Daruma dances
in the deep sea -
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Red paper lanterns, or aka-chochin, are a familiar sight on the city streets of Japan, where they typically hang at the entrances to cheap pubs, capturing the attention of passersby. The ocean, however, is home to a different variety of red paper lantern — an unusual species of deep-sea jellyfish.
Officially named
Pandea rubra, the red paper lantern medusa (aka-chochin kurage) was first discovered in the Bering Sea in 1913, but details about its distribution and life cycle have long remained a mystery. In recent years, the creature has caught the eye of researchers at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) armed with high-definition video cameras.
Inside the transparent hood is a deep red colored mantle that can crumple up or expand like a paper lantern, hence the name. JAMSTEC researcher
Dr. Dhugal Lindsay is credited with coming up with the name.
Photo and Text source : pinktentacle.com .................................................................................
te no hira no kurage ni chokumen suru medama
upon my palm
the jellyfish comes face to face
with eyeballs
source : Humour in Haijin Essay
Dhugal Lindsay, haijinx summer 2001
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アカチョウチンクラゲ Akachochin jellyfish 赤提灯クラゲ
CLICK here for PHOTOS ! Dhugal J. Lindsay's Haiku Universe I saw Dhugal in the haiku TV lesson of NHK,
where he introduced this amazing animal.
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Akachochin and Daruma san :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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kigo for all summerkurage 水母 (くらげ / クラゲ) jellyfish, Qualle, Meduse
(lit. water mother)
kurage 海月（くらげ） lit. sea moon
Fam. Cubozoa and Scyphozoa
akakurage, aka kurage 赤水母（あかくらげ）red jellyfish
Chrysaora melanaster
. . . CLICK here for Photos !Amakusa kurage 天草水母（あまくさくらげ）from Amakusa
Bizen kurage 備前水母（びぜんくらげ）from Bizen
Echizen kurage 越前水母（えちぜんくらげ）Echizen Jellyfishandon kurage 行燈水母（あんどんくらげ）jellyfish like an
andon lamp
Carybdea rastoni
. . . CLICK here for Photos !hikurage 火水母（ひくらげ）"fire jellyfish"
Tamoya bursaria
murasaki kurage 紫水母（むらさきくらげ）purple jellyfish
ibo kurage 疣水母（いぼくらげ）"jellyfish with warts"
ebi kurage 蝦水母（えびくらげ）"jellyfish like a prawn"
Netrostoma setouchianum
. . . CLICK here for Photos !tako kurage 蛸水母（たこくれげ）"jellyfish like an ocotpus"
. . . CLICK here for Photos !yuurei kurage 幽霊水母（ゆうれいくらげ）"jellyfish like a ghost"
. . . CLICK here for Photos !kigo for summer in Australiamoon jelly
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kigo for early autumnkatsuo no eboshi 鰹の烏帽子 (かつおのえぼし)
denki kurage 電気くらげ（でんきくらげ） "electric jellyfish"
Portuguese man-of-war
Physalia physalis utriculus
. . . CLICK here for Photos !Portugiesische Galeere
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沈みゆく海月みづいろとなりて消ゆ shizumiyuku kurage mizu-iro to narite kiyu
sinking down
the jellyfish becomes blue
and disappears Yamaguchi Seison 山口青邨
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Along the sea of Ariakekai during the summer months, fishermen go after the Red Jellyfish. It is often eaten sliced and raw as sashimi, with a bit of grated ginger and soy sauce, even as a kind of raw "soomen".
nama kurage 生クラゲ
raw jelly fish. . . CLICK here for Photos ! Other types of jellyfish are usually salted and dried.
shio kurage, shiokurage 塩くらげ salted jelly fish
. . . CLICK here for Photos ! . WASHOKU
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