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NIPPONIA No.35 December 15, 2005 |
Accessory case
Lacquered. Size, about 4 cm long and 3 cm wide.
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Wear Mount Fuji on your chest. The image is taken from the colorful Aka-Fuji (“Red Fuji”) woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai.
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Wall decoration
Colored relief carving on white birch.
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Pennant
Imitation of a pennant awarded to a winner after a sporting event. Sold as a souvenir.
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Plate
Has a drawing of Mount Fuji, and even its shape on the four corners.
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Lighter
Decorated with a painting of Sengen Shrine, with the mountain in the background. Brass.
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Matchbox
Available at a coffee shop named Fuji in Tokyo.
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Piggy bank
Shaped like Mount Fuji, to bring luck and boost savings.
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1000-yen bill
The drawing is taken from a photograph of Sakasa-Fuji (Mount Fuji and its beautiful “upside-down” reflection), at Lake Motosu in Yamanashi Prefecture.
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Lucky charm
Can be bought at Sengen Taisha Shrine, at the top of Mount Fuji.
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Postage stamp
Commemorative stamp featuring a Reiho Hikaku
(sacred mountain and flying crane)
painting by Yokoyama Taikan.
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Suiteki water dispenser for calligraphy
Calligraphy with a brush requires water to make the ink. The first step is to pour water from a suiteki into an inkstone.
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