Shishiodoshi deer scarer

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Shishiodoshi ししおどし 　deer scarer
shishi odoshi 鹿威し


source : 東山動植物園

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Shishi-odoshi (鹿威し, lit. means "scare the deer" in Japanese). In a wide sense, it refers to Japanese devices made to scare away birds and beasts damaging agriculture, such as the kakashi (scarecrow), naruko (clappers) and sōzu). In a narrower sense, it is synonymous with sōzu.

Sōzu (soozu 添水)
is a type of water fountain used in Japanese gardens. It consists of a segmented tube, usually of bamboo, pivoted to one side of its balance point. At rest, its heavier end is down and resting against a rock. A trickle of water into the upper end of the tube accumulates and eventually moves the tube's centre of gravity past the pivot, causing the tube to rotate and dump out the water. The heavier end then falls back against the rock, making a sharp sound, and the cycle repeats. This noise is intended to startle any herbivores such as deer or boars which may be grazing on the plants in the garden.
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Water in a Japanese Garden, bringing coolness to the mind.
Seeing the water (in the stone form) of the second beautiful picture Hearing the water (as a shishi-odoshi) in greenery with the sound of - KON -
Feeling water spread out by hand
And yet, on a hot day . . . .
source : Darumasan-Japan



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Enjoy the Japanese Garden Culture !

shishi　いのしし　－　猪
can also be read as WILD BOAR, so maybe the farmers used this tool for real to scare away the deer and boar during harvest time of the rice? !
Now, in our area, they use electric fencing for that, how un-poetic !


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H A I K U


soozu 添水 (そうず) "animal chaser" deer scarer
Shishiodoshi, shishi odoshi 鹿威し the deer scarer
kigo for all autumn


. WKD : Deer (shika　鹿) .


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only a drip
from the shishi odoshi
green water

Deborah P. Kolodji

source : www.simplyhaiku.com 2006


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Shishi Odoshi
by bobdoleorama

CLONK, GLUG, GURGLE and SPLOOSH!

This is the noise of Shishi Odoshi.
Scare deer in Japan.
A haiku is a fitting introduction to the simple instrument that is the Shishi Odoshi, or Japanese deer scarer. Consisting of running water, a long bamboo collection tube and a pivot, the instrument is an elegant demonstration of physics from a time before Newtonian Mechanics had begun to approach the theories of gravity and momentum.
source : www.instrumentionary.com


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The Deer Chaser in the Portland Japanese Garden

tender spring leaves -
the sound of hollow bamboo
striking stone

- Shared by Elaine Andre -
Haiku Culture Magazine, 2013


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