Aside from something I'm supposed to print out and stick on my bike, what is this? I don't know what a senja-huda is and my googling skills have failed me. Also, can we have a translation? The only thing I understand on there is 「自転車」.
Thanks for the question. I just posted Tomity's translation of the kanji.
Senja-huda are also called Senjafuda. Here's a brief explanation (from wikipedia):
"Senjafuda (千社札, literally "thousand shrine tags") are stickers or scraps of paper posted on the gates of shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan. The stickers bear the name of the worshipper, and can be purchased pre-printed with common names at temples and shrines throughout Japan, as well as at stationery stores and video game centres. Senjafuda were originally made from sheets of copper, but have been made of paper since the Edo period.
Ordinarily, the designs were used to commemorate a visit to a temple or shrine and printed with simple monochromatic schemes, but eventually aesthetic sense gave way to colorful variations and designs. In the pleasure quarters of Kyoto, colorful designs were employed on senjafuda and used in place of traditional business cards. This variation is called "hana-meishi" which roughly translated to "flower business card." Today, the "business card" use of senjafuda is the most common.
Senjafuda are also sold as stickers which do not require separate paste. As stickers they are also placed in books and on personal items for identification and decoration. A common criticism of the sticker version of senjafuda is that they are more difficult to peel off than their original pasted ancestors and thus can disfigure the underlying buildings when removed."
4 comments:
Aside from something I'm supposed to print out and stick on my bike, what is this? I don't know what a senja-huda is and my googling skills have failed me. Also, can we have a translation? The only thing I understand on there is 「自転車」.
Thanks for the question. I just posted Tomity's translation of the kanji.
Senja-huda are also called Senjafuda. Here's a brief explanation (from wikipedia):
"Senjafuda (千社札, literally "thousand shrine tags") are stickers or scraps of paper posted on the gates of shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan. The stickers bear the name of the worshipper, and can be purchased pre-printed with common names at temples and shrines throughout Japan, as well as at stationery stores and video game centres. Senjafuda were originally made from sheets of copper, but have been made of paper since the Edo period.
Ordinarily, the designs were used to commemorate a visit to a temple or shrine and printed with simple monochromatic schemes, but eventually aesthetic sense gave way to colorful variations and designs. In the pleasure quarters of Kyoto, colorful designs were employed on senjafuda and used in place of traditional business cards. This variation is called "hana-meishi" which roughly translated to "flower business card." Today, the "business card" use of senjafuda is the most common.
Senjafuda are also sold as stickers which do not require separate paste. As stickers they are also placed in books and on personal items for identification and decoration. A common criticism of the sticker version of senjafuda is that they are more difficult to peel off than their original pasted ancestors and thus can disfigure the underlying buildings when removed."
Hello!! I'm Tomity
How are you & your riding?
How is Chicago Senja-Fuda?
I hope you like it!!
Ride safe!!
Keirin ambassador Tomity
Tomity: Not much track for me right now, but looking forward to getting back into it in a year. Thanks for the Chicago Senja-Fuda!
Post a Comment