These are examples of wonderful way of presenting calligraphic works on tanzaku, or elongated pieces of paper invented by my long-time, valued friend.

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You can also hang them using the little devices on the back side.

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They are “early, autumn, cool, evening” (right) and “gateway to great success” (left).

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Incidentally, the second character on the left one is a little unusual from the one most generally used nowadays, that is, the two right-left parts are put in reverse.

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The two characters, the modern type and this reversed type are considered to be the same character, irrelevant to the two parts’ positions.  In other words, Chinese characters have more flexibility than most people would think.  And I like this character in this unusual form.

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