MK-40, Peacock
MK-41, No Evil Monkeys The theme
was inspired by the well known Monkey Trio carving on the wall of
Toshogu, a shrine built for famous Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in Nikko
during the 17th century. It is humorously designed with gestures of
the monkeys representing "See no evil", "Say no evil"
and "Hear no evil". Technique is Shishiai Togidashi Maki-e.
MK-42, Hanami Odori (Dancing at
flower view party). In Japan flower viewing is so popular and they
enjoy it in public places throughout the country. And every big city
or rural areas also have such flower viewing festivals with Japanese
music played with Shamisen (a Japanese string instrument) and everybody
dances indoor or on the streets.
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