Crab (kani)

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Crabs (kani)

***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Animal

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Explanation

There are many different types of crabs in the waters of Japan. Some are kigo for winter, see below.

Here we list a few summer kigo:

crab (usually the very small ones, which are rarely eaten) 蟹

shore crabs, hamagani 浜蟹

sand crabs, sunagani砂蟹
... salt water species (Ocypoda stimsoni)

sea rock crab, isogani, 磯蟹
rock crabs, iwagani 岩蟹

Benkei crab, benkeigani 弁慶蟹
..... named after Benkei, a hero in the legends arount Yoshitsune.

river crabs, kawagani 川蟹

mountain crabs, yamagani 山蟹
... found in small mountain rivers, species Potamon

swamp crabs, zawagani 沢蟹, 澤蟹
... quite a delicacy ! Potamon dehaani
mud-legged crabs, doroashi gani　泥足蟹

small crab, kogani　小蟹
hidden crab, kakuregani 隠れ蟹
red-handed crab, akategani 赤手蟹　（あかてがに）
wandering crabs, blue crab, watarigani 渡り蟹
... swimming crab, gazami ガザミ

crab eggs, kani no ko 蟹の子
crab foaming, kani no awa 蟹の泡

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sand-digging crab, sunahori gani 砂堀蟹
... a mole crab, but not part of a haiku saijiki

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pickled crab, kanizuke 蟹漬

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Swamp crab, Zawagani


© www.choraku.co.jp/teien.htm

This kind of crab even lives in our drinking water tank outside in the garden. It is proof that the water is clear and fresh.

Gabi Greve

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Crabs in kigo for Winter

Queen crab, zuwaigani, ズワイガニ / ずわい蟹 (ずわいがに )
... Pacific snow crab
Chionoecetes opilio

http://www.sh.rim.or.jp/~ogawa/pages/zuwaigani.htm

Also called:
Crab from Echizen, Echizengani 越前蟹
Pine crab, matsubagani　松葉蟹

A type with very large legs, up to two meters long. An expensive delicacy in the winter season. There are special bus tours from Tokyo to special fish markets on the Sea of Japan, just to taste and then by these crabs.

. WASHOKU
First Catch of the Year, November in Toyooka, Hyogo


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King Crab, tarabagani 鱈場蟹
ship for processing these crabs, kani koosen 蟹工船

They are usually found in fishing grounds of the cod (tara) in Northern Japan.


Kanikōsen 蟹工船
novel by 小林多喜二 Kobayashi Takiji



Takiji Kobayashi 小林 多喜二 K
( December 1, 1903 – February 20, 1933) was a Japanese author of proletarian literature. He is best known for his short novel Kanikōsen, or Crab Cannery Ship, a short novel published in 1929. It tells the story of several different people and the beginning of organization into unions of fishing workers.
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Worldwide use

France

Les crabes (kani)
Quand on parle de crabe dans un haïku, on sous-entend les jeunes crabes de l'été, qui sont très visibles à cette période de l'année. Par contre, en tant que fruit de mer, les crabes sont souvent consommés en hiver. Les crabes sont dotés d'une paire de pince et de quatre paires de pattes, et leur carapace très solide leur donne une apparence invulnérable.

Kani no kuru
Tokoro ni ono wo
Oku kuriya

Dans la grosse caisse
Où sont rangés outils et haches,
Un crabe se cache !

Seishi YAMAGUCHI
http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/logos/saijiki/saijikife.html

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USA, Chesapeake Bay

crab (callinectes sapidus Rathbun) —
Maryland's official crustacean, and a favorite food the Chesapeake region. Male crabs are 'jimmies,' female crabs are 'sooks.' Hardshells are crabs with hardshells, softshells are crabs that have shed their shells and have not yet hardened the new shell. Peelers are crabs just about to shed their shells. Crabs can be fished for using hand lines or crab pots. Chicken necks are a favorite bait.
For more info,
http://www.baydreaming.com/crabs.htm


work boats from Ewell,
scrapers on Big Thoroughfare,
Soft Crab your cities.

Harry Armistead, US
Previously published in 'Chesapeake Bay Haiku,' Audubon Naturalist News, Feb, 2002.

crab boat —

crab pot —
A trap used for catching crabs and ultimately derived from the Native American method of crabbing. Crab pots are submersed and tied together with arope and marked with small buoys. Boaters must keep an alert eye to avoid fouling their propellors with them.

crab shack —
A warm weather restaurant serving crabs and little else. A shack houses the kitchen and may have screened porches around it with picnic tables, it will also have open air tables. The tables are covered in newspaper for a tablecloth and the steamed crabs are dumped directly onto the newspaper. Crabs are broken open with wooden crab hammers and picked apart with the fingers and eaten.

crabbing —
Watermen typically spend winter oystering and summer fishing for crabs . Crabbing is also done recreationally and crab feasts on the beach are a favorite form of picnic.

Contribution of M. Kei, US
Editor of the Chesapeake Bay Saijiki

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Things found on the way

. Heikegani 平家蟹 Heike crabs, Heikea japonicum .




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Japanese English Ocean Dictionary
http://www.oceandictionary.net/jez.html

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HAIKU

松の根に蟹かたむいてゐたりけり　
matsu no ne ni kani katamuite itarikeri

there -
at the root of a pine
there hangs a crab
　　
Noro Shunmin 野呂　春眠
(Tr. Gabi Greve)


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my beach walk
little carbs run
light as breeze

john tiong chunghoo
http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=63811&poem=2408309

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***** World Kigo Database : Fish as Kigo

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Crab dishes 蟹料理　in Japan

WASHOKU ... Japanese Food SAIJIKI

WASHOKU -FISH and SEAFOOD SAIJIKI

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Fish WORLDWIDE SAIJIKI

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FISH WORLDWIDE SAIJIKI

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***** Location: Worldwide
***** Season: See below
***** Category: Animal

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Explanation

The word FISH (sakana　魚 ) just like that is not a kigo.


Japanese FISH and SEAFOOD are here :

JAPANESE FISH AND SEAFOOD - SAIJIKI


Here is a list of fish worldwide used as kigo.


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Please add your fish haiku, haiga and info
in the comments to this BLOG.




fish under water -
the illusion of words
we think we know

http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/05/illusions-with-fish.html

© Gabi Greve


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Snapper in Australia (Pagrus auratus)
all spring


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All Winter

Alaska pollack, sukesoodara 助宗鱈 (すけそうだら)
Theragra chalcogramma
..... sukesoo dara 介党鱈（すけとうだら）
"Tara from Sado Island, "Sadodara 佐渡鱈（さどだら）
"fish with roe", mentaigyo 明太魚（めんたいぎょ）
fish roe from Alaska pollack, momijiko 紅葉子（もみじこ）
Alaska-Seelachs, Alaska-Pollack


Whales, kujira 鯨


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eel (capitone) in Italy
The capitone is offered during the Christmas eve dinner which only consists of fish courses.

on the table cloth
the capitone waits
for its turn

Moussia, Italy

Roast Eel, Capitone Arrosto
This is a classic Christmas Eve dish from Altamura, in northwestern Puglia, Italy.
I remember in Germany we also have eel as a favorite winter fish, because of its fat.
In Japan, as we saw above, the eel is eaten in the middle of the summer heat.

Gabi Greve


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NEW YEAR

A lot of fish and seafood is prepared for the special dishes of
the New Year Season, O-Setchi Ryori
(osetchi ryoori おせち料理, 御節料理 )
New Year Food, Neujahrsessen


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Fish as a non-seasonal topic

Many contributions might even considered senryu.

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Milkfish (Chanos chanos) PHILIPPINES SAIJIKI

Tawilis (Sardinella tawilis) PHILIPPINES SAIJIKI


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fish out of water
groping for newer ideas
of survival

shoma, India

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blue and silver fish --
but for the ferry wait
unnoticed

In Norway last summer, having left the bus and waiting for the ferry across a splendid sunny fjord, I had leisure to look deeply into the clear waters at the landing stage.
Once my eyes had got used to the shadows, I noticed tiny blue and silver fish living their lives below, undisturbed by us and by the occasional traffic.

Photo and Haiku © Isabelle Prondzynski, 2005

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SLEEK DARTING FISHES
a rengay

sleek darting fishes
weave in and out of my dreams
sunlight caresses

three naked children run
from real and imagined crabs

in aquamarine rock-pools
reflections flicker - are gone
seaweed gently swirls

sea breeze
mum on an airbed
floats out with the tide

the horizon tilts;
on-shore fishermen pause

ocean’s edge
teenagers promenade
casting their spells

frances ryan
paul t conneally

started: 7th June 2000
completed: 10th June 2000

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Goldfish approaches
its reflection and returns:
almost Winter.

Kami
http://kamihaiku.blogspot.com

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fish seller . . .
she arranges them
all in a row

Kala Ramesh , India

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how quickly
you move through the shallows
insensitive fish

gerry

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From Zhanna P. Rader

Под тонким ледком
играет краснопёрка –
любопытство пса.

Red-finned fish
plays under a thin ice -
the dog's curiosity.

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Fighting the currents,
brook trout reach the gravel bed -
their mating dance.

Борясь с течением,
форель достигает мелководья -
её свадебные танцы . . .

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Scuba-diving...
The fish nibble
at my skin.

В воде с аквалангом. . .
Рыба щиплет мне
кожу.

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Rippling bay -
striped mullet leap
from the water.

В заливе рябит -
полосатая кефаль
выпрыгивает из воды.

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Black heron's wings
become an umbrella -
fish seek the shade.

Крылья чёрной цапли
раскрываются зонтами -
рыба спешит в их тень.

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Lakeside campfire –
the aroma of fish soup
gathers the family.

Костёр на озере -
аромат ухи
собирает всю семью.

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Office lunch –
a hawk comes to the window
with a fish

(Canadian Zen Haiku canadien, vol. 2, #4, 2004)

Обед на работе –
ястреб прилетает с рыбой
и садится на окно.

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На ныряльщице
модный купальник -
рыба пучит глаза.

A snappy swimsuit
on the woman diver -
the snappers just stare.

(World Haiku Review, 2005, #1)

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Night ebbing tide -
a man on the pier fishes
for large snook.

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because you caught it,
I slice the fish's belly;
the sundeck reddens

silver streaked sky --
we surfcast for striped bass
off the Atlantic

hortensia anderson
nyc, ny, usa

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GEERT VERBEKE
http://users.skynet.be/geert.verbeke.bowls


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Tilapia from the Philippines

The tilapia is a freshwater fish that is considered to be one of the healthiest fish to eat. It has soft white meat that is not wild in taste, but delicate. And it has a lot of bones. It is usually baked and eaten with rice. It looks like a cross between a big mouth bass and a blue gill.

those eyes!
a tilapia
stares at me
from the wet slab
with no tomorrow

robert wilson



Hungry tilapia
gamely bites the bait
of the fishing rod.

Willie Bongcaron, Manila, April 2008


These fish are also found in China and Africa.

The Genus Tilapia

is endemic to warm waters throughout the world. The aquaculture, or fish farming, of Tilapia is recorded in human history as far back as ancient Egypt. Tradition holds that the Tilapia was the fish that Jesus used to feed the five-thousand on the Sea of Galilee - thus one of its common names, "St. Peter's Fish." Tilapia is also referred to as "The Wonder Fish" and "Nile Perch."

Read more at the Morning Star Fishermen
http://www.morningstarfishermen.org/fish.html


KENYA
Where Kenya is concerned, Tilapia and Nile Perch are two of the mostcommon fish, both living and fished in Lake Victoria -- and indeed,both exported to Belgium for consumption here. They are bothdelicious!

In Kenya, there would seem to be no particular season linked witheither or both of these fish, as they are available and good to eatall year round. However, they could be a non seasonal topic, sincethey play a major economic role in the lives of the people near LakeVictoria. Indeed, even those frying them in the street stalls of Nairobi, hail from Western Kenya and are "fish" people.

Isabelle Prondzynski

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Tilapia in the Philippines

On January 11, 2008, the Cagayan Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) stated that tilapia production grew and Cagayan Valley is now the Philippines’ tilapia capital. Production supply grew 37.25% since 2003, with 14,000 metric tons (MT) in 2007. The recent aquaculture congress found that the growth of tilapia production was due to government interventions:
provision of fast-growing species, accreditation of private hatcheries to ensure supply of quality fingerlings, establishment of demonstration farms, providing free fingerlings to newly constructed fishponds, and the dissemination of tilapia to Nueva Vizcaya (in Diadi town).
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

PHILIPPINES SAIJIKI


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***** Fish Kigo from Russia

***** Flounder, sole (karei) as food. Japan

***** Octopus (tako) Japan. Also squid (ika)


***** Carp Streamers (koinobori, Japan)

***** Mackerel Clouds (iwashigumo) Japan

***** Mermaid Parade, N.Y., USA

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WASHOKU ... JAPANESE FISH AND SEAFOOD
SAIJIKI


WASHOKU ... Japanese Food SAIJIKI


Back to the Worldkigo Index
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Magnolia (mokuren)

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Magnolia (mokuren)

***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: Mid-Spring
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

Magnolia, lily magnolia (mokuren 木蓮, 木蘭) Magnolia liliflora
Literally: Tree Lotus Flower, Tree Orchid.



The most cultivated version in Japan. With purple blossoms.

violet magnolia (shimokuren 紫木蘭) Lily magnolia blossoms
white magnolia (hakuren 白蘭）Magnolia denudata
Sarasa Mokuren (更紗木蓮)
Karasu Mokuren (烏木蓮)


Magnolia buds,
which are visible long before the fowers open, add a sence of the early spring to this flower.




The country of origin is China, but they have been introduced to Japan in the 10th century as a garden flower to enjoy in spring. The blossom has six petals, which get as long as 10 centimeters. They all point in the same direction when open. They have a faint smell of spring. The form of the blossom resembles the lotus, hence the Japanese name, which can be written with the Chinese charactersfor lotus 蓮 or orchid 蘭.

The fallen petals create a violet carpet and evoke the feeling of sadness and passing on of life, some sort of "mono no aware".

The white magnolia, which flowers earlier, found its way to Europe in the 18th/19th century and became very popular soon. Magnolia is the English version of the word "mokuren" .

Photos and text by Gabi Greve

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kigo for early summer

taisanboku no hana 泰山木の花 (たいさんぼくのはな)
taizanboku no hana 大山木の花（たいざんぼくのはな）
taisanboku no hana 大盞木の花（たいさんぼくのはな）

blossoms of the Magnolia grandiflora


ooyama renge 大山蓮花 (おおやまれんげ) "lotus of a large mountain"
..... 天女花（おおやまれんげ）
miyama renge 深山蓮花（みやまれんげ）
Magnolia sieboldii


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USA

The magnolias in the southern USA, are similar to Big Fragrant Magnolia mentioned below, big petals creamy to milky white. The trees are considered one of the few broadleaf evergreens.

magnolia --
a pleasant scent
in the shade

Their large blossoms shed the palm sized petals looking like porcelan white giant Chinese soup spoons! Their blossoms' fragrance is delicate and pleasing on a sultry summer evening walk.

Chibi (Dennis Holmes)

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. sange 散華 "scattering blossoms" amulets .


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magnolia blossoms -
the sky today
without a blemish

Look at the corresponding photo by Gabi Greve here:
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/05/magnolia.html

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mirroring
coromandel magnolia
in the fishpond

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far away beneath
the magnolia petals
the morning sun ~

Narayanan

Look at a beautiful photo at the Haiku Gallery
http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/PH_detail?photo_sn_in=1130

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blooming magnolia
girls fidget
for Easter pictures

Mary Gamble
http://www.millikin.edu/haiku/courses/globalspring2001/MaryGamble.html

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Ein Frühlingshauch der
Morgenröte färbte zart
die Magnolien.

a faint spring breeze
in the pink morning colors
the magnolia

Magnolien gehören mit zu den ersten Frühlingsblühern. Ich liebe ihre porzellanartigen, tulpenförmigen, pastellfarbigen Blüten.

Dietlinde Heider

Look at her German Akrostichon about MAGNOLIE
http://www.haikulinde.de/weblog/archives/00000102.htm

Great Photo of one blossom
by Brigitte Blechschmidt
http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/442486/display/1286261

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magnolia buds
swaying before the bamboo -
just that

Gabi Greve, April 2009
(Click for the photos!)


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***** Mountain Magnolia (kobushi 辛夷)
こぶし 辛夷 木筆
yama mokuren 山木蓮（やまもくれん）Magnolia kobus
..... kobush hajikami 、こぶしはじかみ
yama araragi やまあららぎ
shide kobushi 幣辛夷（しでこぶし）
tauchizakura 田打桜（たうちざくら）

kigo for mid-spring
Magnolia kobus


http://www.salisbury.edu/arboretum/Magnolia/MaKo/MaKoHM.html

Other Japanese names:
Mountain Magnolia (yama kobushi 山辛夷、yama araragi やまあららぎ, shide kobushi しでこぶし)
Cherry for starting planting the fields (tauchi sakura 田打桜)

This variety is native to Japan. It grows in many mountainous areas. The name means litteraly: small fist, since the buds look like such. They are also used in Chinese medicine.

In my area of Okayama, the hot spring of Okutsu (奥津) celebrates its annual Kobushi Matsuri, the Wild Mountain Magnolia Festival during the first two weeks of April. The sight in the gorge with the steep cliffs shining white with all the flowering trees is superb.



http://www.tamatele.ne.jp/~hiroyuki-n/416-sinrinkouenn/4162-pronoazi.html

wild mountain magnolia -
the ravine alive with
car exhaust

There are so many people squeezing in the small ravine, it is amazing.

Gabi Greve

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*****Big Magnolia Flower (Hoo Flower)
朴の花（ほおのはな) hoo no hana
hoo no hana 厚朴の花（ほおのはな）
hoo sange 朴散華（ほおさんげ）
kigo for early summer

Magnolia hypoleuca. The fragrant magnolia.


http://www010.upp.so-net.ne.jp/pha/flo0405hounoki.htm

This beautiful flower on its large leaves is a pleasure to find in any forest. Since the flowers sit on the large leaves, they are hard to detect and better viewed from far first. The contrast of the white flowers with the dark green leaves is splendid. The small petals in the center of the flower are also worth a second look.

It has a lovely smell and the leaves are used for fragrant teas and even bean paste (miso). The name HOO derives from "fragrance" 包.

The tree has a slightly white bark. The wood is soft and easy to process, it is used for wooden clogs Geta 下駄 and piano parts.

Gabi Greve

雷鳴のしづもる夜明け朴の花

early morning
after a night of thunder -
fragrant magnolia blossom
(Tr. Gabi Greve)

Haiku-An - Natsu


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