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JOYOUS CHRISTMAS SEASON! KURISUMASU OMEDETOU!  (MP3) Christmas 1945, at Urakami Cathedral, Nagasaki.(See Acknowledgements.) Views: Then and now. |
This Nativity scene was
painted for Vatican City's Christmas postage stamp issue of 1964. The artist's name is Ko(u)seki Kimiko. For Japanese lyrics of traditional Christmas carols (in kanji/kana and in transcription), see the fine collection of MIDI music at John Kohji Suguiyama's site. Complete Silent Night heard on Radio Japan: Kiyoshi kono yoru (MP3) (Japanese text of this version) |
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and a nengajou
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The small (8.5 x 13 cm) print (far left) was made in the 1950s. It shows a street of Gion district, Kyoto, under winter snow. The view is toward Yasaka Pagoda, with traditional New Year motifs: pine decorations (kadomatsu) by the gate, girls in kimono playing badminton with batttledore (hagoita) and shuttlecock (hane), boys flying kites. Plus a snowman (yukidaruma). Compare a present-day view farther to the south (near left). | ||
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Happy Year of the Ox! Rub this nadeushi "stroking cow" for good fortune. It is the first one I encountered in Japan, at the shrine Ushijima Jinja in Sumida Ku, Tokyo. Click on the image for a larger view. | ||
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