#mochi pounding

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Mochi Pounding

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Mochi pounding!

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After he's done with the mochi, Ryu is more than happy to pound something else for you 😏

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©Mari Koneko

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Mochi-making process in rural Japan.

One type of mochi has a covering of red bean paste and the other has soybean flour (kinako).

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腹の上でもちつき 映像は昭和30年、驚異の芸を披露する男性。腹の上に二俵の米俵、板、石臼、そして成人男性二人を乗せ、なんとそのまま餅つきをさせ…!　餅をつく手も手加減なし!　大丈夫?

human anvil mochi-pounding stunt In this 1955 footage, a man demonstrates a remarkable stunt: lying on his back while two rice bales, a board, a stone mortar, and two adult men are stacked on top of him—allowing them to pound mochi above him.

日本の古い力芸。 一人の男が仰向けに寝た上に、米俵や板、重い物を次々と積み上げ、身体そのものを台にしてしまう。演目によっては、その上で餅つきを行うこともあった。上にかかる総重量は、時に数百キロに達したといいます。 この種の芸は19世紀後半の見世物文化の中ですでに知られ、日本では戦後のテレビ時代まで細々と生き残っていました。

A classic Japanese strength stunt sometimes described as a “human anvil.” A man lies on his back while rice bales, boards, and heavy objects are stacked above him, turning his body into a living platform. In some performances, people would even pound mochi on top of the structure. The total weight placed above him could sometimes reach several hundred kilograms. This type of stunt was already known in the late 19th-century sideshow tradition and survived into the early television era in Japan.

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