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-=====FUS (frequently used symbols)=====+Here I gather //motifs// that are not quite yet a fixed [[scroll]] expression, [[mei|御銘]] or defined textile patterns; but still appear frequently as 蒔絵, for example, or in 禅 bonmots.
  
-Here I list symbols that are often used on 道具 or on [[textiles|裂地]]:+===瞬間=== 
 +Read しゅん　かん. According to [[http://www.teeweg.de/de/dogu/raku/typen.html|UH]], time between blinking. When you blink, all is past. Also the name of a [[raku|楽]] bowl.
  
-^ Name              ^ Foto               ^ Description                              ^ +===Wild Ducks=== 
-| 唐松（からまつ）  | {{karamatsu.jpg?200x200}}  | A pine, can be stylised or more natural  | +百丈懷海 (Baizhang Huaihai, Jap: ひゃくじょう　えかい) (720–814) walked with his master and they see some ducks fly by. //What was that?// //Wild ducks!// //Where did they go?// //They flew away//. The master then grabs 百丈's nose and twists it: //Where could they have flown off to?// (//They are still there!//) and 百丈 was enlightened. 
-| ? | {{fourseasons.jpeg?200x200}} | bamboo, lily, plum and kiri; representing the 4 seasons. |+ 
 + 
 +===十二支=== 
 +   * Read じゅうにし, the 12 "earthly branches" (= divisions) (as opposed to the ten heavenly stems). 
 +   * The rat was first because he hitched a ride on the ox who was in the lead, but jumped off the ox and became the first animal of the zodiac. (According to [[http://issoantea.com/january-seasonal-notes/|issoan]]) 
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 +===唐松=== 
 +Chinese pine, which can have the needles either all protrude from the center or from the main branches: 
 + 
 +{{karamatsu.jpg?200x200}} 
 + 
 +===四君子=== 
 +Read にしくんし, the //four gentlemen// representing the four seasons: Plum, orchid (蘭), bamboo and chrysanthemum. 
 + 
 +{{fourseasons.jpeg?200x200}} 
 + 
 +===歳寒三友=== 
 +Read as さいかん　の　さんゆう, the 3 friends of the end of winter. They are plum, peach and cherry blossoms: first two held in high regards by Chinese as signs of eternity; latter one on one hand has to do with vanity and death, and on the other hand with the Japanese trying to establish their cultural independence. 
 + 
 +===月=== 
 +   * The full moon is often seen as a representation of enlightenment.  
 +   * However, it is more usually represented slightly obscured. //Even the moon is displeasing without clouds,// said [[people|村田珠光]].  
 +   * The autumn moon is considered particularly beautiful, often depicted with geese (雁). 
 +   * The Japanese see a rabbit pounding もち where we see a man in the moon. 
 + 
 +===蚊遣器=== 
 +   * かやり, also 蚊遣り豚 or 蚊取り豚.  
 +   * It sits in a nostalgic spot for the Japanese, evoking memories of visiting grandparents in the summer. Being a household item, it's also a stark contrast to Chinese ware. 
 +   * You'll find it as a [[kashi|sweet]], and it could also make a good [[mei|御銘]]
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