*Mochitsuki* (making Japanese rice cake), Tokyo 1974
Childs, Iraphne R. (1974) *Mochitsuki* (making Japanese rice cake), Tokyo 1974. [Image]
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Abstract
Mochitsuki (rice-cake pounding) ceremony is traditional for the Japanese New Year. Mochi is made of glutinous rice flour, soaked overnight, cooked, then pounded into paste using wooden mallets in a traditional mortar and molded into shape. Two people alternate, one pounding and the other turning and wetting the mochi. They keep a steady rhythm to avoid accidentally injure one another with the heavy mallet.
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| Item Type: | Image | ||||||||
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| Collection: | Asia-Pacific Images: 1970s-1990s | ||||||||
| Sub-Collection Title: | Japan |
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| Date: | 1974 | ||||||||
| Keywords: | Japanese; festivals, celebrations, etc | ||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2013 13:06 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2014 19:39 | ||||||||
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright Iraphne R. Childs. | ||||||||
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| URI: | https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/id/eprint/833 | ||||||||
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