—min-min-min-minminmin-dzzzzzz." The sound is plaintive, and not unpleasing. It is often compared to the sound of the voice of a priest chanting the sutras.
VII.—Tsuku-Tsuku-Bōshi.
On the day immediately following the Festival of the Dead, by the old Japanese calendar (which is incomparably more exact than our Western calendar in regard to nature-changes and manifestations), begins to sing the tsuktsuku-bōshi. This creature may be said to sing like a bird. It is also called kutsukutsu-bōshi, choko-choko-uisu, tsuku-tsuku hōshi, tsuku-tsuku-oishi,—all onomatopoetic appellations. The sounds of its song have been imitated in different ways by various writers. In Izumo the common version is,—
Tsuku-tsuku-uisu,
Tsuku-tsuku-uisu,
Tsuku-tsuku-uisu:—
Ui-ōsu
Ui-ōsu
Ui-ōsu
Ui-ōs-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-su,
Another version[1] runs,—
註
- ↑ version—translation.
