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[Baien Gyohin Zusho] (5) Medaka / Buri

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Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections "Baien Gyohin Zusho, Volume 1"


|Medaka (Rice fish) Also |Mugiuo (Wheat fish)

Copied on the 12th day of the 2nd month of the Kishi year

Chinese name unknown

|Dingban fish (Medaka) "Luzhong Chanwu Tuzheng"

There is another fish with the same name as Dingban.
|Fighting fish (Oikawa) is also called Dingban. That is, the Dingban fish mentioned in "Secret Mirror of Flowers" is the fighting fish. Same name, different object.

* "Mugiuo" is wheat fish.


|Buri (Yellowtail)

True copy made on the 21st day of the intercalary 11th month of the Jinshin year
Marine fish category

|Hailian (Inada) "Chanwu Zhi"
|Hamachi (Young yellowtail) Kyo |Qiu (Inada) "Ryori Komoku"

The character for Buri has been read as 'buri' in our country since long ago. However, its origin is not yet clear.
The Buri listed in the scaleless section of the "Bencao" is a different object. Buri has scales. It is clear that the fish master is not Buri.

The "Tang Yun" states: Buri is an old fish. Buri and the fish master are one and the same.

The fry of the |Buri fish is called Wakanago.
Edo dialect Qiu "Ryori Komoku"

After two years, it is called Inada (Edo dialect)
Machi (Chikushi dialect)
Yazu (Hizen dialect)

After five years or more, it is called Warasa, or Buri.

Hailian is famously produced in Yosa, Tango, and Tomoshima, Unshu. It is produced in all other provinces as well.


* "Chanwu Zhi" is thought to refer to "Honcho Sanbutsu Shi". There is an entry for "|Hailian (Buri)" in Volume 4 (22/43) of "Honcho Sanbutsu Shi (Kishu Sanbutsu Shi)" (National Archives of Japan Digital Archive).
* "Kokuzoku" means national custom. National style, national habit.
* "The Buri listed in the scaleless section of the 'Bencao'" refers to the "fish master" listed in the scale section, Volume 44, Scale 4 of the "Bencao Gangmu".

Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections
"Bencao Gangmu, Volumes 1, 2, 4-11, 14-28, 36-52, Preface 1, Volume Head 1 [26]"
Source: Ibid., "Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Vols. 1, 2, 4-11, 14-28, 36-52, Preface 1, Vol. 1 [26]"

* "Buri" refers to Japanese amberjack.
* "Gyobyo" (fish seedlings) refers to fry or young fish.
* "Unshu" refers to Izumo Province.


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Author's Note: "Baien Gyohin Zusho" is a fish encyclopedia by the late Edo period naturalist, Mouri Baien. As the explanatory text is primarily in classical Chinese (Kanbun), it contains many characters that cannot be displayed on a computer, as well as Kanbun reading marks (kaeriten) and okurigana. For readability, characters that cannot be displayed on a computer are represented as □, and in the case of names, they are indicated as [■ is 〇+〇] whenever possible.

Additionally, Kanbun reading marks and okurigana are written in katakana and Chinese numerals, while furigana and okurigana are written in hiragana.

For the literature cited in this work, please refer to this note. → [Baien Gyohin Zusho] Bibliography Summary

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