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NIPPONIA No.35 December 15, 2005 |
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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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Colored relief carving on white birch.
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Imitation of a pennant awarded to a winner after a sporting event. Sold as a souvenir.
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Has a drawing of Mount Fuji, and even its shape on the four corners.
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Decorated with a painting of Sengen Shrine, with the mountain in the background. Brass.
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Available at a coffee shop named Fuji in Tokyo.
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Shaped like Mount Fuji, to bring luck and boost savings.
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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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Can be bought at Sengen Taisha Shrine, at the top of Mount Fuji.
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Commemorative stamp featuring a Reiho Hikaku
(sacred mountain and flying crane)
painting by Yokoyama Taikan.
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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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