Kadodetake - Kadodetake

...After being influenced by Chinese culture, Reishi came to be seen as a messenger of good fortune, and was also called Sakikusa (lucky grass) and Saiwaitake (lucky mushroom). It was said that in some regions, when a manentake grew in a garden, it was a good omen, and when the head of a family set out on a journey, a manentake was hung at the front door to pray for his safe return, hence the name Kadodetake. Reishi is also used as an art material, and there are various decorative items made of it, such as ornaments, paperweights, chopstick rests, and netsuke. ...

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…中国文化の影響をうけてからは霊芝を幸福の使者とするようになり，福草（さきくさ），幸茸（さいわいたけ）の名でもよんだ。庭にマンネンタケが生えると瑞兆とし，一家のあるじが旅立つときはマンネンタケを門先にさげて無事の帰還を祈る地方もあったといい，カドデタケの名も生まれた。霊芝はまた画材にもなり，これをかたどった置物，文鎮，はし置き，根付などさまざまな装飾品もある。…

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