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chirimen-mushi "flatfish hirame or karei"
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name: Chirimen-mushi "flatfish
hirame or karei" |
1. The origin of Chirimen-mushi |
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One day, all of a sudden, I made
a wonderful works one after another, though I
cannot understand what it is. I was surprised after
made them. why could I make so wonderful works?.
Soon I tried to explain how the works were made by
every possible means. But I could not define it
with many regrets. Anyway I named the wounderful
works "Chirimen-mushi" (Crape Insect) |
Hirame has the eye on the left side. ![]()
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karei has the eye on the right side. ![]()
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Flatfish "hireme" and "karei"
Flatfishes inhabit the waters of Japaneses coast throughout the
temperate and toropical seas. The body of an adult is broad and flat,
and is distinctive because of its lack of symetry. The fish has the
habit of lying on one side on the bottom. Generally most Japanese
people call this compressed fishes "hirame" or "karei" They are
familiar at a fish store or a supermarket in Japan. A roast or
tempura is most populer cooking, but they are also highly esteemed
food fishes. Of course, They are listed on Jpanese sushi menu.
フラットフィッシュは日本の沿岸の温帯、熱帯地方に分布し、体は幅広で平べったく、左右非対称の体が特徴です。海底に体の片側を横たえて棲息しています。一般的にこの押しつぶされたような魚は日本ではヒラメ、カレイと呼ばれています。ヒラメとカレイは魚屋さんやスーパーマーケットでよく見かける食材です。焼魚やテンプラが最も庶民的な料理方法でしょう。でも、食材として、高く評価されています。お寿司やさんのネタにもあります。
How to distinguish between hirame and karei.
Hirame and karei look very much alike, but they are diffrent species
each other. It is said that left is hirame, and right is karei amang
Japanese fishermans.
Hirame has the eye on the left side. "left-eyed flatfish"
karei has the eye on the right side. "right-eyed flatfish"
ヒラメとカレイは非常によく似ています。しかし、全く違った種です。日本の漁師の間では、左ヒラメに右カレイと言われています。目が上にある方を上にしてヒラメは体の左側に目があります。カレイは体の右側に目があります。
coloring
The underside, or blind side, is usually whitish, while the upper, or
eyed side, is pigmented. Flatfishes generally have a highly
developed ability to vary their coloring in order to match their
backgrounds.
フラットフィッシュの下側の方は通常白いです。一方、上側の目のある方は色素があります。フラットフィッシュは一般的に、海底の色に自分の体の色を変化させる非常にすぐれた能力を持っています
migrate-eye
Adult flatfishes differ from all other fishes. The adult is
compressed laterally and lies on the bottom on its blind, or eyeless,
side. Larval flatfishes swim normally and have an eye on each side of
the head, but during development the skull twists and one eye
"migrates" across the top of the head to lie close beside the
other.
成長したフラットフィッシュは他の魚と大いに異なります。体の横から圧縮され、海底に横たわったかっこうになります。生まれたばかりのフラットフィッシュは普通の魚と同じように泳ぎ、目も頭の両側にあります。しかし、成長するにしたがい、頭はねじれ、片側の一つの目は頭の上を横切って別な方の側に移動します。
reference book
Encyclopedia Americana
![]() Board is covered with chirimen. board size 10cm×15cm, Iron plate is putted in the board. ![]() ![]() left is hirame and right is karei
Magnet is attached to these fancywork on the under side. |
![]() price: one flatfish and board set $30.00 |
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This page last updated 1/11/2004