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Showing posts with label Find the differences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Find the differences. Show all posts

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Kintarō the "Golden Boy"

Kintarō 


(金太郎?, often translated as "Golden Boy") is a folk hero from Japanese folklore. A child of superhuman strength, he was raised by a mountain hag on Mount Ashigara. He became friendly with the animals of the mountain, and later, after catching Shutendouji, the terror of the region around Mount Ooe, he became a loyal follower of Minamoto no Yorimitsu under the new name Sakata no Kintoki (坂田 金時?). He is a popular figure in noh and kabuki drama, and it is a custom to put up a Kintarō doll on Boy's Day in the hope that boys will become equally brave and strong.






Saturday, November 2, 2013

Find the differences - The Human and Monkish Towers

2 boys on one head it's OK - but one more boy, is too much
A now days matchbox made of cardboard : 

"I can see our home sweet home from here..."

And another version of this Monkeys Tower (not mine):

Saturday, July 13, 2013

I think that monkeys were the most popular theme among the Japanese labels on those days

The Mighty Monkey

The Matches Prade

Hold on! it's my match, not yours

Hi Monkeys! Don't play with matches!

The Holy Grail

The Scary Monkey - 4 labels with the same motif

Give me a peach and I will give you a tree branch
Who shall win the race?

The ARTB (Around the box) full form of this labels made by Shyoesi -




Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Is "find the differences" sound familiar to you?



Chiwen

This is the fish-like, hornless dragon with a very truncated body and large, wide mouth usually found along roof ridges (as if swallowing the roof beams). His presence on roofs is also said to guard against fires. A paragraph in the Tang dynasty book Su Shi Yan Yi (苏氏演义) by Su E (苏鹗) says that a mythical sea creature called the chi wen [sic] was put on the roofs of buildings during the Han dynasty to protect the structures from fire hazards. This dragon is still found on the roofs of traditional Chinese homes today, protecting the inhabitants from fires. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

2 Chiwen labels - old and newer


A Crab or a Flower?


The "F" label is missing...

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