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#cicada

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Hayakawa Shökosai I (Japan, 1815-1897)
Tea Scoop (Chagõ) in the Shape of a #Cicada, 1891
Bamboo, H 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm) x W 2 in. (5.1 cm) x L 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
On display at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2022.12)
“Whereas most tea scoops have a simple, half-cylinder shape, Shokosai playfully converted this one into a small ‘sculpture’ representing a cicada, associated with immortality and rebirth.”
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photo of the cicada tea scoop and its gallery label on display at museum “初代早川尚古 作 蝉形茶合 Hayakawa Shökosai I (1815-1897) Tea Scoop (Chagõ) in the Shape of a Cicada Meiji period (1868-1912), 1891 Bamboo Purchase, Diane and Arthur Abbey Gift, 2022 (2022.12) This bamboo scoop was used to transfer the appropriate amount of sencha tea from a larger jar to the small ceramic teapot. The work is signed by Hayakawa Shökosai I and, as noted in the inscription, was executed when the artist was seventy-six. Whereas most tea scoops have a simple, half-cylinder shape, Shokosai playfully converted this one into a small "sculpture" representing a cicada, associated with immortality and rebirth.”
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MarkD

Who says #entomologists can't be a bundle of laughs?

It's #cicada season here so the press are running a few articles on the noisy critters. From one of these I discovered that our local bug watchers have adopted some rather interesting common names for different species, including:

Whiskey Drinker
Cherry Nose
Yellow Monday
Red Eye
Greengrocer
Brown Baker
Black Prince
Double Drummer
and
Razor

I'm sure Gary Larson would approve.

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