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 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 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.
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 +===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.
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 +===Wild Ducks===
 +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.
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 +===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]])
  
 ===唐松=== ===唐松===
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 +===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=== ===月===
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    * The autumn moon is considered particularly beautiful, often depicted with geese (雁).    * 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.    * The Japanese see a rabbit pounding もち where we see a man in the moon.
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 +===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]]