13: Japanese paper "kanji"
13-A: pale purple , 13-B: naby blue
13-A
13-B
13: Japanese paper "kanji"
13-C: gold , 13-D: pale pink
13-C
13-D
14: Japanese paper "kare-sansui"
15: Japanese paper "fuu-jin & rai-jin"
means a god of thunder & god of wind .
the whie one is rai-jin, and green one
is fuu-jin"
17: Japanese paper "gosho-guruma"
"gosho-guruma" is a royal car to used at
the imperial place of Heian period,
year 800 - 1192.
The beautiful TANZAKU garally
16: Japanese paper "holding fun"
18: Japanese paper "sichi-fukujin"
"sichi-fukujin" is the seven (sichi or nana in japanese) of good luck.
Shichi-fukujin are the seven gods that bring gool luck. They are representative of gods and holy persons in Buddhism, Shintosism and Taoism and are often drawn riding in a treasure ship. It has been said that people put together seven gods of good luck and came to belive in them.
Shichi-fukujin became widely known in the Muromachi period
(1333-1573). Nowadays, at temples and shrines with shichifuku-jin connections, people pray for long life and family well-being, and merchants, hoping for business success, display shichi-fukujin pictures.