Kano's rice cake making - Kano's rice cake making

Japanese: カのもちつき - かのもちつき
Kano's rice cake making - Kano's rice cake making

…Other dipterans that create mosquito swarms include the Chironomidae, the Craneidae, and the Scyllidae. In Japan, their emergence has long been considered part of the biological calendar, and their swarms are said to be a sign of rain, and are familiar names such as "mosquito mochitsuki" and "katsubo kometsuki." There is even a proverb that goes, "The rice cake pounding of planthoppers brings rain."

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ka no Mochitsuki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…蚊柱をつくるカ科以外の双翅類にはユスリカ科,ガガンボダマシ科,ヒメガガンボ科などが知られる。 日本では古くからその発生を生物暦の一つとしているところもあり,これらの群飛は雨の兆しといわれ,〈カのもちつき〉〈カツボのこめつき〉などと呼ばれ親しまれてきた。〈ウンカのもちつき雨を呼ぶ〉のことわざもある。…

※「カのもちつき」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Karnolt, A.

>>:  Kano Village

Recommend

Set theory - shuugouron

A branch of mathematics created by Cantor between...

Shiozakai (English) front

It refers to the boundary between water masses wi...

idola theater (English spelling) idolatheatri

…In this sense, it is the same as a statue of a g...

House of Commons

…But for the next few centuries, it remained an u...

Il Khan

…They ruled over a territory in Iran comparable t...

Opium Law - Opium Law

The Act for Ensuring an Appropriate Supply of Opiu...

Miharu dolls

Paper mache dolls are a local toy that have been m...

Hadrosaur (Duck-billed Dragon)

A representative group of dinosaurs belonging to t...

Loan - Arrangement

...A general term for the business of banks provi...

Iwakura [city] - Iwakura

A city in the northwest of Aichi Prefecture. It wa...

Wajda, A. (English spelling) WajdaA

...These directors are known as the "Polish ...

Nobukane Oda

Year of death: July 17, 1614 (August 22, 1614) Yea...

Kineya Sakichi (4th generation)

[Born] 1884 [Died] 1945 Head of the Kisa school of...

Chrysolophus amherstiae (English spelling) Chrysolophus amherstiae

…[Ryozo Kakizawa]. … *Some of the terms mentioned...

Carr, L. (English spelling) CarrL

...Since the 1960s, as the social lives and consc...