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(literally, "deer-frightening" or "boar-frightening"), in a wide sense, refers to
File:Shishi-odoshi scheme.jpg, Diagram of operation
File:Shishi-odishi-2.jpg, General ''Shishi-odoshi'' in Japan Gardens, in front of
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Japanese style of gardening
(literally, "deer-frightening" or "boar-frightening"), in a wide sense, refers to Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
ese devices made to frighten away animals that pose a threat to agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
, including ''kakashi'' (scarecrow
A scarecrow is a decoy or mannequin that is often in the shape of a human. Humanoid scarecrows are usually dressed in old clothes and placed in open fields to discourage birds from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops. ...
s), ''naruko'' (clappers) and ''sōzu''. In a narrower sense, it is synonymous with ''sōzu
(literally, "deer-frightening" or "boar-frightening"), in a wide sense, refers to Japanese devices made to frighten away animals that pose a threat to agriculture, including ''kakashi'' (scarecrows), ''naruko'' (clappers) and ''sōzu''. In a na ...
''.
A ''sōzu'' is a type of water fountain
A fountain, from the Latin "fons" ( genitive "fontis"), meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect.
Fountains were o ...
used in Japanese garden
are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden desig ...
s. It consists of a segmented tube, usually of bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...
, pivoted to one side of its balance point. At rest, its heavier end is down and resting against a rock
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* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
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. A trickle of water into the upper end of the tube accumulates and eventually moves the tube's centre of gravity
In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space (sometimes referred to as the barycenter or balance point) is the unique point at any given time where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero. For a ...
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 is repeated.
These fountains were originally intended to startle any herbivores, such as deer
A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) ...
or boars
The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a Suidae, suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The speci ...
, which might be grazing on the plants in the garden, but ''shishi-odoshi'' are now a part of the visual and aural design of gardens, and are used primarily for their aesthetic value.
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Japanese cuisine
Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of political, economic, and social changes. The traditional cuisine of Japan (Japanese language, Japanese: ) is based on rice with m ...
restaurant
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, Chōfu
is a Cities of Japan, city in the western side of Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 238,087, and a population density of 11,000 per km2. the total area of the city is .
Geography
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, Tokyo
File:Shisendo_Souzu.jpg, ''Sōzu'', a kind of ''shishi-odoshi'', at the Shisen-dō
is a Buddhist temple located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the ōtō school of Japanese Zen and its honzon is an image of Merōfu Kannon. The temple's full name is Rorozan Shisen-dō Jōzan-ji (六六山 詩仙堂 丈山寺), wi ...
in Kyoto
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File:Morikami Museum and Gardens - Shishi Odoshi Filling Up With Water.jpg, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is a center for Japanese arts and Culture of Japan, culture located west of Delray Beach, Florida, Delray Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida, Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The campus includ ...
- ''shishi-odoshi'' filling up
File:Morikami Museum and Gardens - Shishi Odoshi Emptying Water.jpg, Emptying
File:Shishi odoshi 2017-02-28.webm, Video of a ''shishi-odoshi'' in operation, taking one minute to fill
File:Shishi_odoshi_stylized.jpg, A modern, stylised shishi-odoshi in Kalemegdan Park
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, Belgrade
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See also
*Suikinkutsu
A is a type of Japanese garden ornament and music device. It consists of an upside down buried pot with a hole at the top. Water drips through the hole at the top onto a small pool of water inside of the pot, creating a pleasant splashing soun ...
*Water scoop (hydropower)
A water scoop is a simple hydropower machine – that is, a machine used to extract power from the flow of water. Unlike a water wheel it operates intermittently, like a seesaw: A container (a bucket or cup) at the end of a lever is filled wit ...
*Tsukubai
In Japan, a is a washbasin provided at the entrance to a holy place for visitors to purify themselves by the ritual washing of hands and rinsing of the mouth. This type of ritual cleansing is the custom for guests attending a tea ceremony ...
, a basin often used in conjunction
*Klopotec
A klopotec (pronounced ) is a wooden mechanical device on a high wooden pole, similar to a windmill. It is used as a bird scarer in the vineyards of traditional wine-growing landscapes of Slovenia, Austria, and Croatia. It is one of the symbols o ...
, another device for repelling animals
References
External links
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is a Buddhist temple located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the ōtō school of Japanese Zen and its honzon is an image of Merōfu Kannon. The temple's full name is Rorozan Shisen-dō Jōzan-ji (六六山 詩仙堂 丈山寺), wi ...
, Kyoto, Japan, format=Ogg
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Japanese style of gardening