This is the symbolic phrase for this time of year, meaning fruits of Tachibana orange begin to turn yellow. However, I regret I don’t recall if I have seen this kind of trees or not.
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The Postcard Collection event this time has a main theme, “想う, feel, think, desire, sentiment, wish, and what not. I thought of this word, “sacredness”, just in view of the time of year. The event is held through this Sunday.
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Today is December 1st and, of course, December is the last month, so you could refer to it as the youngest child and so today marks the New Year of the youngest. My grandfather on my mother’s side used to talk about this “New Year of the youngest child”. However, I don’t recall what kind of food he prepared to celebrate the day. I only thought of buying mochi or rice cakes at a neighborhood grocery store. For, we Japanese often relate the food with festive occasions. I am certain my grandfather didn’t buy them but instead he made them himself, though.
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I went to the venue of the postcard collection exhibit and I enjoyed its richness both in number and quality. The exhibition is held till this Sunday.
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In response to my request for favorite character(s) and word(s), someone suggested “beauty”. I suppose some other people may have thought of the same letter.
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I often practice copying the works that my teacher left. I enjoy copying his Chinese character pieces, however, copying works in small kana letters is really very hard and I am seldom successful to produce something passable.
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“North wind sweeps the leaves away”. This is the seasonal phrase for this time of year. Surely, it has become cold suddenly today. And the fallen leaves fluttering on the ground look cold.
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(a festival for 3-year-old boys and girls, 5-year-old boys and 7-year-old girls), which originally meant to wish for the children’s healthy growth and happiness and set on the November 15th, seems to become more and more important and glamorous. Even for me, my parents dressed me in a kimono and took me to that famous shrine. It was long time ago, but I still have some photos of myself in kimono.
The photos here show the trees of autumn foliage on the shrine’s premise.
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It is with pleasure for me to announce that I was allowed to participate in the thirtieth commemorable show of the Postcard Collection. This is my fourth participation in this particularly enjoyable event, which I really would like you to visit.
The first photo shows one of the five kinds of my works that will be shown and a set for the original exhibition, “calligraphy” and “relationship” meaning relationship with others through calligraphy, a beautiful Japanese phrase that I would have never known without my calligraphy experience.
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About this time last year, I went and prayed at the grand festival of Izumotaisha Shrine in Shimane Prefecture. However, this year I went to its branch in Kyoto Prefecture for its grand festival.
The written oracle I got there said something like “you must always do good, because the deity is eyeing on you all the time”. During my visit to this shrine, I found things someone left behind in the restrooms of the shrine and the station and I took both of them to proper places. I am sure I must have done the same, even if the deity wasn’t looking at my behavior, though.
The photos are the sky over the torii of the shrine and a lonely sight on my way back.
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