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9/05/2009
The Creepy Side of Cute
Yotsuba&!
Volume 5
That's just f#$*&d up! It's been raining a lot lately, which isn't unusual in this part of the world. But the weather's starting to mess with my mood.
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![Yotsuba&! Chapter 33: Yotsuba & Sunny Skies page 1 - Teru teru bōzu (Japanese: てるてる坊主; shiny-shiny Buddhist priest[1]) is a little traditional hand-made doll made of white paper or cloth that Japanese farmers began hanging outside of their window by a string. This amulet is supposed to have magical powers to bring good weather and to stop or prevent a rainy day. Teru is a Japanese verb which describes sunshine, and a bōzu is a Buddhist monk (compare the word bonze), or in modern slang, bald-headed. - WIKIPEDIA](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jIG0_1MzOfUOnu7mHaPU8_Ub82iCIwggom-rpjHRf6qyzE1Bb9GzytxmwF5wNZH_YKuqFzHwxJ-1ETtcMcsNLWUnt4bS-xUoNui58p1n1wwlNVBt2L_HpgNHcXm-ASsquz5v7w/s1600-h/Yotsubato33_01.jpg "Yotsuba&! Chapter 33: Yotsuba & Sunny Skies page 1 - Teru teru bōzu (Japanese: てるてる坊主; shiny-shiny Buddhist priest[1]) is a little traditional hand-made doll made of white paper or cloth that Japanese farmers began hanging outside of their window by a string. This amulet is supposed to have magical powers to bring good weather and to stop or prevent a rainy day. Teru is a Japanese verb which describes sunshine, and a bōzu is a Buddhist monk (compare the word bonze), or in modern slang, bald-headed. - WIKIPEDIA")
![Yotsuba&! Chapter 33: Yotsuba & Sunny Skies page 2 - Teru teru bōzu became popular during the Edo period among urban dwellers[2], whose children would make them the day before the good weather was desired and chant Fine-weather priest, please let the weather be good tomorrow - WIKIPEDIA](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0p8R0EbugzD4QPkdnE89g32OFmE68-U5qd_TZeaALVKScFIeRYPzBhuRxT7OIhk13Xoz_0T6BW4OvXP3ILgshep7YZVbGD2Kj9Y-XqEMW4bjhTf_XZ33kqP0Fr-iGmQcVIkKmHA/s1600-h/Yotsubato33_02.jpg "Yotsuba&! Chapter 33: Yotsuba & Sunny Skies page 2 - Teru teru bōzu became popular during the Edo period among urban dwellers[2], whose children would make them the day before the good weather was desired and chant Fine-weather priest, please let the weather be good tomorrow - WIKIPEDIA")
