebrations. When a fishing boat returns from the sea, two fish are selected from the catch, hung up belly-to-belly, and offered to Ebisu near the port, as is common in Western Japan. It is called Kakeme. It is an event to give thanks for the harvest and pray for the next big catch. This custom spread inland and to towns, and it came to be used as a decoration for New Year's, Ebisu-ko, festivals, weddings, and other celebrations. There are various types of fish, but sea bream is often used because of its beautiful appearance and because it sounds auspicious . Raw sea bream is the formal way, but dried sea bream or salted sea bream can also be used, and fish are skewered on straw bundles, or in a formal version made of only straw. It is usually displayed next to or in front of a Shinto altar indoors.

[Shoji Inoguchi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

祝いのときの飾り物の一つ。漁船が沖から帰ってきたとき、漁獲物のなかから2尾の魚を選んで腹合わせに吊(つ)るし、港近くの夷(えびす)様に供える例が西日本に多い。掛魚(かけめ)などという。収穫を感謝し、次の大漁を祈願する行事である。この習俗が内陸や町場にも及び、正月、夷講、祭礼、婚礼その他の祝いに、飾り物として用いられるようになったのであろう。魚の種類は種々であるが、めでたいの語呂(ごろ)合せと姿の美しさから、タイを用いることが多くなった。生ダイが本式であるが、干しダイや塩ダイを用いることもあり、藁束(わらたば)に魚を刺したり、形式化して藁だけのものもある。屋内の神棚の横や前に飾るのが普通である。

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