Wild Goose Bath - Ganburo

Japanese: 雁風呂 - がんぶろ

〘Noun〙 A custom said to involve gathering up fallen sticks on the beach and heating a bath for the geese as a memorial service for them. Geese cross the sea with pieces of wood in their mouths to rest their wings, and when they reach land they drop the sticks on the shore. It was believed that in the spring they would return to the north with the sticks in their mouths, so the sticks left on the beach after the geese had gone were considered to belong to the geese who had died, and people gathered the sticks together to heat a bath for the geese as a memorial service and serve it to everyone. This is said to be a custom from Sotogahama in Tsugaru (Aomori prefecture). Wild Goose Memorial Service (gankuyo/karikuyo) . [Season: Spring] [Haikai: Comical Chat (1713)] *Zappai: Ki Tamagawa (1819-25), vol. 2 "The story of Sobu, a travelling man serving at a wild goose bath"

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Japanese:

〘名〙浜べに落ちている木を拾い集め、雁の供養のために風呂をたいたと伝えられる風習。雁は海上で羽を休めるために木片をくわえて渡ってき、陸に着くとそれを海岸に落としていく。そして、春に再びその木をくわえて北方に帰ると思われていたところから、雁の去ったあとに浜べに残った木は死んだ雁のものとし、その木を集めて供養のために風呂をわかして諸人にふるまったという。津軽（青森県）の外ケ浜の習俗と伝えられる。雁供養(がんくよう・かりくよう)。《季・春》〔俳諧・滑稽雑談（1713）〕※雑俳・紀玉川（1819‐25）二「蘇武の咄し雁風呂で仕る廻国者」

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