A BAG OF ROASTED BEANS AND AN OGRE MASK.
February 4 is coming up
and with it Spring and the custom of
THROWING BEANS, traditionally AT OGRES.
you throw out BAD LUCK with the beans,
JUST AS THIS GEISHA in KYOTO,
chanting
ONI WA SOTO, FUKU WA UCHI
BAD SPIRITS OUT
GOOD LUCK IN
where Emperor Uda (see photo below) in the 9th century
chased away an ogre by throwing roasted beans in his eyes.
Ogre with beans in his eyes!
A mask attached to a bag of roasted beans.
ONI WA SOTO = BAD SPIRITS OUT
FUKU WA UCHI = GOOD LUCK IN
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setsubun, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Uda, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7nvD_JB-g8, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre