{"id":1131,"date":"2009-01-31T22:07:57","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T13:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-01-31\/1131"},"modified":"2009-01-31T22:08:17","modified_gmt":"2009-01-31T13:08:17","slug":"setsubun-mememaki-throwing-of-the-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2009-01-31\/1131","title":{"rendered":"Setsubun Mamemaki: Throwing of the Beans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class='resize_warning' id='arw1131'>\n<b>NOTE<\/b>: Images with an <img class='raw' width='19' height='18' src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif'\/> icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Coming up next week is the festival of <i>setsubun<\/i>, which <span class='nobr'>I wrote<\/span>\nabout after last year's events: <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2008-02-03\/712\">Setsubun and Mamemaki: Driving\nout the Demons<\/a>. Among the variety of events are the demon-driving-out\nhighlighted in that post, and <span class='nobr'>a ceremonial<\/span> bonfire (so to speak)\nthat <span class='nobr'>I wrote<\/span> about in <a href=\"\/blog\/2008-02-06\/716\"><i>Intense Burn<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>February 3rd falls on a weekday this year, so <span class='nobr'>I won't<\/span> be able to attend\nthe photogenic <a class='quiet'\nhref=\"http:\/\/heianjingu.or.jp\/02\/0201.html\">events at the Heian Shrine<\/a>,\nbut <span class='nobr'>I thought<\/span> I'd share photos from one more event from last year, the\n&#8220;throwing of the beans&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p>As I wrote last year, the beans represent goodness and good fortune,\nwhich is why they can be used to drive out demons. <span class='nobr'>For the same<\/span> reasons,\nthey are good when thrown at people, so one event at the shrine has <span class='nobr'>a small<\/span>\ngroup of dignitaries showering the populace with beans...<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='045250' href=\"\/i\/JEF_045250.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_045250_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Fumie and Anthony Heading In to get beaned... you can see many packets of beans flying through the air -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i045250\"\ntitle=\"Fumie and Anthony Heading In to get beaned... you can see many packets of beans flying through the air -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 125 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_045250.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_045250.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Fumie and Anthony Heading In<\/span>\n<br\/>to get beaned... you can see many packets of beans flying through the air\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='045251' href=\"\/i\/JEF_045251.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_045251_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Dignitaries Throwing Beans -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i045251\"\ntitle=\"Dignitaries Throwing Beans -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_045251.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_045251.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Dignitaries Throwing Beans<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='045254' href=\"\/i\/JEF_045254.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_045254_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"More Dignitaries Throwing Beans -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i045254\"\ntitle=\"More Dignitaries Throwing Beans -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_045254.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_045254.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>More Dignitaries Throwing Beans<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n .r1131 {\nfont-family:times;\nfont-size-adjust: .45;\n\n<\/style>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='045258' href=\"\/i\/JEF_045258.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_045258_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Dignitaries Throwing Beans III -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i045258\"\ntitle=\"Dignitaries Throwing Beans III -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_045258.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_045258.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Dignitaries Throwing Beans <span class='r1131'>III<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='045263' href=\"\/i\/JEF_045263.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_045263_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Dignitaries Throwing Beans IV -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i045263\"\ntitle=\"Dignitaries Throwing Beans IV -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_045263.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_045263.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Dignitaries Throwing Beans <span class='r1131'>IV<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='045257' href=\"\/i\/JEF_045257.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_045257_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Dignitaries Throwing Beans V -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i045257\"\ntitle=\"Dignitaries Throwing Beans V -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>350 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_045257.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_045257.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Dignitaries Throwing Beans <span class='r1131'>V<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='045242' href=\"\/i\/JEF_045242.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_045242_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"436\"\nalt=\"View From Afar the blue tarps cover items for the later intense burn -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i045242\"\ntitle=\"View From Afar the blue tarps cover items for the later intense burn -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 500 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_045242.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_045242.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>View From Afar<\/span>\n<br\/>the blue tarps cover items for the later <a href=\"\/blog\/2008-02-06\/716\"><i>intense burn<\/i><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='045276' href=\"\/i\/JEF_045276.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_045276_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Aftermath -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i045276\"\ntitle=\"Aftermath -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 800 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_045276.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_045276.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Aftermath<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='045284' href=\"\/i\/JEF_045284.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_045284_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Aftermath II -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i045284\"\ntitle=\"Aftermath II -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2008 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200 mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 800 &mdash;\n<a href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_045284.jpg\">map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JEF_045284.jpg\">nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Aftermath  <span class='r1131'>II<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up next week is the festival of setsubun, which I wrote about after last year's events: Setsubun and Mamemaki: Driving out the Demons. Among the variety of events are the demon-driving-out highlighted in that post, and a ceremonial bonfire (so to speak) that I wrote about in Intense Burn.<\/p> <p>February 3rd falls on a weekday this year, so I won't be able to attend the photogenic events at the Heian Shrine, but I thought I'd share photos from one more event from last year, the \"throwing of the beans\".<\/p> <p>As I wrote last year, the beans represent goodness and [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}