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and then, two months later....

"Keiōyon-hōnen-odori-no-zu" [慶應四豊年踊之圖] (n/a) by Kyōsai Kawanabe [河鍋 暁斎] 1831-1889)

This strange incident first occurred in downtown Kyōto [京都] at the end of August (1867) when countless Shinsatsu [神札] (i.e.: paper charms distributed by temples and shrines) came raining down from the sky. Witnessing this event, the people of Kyōto saw it as a sign of fortune and began frantically celebrating while wearing costumes (like seen in the illustration above) chanting "Ējanaika [ええじゃないか] !" This event not only lasted up until December (same year), but also spread across to other regions in West Japan (Kinki [近畿], Shikoku [四国], and Tōkai [東海] to be exact) to the point where people of Nagoya City [名古屋市] (Aichi Prefecture) stopped working for 7 days straight.

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When the phrase "ējanaika" in Kinki Dialect [近畿方言] could mean "why not?" in English nuance, the person/group who orchestrated and the true location of origin are still unknown. While the widely accepted theory suggests that it was a doing of citizens commemorating the beginning of Meiji Restoration Era due to how people in Awa [阿波] (modern day Tokushima City [徳島市], Tokushima Prefecture) were recorded chanting: "making Japan a better country, ējanaika. Hōnen-odori [豊年踊] (i.e.: festive dance during harvest season) is a good omen/[日本国の世直りはええじゃないか、豊年踊はお目出たい]", others saw it as an act of deception perpetuated by anti-Shogunate organizations who attempted to throw the nation into frenzy.

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Source:

1. "Tsukurimono-no-bunkashi: Rekishi, Minzoku, Tayōsē [造り物の文化史：歴史・民俗・多様性] (2014) by Toshio Fukuhara [福原 敏男] (n/a) & et al

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