蚊取り線香を入れる豚の置物、蚊やり豚は何故豚なのか

蚊取り線香を入れる豚の置物、通称「蚊遣り豚」がなぜ豚の形をしているのかについては、いくつかの興味深い説があります。 **歴史的背景** 蚊遣り豚は江戸時代後期に登場したと考えられており、その形状には以下のような理由があるとされています。 1. **イノシシ信仰**: 江戸時代にはイノシシが「火伏せの神」として崇め

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金鳥×中川政七商店、蚊取り線香の原点「除虫菊」テーマに夏の新作。線香皿/手ぬぐい/花ふきん

 中川政七商店は、蚊取り線香のパイオニア「金鳥」とのコラボグッズを6月4日「虫の日」にあわせて発売する。

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アース製薬、約100分ごとに燃焼時間の目印を付けた渦巻香。8割以上が「1回で1巻使い切らない」
https://travel.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1667143.html

#travel_watch_impress #蚊取り線香 #アース製薬 #渦巻香 #旅のアイテム #旅行グッズ #その他 #旅行 #観光

アース製薬、約100分ごとに燃焼時間の目印を付けた渦巻香。8割以上が「1回で1巻使い切らない」

 アース製薬は、約100分ごとの燃焼時間が分かる目印を採用した「アース渦巻香 10巻箱入」を発売した。

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JR西日本、万博記念ICOCAを発表。ミャクミャク×ファミリア、キンチョールほか来場者限定コラボグッズも

 JR西日本とジェイアール西日本デイリーサービスネットは、2025 大阪・関西万博 会場内オフィシャルストア 西ゲート店で販売する公式ライセンス商品を発表した。

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芸術的な蚊取り線香 #蚊取り線香 #arch #アーチ #弧
instagramいいね!2件
2017年9月6日

"Katori Senkō" #蚊取り線香 heißt in Japan die Rauchspirale, um #Mücken zu töten. Die gibt's seit dem 19.Jh., in der Sommernacht roch in meiner Kindheit jeder Haushalt danach.
1. von links: Die Werbung von damals.
2. von links: Die Spirale wird klassischerweise in einer schweinförmigen Keramik gebrannt.

Nun gibt's die auch in Deutschland!!!
😳 jut, dass ich meine goldfischförmige Keramik 30 jahre lang aufbewahrt habe - 3. und 4. von links.

In Japan it's common to see the traditional 'katori senkō' (蚊取り線香) outside homes and in gardens during the summer.

To combat mosquitoes Ueyama Ei'ichirō (上山英一郎) developed incense sticks in the late 1800s mixed from starch, orange skin, and pyrethrum powder.

#Japan #katorisenko #蚊取り線香 #mosquitocoil #summer

🐗🔥PIG PROTECTION🌪️🦟

One of the great joys of summer is taking out the sliding doors and blurring the line between garden and tearoom, relishing the morning cool before it gets too hot.

But...
Mosquitoes also love the garden.

So what to do?🤔

#Kyoto #京都 #蚊取り線香 #Japan #summer #mosquitoes

店舗入り口前の案内です。

本日より
蚊取り線香の
金魚ちゃんが出動です
(^ω^)

#札幌 #古本屋 #漫画 #comic #漫画あります #石山通 #山鼻 #藻岩山 #Sapporo #古本屋 #Hokkaido #北海道 #漫画林 #mangarin #古本屋 #蚊取り線香 #金魚ちゃん

「こっちなら蚊は来ないよ」とお誘いをかける、田舎の黒髪ロング眼鏡のおねーさん。
#アワートAI #蚊取り線香 #ショートパンツ #タンクトップ #田舎 #黒髪ロング #眼鏡 #黒髪ロング眼鏡さん
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In Japan it's common to see the traditional 'katori senkō' (蚊取り線香) outside homes and in gardens during the summer.

To combat mosquitoes Ueyama Ei'ichirō (上山英一郎) developed incense sticks in the late 1800s mixed from starch, orange skin, and pyrethrum powder.

#Japan #katorisenko #蚊取り線香 #mosquitocoil #summer

It was Ei'ichirō's wife Yuki, in 1895, that suggested he shape the incense into coils.
It took 7 years to perfect!

Nowadays katori senkō has become synonymous with a pig-shaped holder called 'kayari buta' (蚊遣り豚 the 'mosquito repelling pig').
It is deeply evocative of summer.

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #mosquitoes #mosquitocoils #summer

But why a pig?

There is no definitive answer, but the connection between pigs (in reality boars) and mosquitoes may have solidified in Edo times.
It is likely the pottery pig-shaped coil holders appeared from the Meiji period in Aichi prefecture.

#kayaributa #蚊遣り豚 #Japan

🌫️SMOKE TO PIG🐷

In the Edo period it was common to use smoke as a simple mosquito repellant, but as most buildings were made of paper and wood many people in built up areas were concerned about naked flames.

Boars, as familiars of the fire deity, became linked to fire protection.

#Japan #boars #pig #mosquitoes #summer

In addition to this connection between boars and fire, it was believed that the thick, hairy skin of the animals helped protect them from mosquitoes, and so these ideas maybe inspired potters when they came to create a holder for incense coils...

#kayaributa #蚊遣り豚 #incense

@camelliakyoto Thank you so much for this very informative and interesting thread. These coils saved many of our eveningsduring vacation in Italy! They are still very popular there and I never knew they were of Japanese origin. ありがとうございました!

@Linkshaender @camelliakyoto I really must visit those stone boar guardians next time I’m in the region!! I love the little fortune pigs too. I love pigs and boars, and this history is fascinating, thank you ❤️

Reading about some of the ingredients of products to repel mosquitoes, I note that some of them are also toxic to other insects including bees, so please be careful where they are used and disposed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethrum

Pyrethrum - Wikipedia

@camelliakyoto Any idea if anyone in Japan still makes or sells the chemical-free 1800s version of these? When I check, all I can find are chemical laden coils.

@ncoca @camelliakyoto
"Chemical free"?

It might surprise you to learn where the Pyrethrin used in these is coming from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethrin

Pyrethrin - Wikipedia

@mdwyer @camelliakyoto yes, hence why I was asking if anyone still makes a traditional, natural version.
@camelliakyoto
Does this mean Japanese fire fighters are also linked in any way to boars?
@suvidu I'm not saying yes, I'm not saying no.
@camelliakyoto
I see. Thank you for your answer 🙂
@camelliakyoto
So much nicer than the ones we use in Italy, which tends to be a flat dish and a metal pedestal thingy.

@camelliakyoto
We used these in Hawaii (grew up there) but without the pig. Did not know the back story and of course this makes sense with the strong Japanese presence in Hawaii's history -- thank you for sharing!

(And i think i need to find one of those pigs to purchase!)