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FROM TOOTHPICKS TO THE
WORLD No.3
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| SPREAD TO THE NOBLE |
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The toothpick that had been introduced with Buddhism
has penetrated into usual life of Buddhism monk serving to Buddha
after shaping up by rinsing of mouth and brushing of teeth. It did
not take so much time to convey this clean custom of Buddhism monk
to the noble. Among them officers of the Court and Shinto priests
begun to imitate their clean custom.
The Prime Minister Morosuke Fujiwara (907〜960) transported to his descendant that cleaning the mouth with tuft toothbrush and washing the face must be done as daily manner in the book of [kujyoudenn yuikai]. |
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| SPREAD TO THE PUBLIC |
 Toothpick begun
to be used by Buddhism monk in Nara period (710〜784), and spread to
the noble in Heian period (794〜1192).When was it to spread to the public? To know this fact we find nice documents of songs which was song in plantation of rice. They are labor songs praying fruitful harvest. In these song the toothpick was included in many time. ・ Sharpening the white beard of Dragon to the toothpick ・ The owner of field to plant today has a gold toothpick in his mouth ・ Loquat tree in symbolic India is suitable for toothpick ・ Let's have toothpick dying by the essence of Azalea ・ Dropping my favorite toothpick made of willow and wisteria ・ Very good toothpick is made of willow ・ Owner of the field, we plant today looks happy because he sit on thousands of container of rice and use gold toothpick Song of plantation for rice is song of the public. Trough these we see toothpick had spread widely to the public. These songs were completed in middle age from the end of Muromachi age (1338〜1573) to Azuchi Momoyama age (1574〜1602). As the Buddhist Dougen in Kamakura age (1192〜1333) described in his book ［Shoubougennzou］that in Japan people use toothpick commonly. |