Buri - Natuurtijdschriften

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Odonatologica 23(3):
”Buri”
a traditional
A
boy
and
unique
extinction.
each
end.
-
quaint
The
Boys
bugs
silk thread
throw this tool
and takes
and
or
Anas
to
swoops
and it is forced
dragonflies
are
uses
captured
advantage
alive
it
is
It
thread. 60-80
into
the
in
the
them. At
weights
and
with
to fall
dragonfly
down
idea
behaviour
to the
as
traditional
a
the
on
such
mistakes
the
tied
as
In this
habits of aeshnids
at
e.g.
weights
entangled
to that of
of
verge
weight
a
ground.
is similar
and
1994
large species,
this moment it becomes
unhurt. The
predatory
front of
and
rare
long,
cm
The
5,
widespread
becoming
silk
sky
Japan
Accepted May
has been
now
parthenope julius.
catch
by
of the
up
152,
Meguro-ku, Tokyo,
but
a
method of
Hatto
is described.
1960s,
1994
dragonflies
1994 / Revised and
method
the
method
Anotogaster sieboldii
for live
22,
February
until about
game
Yakumo,
.
Toriko ”,
Japanese
Y.
4-17-19
”
or
catching
Received
1
September
in the
way.
the
lure-fishing,
and
cordule-
gastrids.
INTRODUCTION
We call both the tool and the method ”huri"
in Osaka,
originated
from
a
hand.
toriko is
”
captive
or
unhurt
a
by
The method
tool
is
it is
now
thrown
mistakes the
an
expression
"prisoner of
this method,
uses
a
up into
weights
silk
the
used
war" in
like
only
means
in
the
Japanese.
in
a
for prey, swoops
to
a
in
tied
are
the
"
means
caught
alive
war.
at
each end
whereby
ground.
(Fig. I).
This
The
dragonfly
it gets
entangled
dragonfly (Fig. 2).
to
came
On the other
Toriko
area.
dragonflies
catch them,
in the silk thread and falls alive and unhurt
word which
”
The
weight
front of
a
supposedly
"swing, swing".
Tokyo
prisoners captured
thread, with
sky
toriko”. Buri is
understood nationwide. It
huran" that
Japanese phrase "huran,
”
and
but
”
or
284
Y.
1-2. General
(right).
-
aspect of hurt
toriko (left),
or
Japan
These
today.
century,
Japan
the
of
are
an
invented several
for such
aeshnids
up and then down
to
a
string,
a
or
dragonflies.
ways of
boy
near
perhaps
the
long period
ground.
a
catching
spread gradually
many
He
figured
or
friends of
popular
the
toriko
that
arts,
is
one
a
two
and fell down
evening,
pebble
first
pebble,
tied
at
an
flying
thought
small
to
and
follows:
in the
small
life
daily
inevitably
example,
as
the aeshnid
boy
dragonflies
ancestors
our
He threw
string
observed
in the
dragonflies flying
out
until
Ages
are
and threw them in front of the
dragonfly
throughout
so
when it followed the
entangled by
the
sky
for many
Because
years.
good
of time that
and chased it. So the
girl’s long hair,
was
the
living.
imagined approximately
watching
mosquito
An aeshnid
have been
them. Buri
surprised
and
dragonflies”
crepuscular flight.
was
it into
including philosophy,
thinking
have been
dragonflies
catching
traditions which
many fields,
traditionally
was
their
delicious
He succeeded in
method
boy
a
in
aeshnid in the air. The
was
a
methods of
Once upon a time,
pebble
unique
agricultural people, they
of this method is
origin
probably
and the
In fact,
throwing
181.
July
few centuries, from the Middle
remain in
language
prehistoric days.
Japanese people
the
a
developed
has also been called the ’’island of
Japanese
since
she
so
tradtions still
literature, religion,
of
AND HISTORY
closed and isolated for
was
of
techniques
1987, issue
,
ORIGIN
the mid-19th
and the
—
Yomiuri Shimhun
in
[Originally published
,
Figs
Hatto
the
pebbles
on-coming
the
ground.
alive and unhurt. After the incident, this
the country, and it
was
developed
and im-
Traditional
proved
is
our
and
technically
many years
method
of
285
dragonfly catching
for
materially
different
by
Japanese
This
regions.
guess.
The first documented record of huri
is that
where
throwing
in the
It is
sky.
can
1831
G.
by
shows
picture
a
huri tool
a
gure 3. We
against
a
boy
dragonfly
here
reproduced
KO-
a
in Fi-
conclude, therefore. huri
widespread
was
in
published
DERA,
at
least around 1800 al-
ready.
REGIONAL
DIFFERENCES
Buri and toriko
but
the
the
essentially
are
in idea and method
same
tool sometimes
(cf.
4),
Fig.
differs
by
re-
gions.
THREAD
early
horse’s tail
have used
threads
STRING.
AND/OR
used
days, boys
or
mane
cotton
the
because the silk
but
finally
favourite
industry
perous in modem
was
as
strong enough
in
gonflies flying
MATERIALS
used
small
proved
ings.
den
to
to
-tube
was
pliable
first,
at
bullets
fishing
as
dra-
cut
Boys
-
then
im-
ball bear-
or
weights,
printing types (about
-long piece
pros-
entangle
WEIGHTS
pebbles
air-gun
so
the air.
FOR
Sometimes
silk
choice,
Silk thread is
Japan.
the best material, since it is
well
the
hair and
hair, and later might
strings,
became
In
-
girl’s
lea-
centimetre-
a
in half),
pigment-
and cut-off nail heads
caps
were
used in various districts. Pieces of coral
in
the
southern
farmlands
were
of materials
islands
and
also used.
were
used
beans
in
Many types
Fig.
3.
DERA
as
long
as
they
Reproduction
(1831),
the huri
were
relatively
tainable in
the
heavy
local
and
area.
easily
ob-
play.
the
of the
earliest
drawing
known
from
RO-
evidence
on
286
Y,
Hallo
TYPES
TORIKO.
TOKYO
4-6
ings,
wrapped
diameter,
in
piece
small
to
is attached
of the
weights
long
length;
cm.
4.
Fig.
in
The
elements of toriko.
1992.
Coppice, July
p.
—
—
could be
(2)
or
length
(1)
or
of
as
arms
short
as
is
to
In-
length
fathom
one
The
loop
below).
the
cm,
thread
as
the
and the tool
—
(See
completed.
silk
to
thread, attached
stead of 60-80
the
cot-
silk thread
cm
each end
at
cotton
of the
one
cloth
thread. A
cotton
a
used
are
of red
is made with the
loop
thread. A 60-80
ton
is
a
Tokyo,
ball bear-
or
mm
tied
and
In
—
bullets
air-gun
two
30
as
determined
by
[Originally published
7].
individual
players
which
is the
one
who
best
decide
by
expe-
rience.
OSAKA BURi.
oiled paper,
the
silk thread
that
so
are
the silk
determined
Small
—
by
thread will
and the bands
directly
are
There
to
cross-tied
the
throwing
catchers
are
all
describe.
urban
—
In
are
to
paper
not
player’s
each
or
slip
tied
off.
The
regions,
in
stencil paper,
paper, where the ends of
length
of the
rubber bands
the silk
to
silk
thread. In
are
other
enough,
thread is also
connected
areas,
threads. The rubber band type
cotton
types and variations of huri
many
over
Japan.
The
However, they
—
Illustrations and
a
pictures
near
are
above it.
a
few
and toriko
quite
are
and around
to
small
fishing
pebbles
be best for
might
are
observed
meters
catch
in front
an
dragonfly
—
and
(1) city
and
(3) general
the country.
TORIKO
aeshnid
of the
by
viz.
types,
throughout
much better than written
to
used
subtle and rather difficult
fishing ports,
PLAY BURI OR
side view of how
(a) Throw the tool
details
be classified into three
can
districts
(2)
specific
HOW TO
meter
wrapped
are
sulphate
highest.
areas,
6 show
bearings
brown
performance.
some
farmland districts. These three types
and
ball
or
in. The paper is then folded and twisted hard
pushed
OTHER variations.
weights
pebbles
candy wrapping
by
descriptions. Figures
hurt
on-coming
or
5
toriko.
aeshnid,
and
about
a
Traditional
Japanese
method of
287
dragonfly catching
(b) The timing of the throw
is
(c)
important:
most
too
not
early,
watch
Always
tool,
is
not
You will
gled.
your
the
though
even
dragonfly
not
late!
too
entan-
probably
lose the tool if you follow
the
only
escaping
with
dragonfly
your
eyes!
SPECIES THAT
CAN
BE CAUGHT
BY BURI OR
TORIKO
Aeshnidae:
nophlebia
anisoptera,
martini, Anax
A.
A.
Anaciaeschna
longistigma,
ciatus,
Aesch-
n.
nigrofas-
parthenope
lius, Boyeria
Planaeschna milnei,
canthagina
ju-
maclachlani,
Poly-
melanictera.
Cordulegastridae: ,Anotogaster
siebol-
dii.
These
Figs
(5)
5-6. The
from
idea and the
FUJIMOTO,
catching principle
1993;
(6)
-
from
of huh
or
toriko
cies.
:
ler
1974.
HAYASHI,
species,
trum
and
Sympetrum frequens,
high enough
and
tiny
to
enable
insects in the
are
use
not
caught by
way that the
they
Anotogaster
do
all
large
such
spe-
smalOrthe-
as
albistylum speciosum
this method, because
of the huri and also
same
are
Unfortunately,
not
they
attack
and aeshnids
do
not
fly
mosquitoes
do.
DISCUSSION
The buri
from
of
at
or
toriko
was
a
favourite and
least 160 years ago up
dragonflies
concrete
in
blocking
boys using
Japan
due
of river
to
to
fascinating
game for
the 1960s. However, with the
environmental destruction,
banks
and lake
this traditional method is
and
in the
summer
decreasing
number
boys
water
pollution
and
pond shores, the sight of young
becoming extremely
rare.
It is
now
on
the
288
Y.
verge of extinction. Therefore
we
are
Hallo
catching
HOW TO MAKE
A
MATERIALS NEEDED.
ball
nails
bearings,
are
also
4-6
possible,
if
MANUFACTURING
(1)
Cut the
(2)
Place
(3)
Bite
red cloth
an
and
wrapped
(4)
After
air-gun
hold
bullet
tying
thread and
(5)
Repeat
(6)
Tie each
as
(7)
a
steps
end
with
less
are
into 2
TOOL
the
finer the
materials, such
—
red
as
cloth;
—
better;
air-gun
-
fishing weights
and
bullets
heads of
black cotton thread.
7-9):
1.5
cm
sq.
red
pieces.
cloth, and
and roll
cotton thread
black
long,
cm
metallic
the center of the
length of
wrapped
(2)-(4)
of the
cloths
(Figs
approximately
bullet in
60-80
Japan.
7-9
reasonably heavy);
PROCESS
bullet
the two ends in
weights (Fig.
The red
they
thread,
(other
in
it with
wrap
to tie
it
tightly
the cloth
a
(Fig, 7).
few limes
around the
(Fig. 8).
the
tie
A silk
-
in diameter
mm
preserve and protect this
to
dragonflies
TORIKO
Figures
or
efforts
making
rather artistic and romantic method of
with
a
as
a
hard
loop
as
5
possible
cm
without
breaking
the thread,
cut
the
cotton
long.
second bullet.
silk thread
to the
loop
of
that
the
a
cotton-threaded
air-gun
bullet.
The bullets
act
9).
should
be trimmed,
so
tool is
more
smoothly
thrown
up
into
the
sky,
air-resistance.
Figs
riko.
all
7-9.
—
The
manufacturing
[For explanation
photographs by
Coppice,
the
1991-1992).
see
of
a
text;
publisher
'
lo-
of
Traditional
The tool
(8)
Note.
fall
on
the
—
is
complete,
The
ground,
either
on
in
shown
as
wrapping
Japanese
cloth
the
Figures
is red,
grass
method of
as
or
1
in this
in the
and
4.
way
water.
289
dragonfly catching
the
weights
Usually,
the
are
found
dragonfly
when
easily
more
natural
is of
prey
they
course
not red.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I
would
was
method
I-I
I
like
to thank
Dr
completed following
in
the
August,
framework
BASTIAAN KIAUTA
his
advice
warm
of the
Twelfth
when
I
(SIO Central
made
International
Office,
presentation
a
Symposium
of
Bilthoven),
and
this
as
article
demonstration
Odonatology,
of this
Osaka,
Japan,
1993.
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