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Text on the reverse side: The Japanese name for owl, Fukuro, usually is written with one single character, but can also be written with the combina...
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Text on the reverse side: The Japanese name for owl, Fukuro, usually is written with one single character, but can also be written with the combina...
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Text on the reverse side: Image taken from a vintage electric publicity poster. Did you know that only 10 percent of energy in a standard light bul...
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Text on the reverse side: It is said that a koi carp swims up rivers and climbs waterfalls. The Japanese associates koi carps with perseverance in ...
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Text on the reverse side: From an envelope produced by Sakuraiya (est. 1841). The company opened their store in Shinkyogoku (Kyoto) in 1895, and cl...
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Text on the reverse side: Image taken from a vintage poster designed by Alphonse Mucha. His Art Nouveau style was often imitated although it was a ...
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Text on the reverse side: The blooming of cherry blossoms, is a symbol of purity. Their spectacular bloom is enjoyed by many, but for a short peri...
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Text on the reverse side: The Japanese calligraphy reads “yoi otoshi wo” translating as “wishing you a good new year.” The New Year is the most imp...
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Text on the reverse side: Taken from a design of a summer blanket which belonged to a member of the imperial family of Japan. The goldfish symbolis...
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Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Egyptian adaptation of an antique Japanese woodblock print from 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaer...
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Text on the reverse side: The blooming of cherry blossoms, is a symbol of purity. Their spectacular bloom is enjoyed by many, but for a short peri...
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Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Book lover adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print by Koson (1877-1945). Japanese folklore portrays the ...
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Text on the reverse side: Landscape by 20thC woodblock print master, Hasui Kawase (1883-1957). The publisher took this design and commissioned an ...
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Text on the reverse side: Depicted is the famous Nikko Toshogu Shinto shrine that was built in 1627. It enshrines the first Shogun, the founder of ...
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Text on the reverse side: A bridge, particularly a bridge over water, represents crossing over from the profane to the sacred. In Zen symbolism, re...
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Text on the reverse side: A contemporary adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaeru”, which can al...
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Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Christmas Carol adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaer...
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Text on the reverse side: The plum blossom expresses enduring happiness. Used as a congratulatory symbol of good luck, it represents strength, resi...
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Text on the reverse side: Symbolising invincibility, power and might, the tiger is a highly potent symbol used across many cultures in Asia. Tradit...
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Text on the reverse side: Hochu Nakamura (active 1790- 1819), a Rinpa school Japanese painter from the middle to late Edo period, was mainly active...
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Text on the reverse side: While scholars debate the origin of the sacred mountain’s name “fuji”, one of the most commonly accepted is that the name...
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Text on the reverse side: Registered in 1875, Acanthus was the first wallpaper design released by the decorative arts retailer, Morris and Co, fou...
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Text on the reverse side: Bridges are viewed as the way to reach a destination, and so they can symbolise a means to overcome obstacles, whilst al...
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Text on the reverse side: An embroidered panel in the manner of William Morris decorated with trailing orange briar roses. The briar rose is symbol...
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Text on the reverse side: In Chinese culture, also colours can carry an auspicious meaning. Blue, azure and some shades of green, called “qing”, ar...
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Text on the reverse side: By British textile designer and potter William Morris (1834-1896), who was inspired by the thrush birds that frequently s...
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Text on the reverse side: Rabbits are associated to cleverness and self-devotion. Woodblock print by Kōno Bairei (1844-1895). A6 size (148mm x 10...
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Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Christmas adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print by Koson (1877-1945). Japanese folklore portrays the f...
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Text on the reverse side: The waxwing totem is believed to teach selflessness whilst encouraging us to give to others for their benefit, without c...
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Text on the reverse side: Expressive of enduring happiness, the plum blossom has traditionally been used as a decorative symbol of congratulatory o...
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Text on the reverse side: The five levels of the Japanese pagoda stand for each of the five elements according to Buddhist thought: Earth, Water, F...
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Text on the reverse side: In the Japanese system of Hana-kotoba (flower meanings), the magnolia flower means the sublime, and love of nature, reinv...
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Text on the reverse side: The blooming of cherry blossoms, is a symbol of purity. Their spectacular bloom is enjoyed by many, but for a short perio...
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Text on the reverse side: White is the colour of purity, innocence, wholeness and completion. In this image, these attributes are combined with the...
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Text on the reverse side: The wisteria, along with the bridge, made the grounds of this shrine a popular place to enjoy leisurely activities. Mone...
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Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Roman adaptation of an antique Japanese woodblock print from 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaeru”,...
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Text on the reverse side: Yasaka Pagoda, first built in 589, was repeatedly destroyed and burned in war. Always reconstructed to its original form...
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