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Shukado Newsletter vol. 103

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Dear customers and friends,

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Hello from Akiko Yamada sending you Shukado newsletter.
I hope that you are enjoying Christmas now.
Ginza where Shukado located in is decorated with Christmas illumination.

This is today's lineup.

Index
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Special Feature; New Year's Eve
New Items
Holiday Notice
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After Christmas next big event in Japan is New Year's Eve.
New Year's Eve is very important day for Japanese people along with New Year's Day.
At that day, Japanese clean their houses by all the family to welcome New Year.
And at the night they eat soba buckwheat noodle hoping longevity.
Because its∏ length is associated with longevity.

Today I will introduce you Ukiyo-e regarding with New Year's Eve.
Hiroshige One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Kitsunebi on New Year's Eve in Oji

http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-89-386/Hiroshige/One-Hundred-Famous-Views-of-Edo--Kitsunebi-on-New-Year-s-Eve-in-Oji?

This is an artwork depicted on a basis of an oral tradition on Oji Inari Shrine presently located in Oji, Kita ward, Tokyo. According to the legend, the area used to be a huge rice field, and on every New Year's Eve, foxes got together at a giant nettle tree for a rite, then visited Oji Inari to complete their celebration. There are many landscape paintings of Oji which refer to the legend, but this artwork particularly holds a fantastic mood.

In the same series, there is other Ukiyo-e depicting Oji Inari Shrine.
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-88-156/Hiroshige/One-hundred-Famous-Views-of-Edo--Oji-Shurine

I hear there is an event that on the night of New Year's Eve they go to the shrine to pray happy New Year imitating the legend wearing fox masks.


New Items
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Hiroshige One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, View to the North from Asukayama
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-89-410/Hiroshige/One-Hundred-Famous-Views-of-Edo--View-to-the-North-from-Asukayama

Hiroshige Famous Views of Eastern Capital、Tsukudajima
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-89-371/Hiroshige/Famous-Views-of-Eastern-Capital%E3%80%81Tsukudajima

Hiroshige II One hundred Famous Views in the Provinces, Ise
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-89-432/Hiroshige-II/One-hundred-Famous-Views-in-the-Provinces--Ise

Natori Shunsen Yakusha-e
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-89-406/Natori-Shunsen/Yakusha-e

Komura Settai Snowy Morning
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-89-344/Komura-Settai/Snowy-Morning

Hokujyu  Shinobazu Pond
Hiroshige  One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Minato Shrine
          One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Gohyakurakan
Kiyochika  Mukoujima,
Night Stall,
Gokakudo
And more.

Holiday Notice
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We are closing from 27th December to 6th January.
During the holiday, you can place orders on our online shop.
But for those who inquire by e-mail or phone, we will give you a reply after 7th January.

Best wishes for a happy new year!

Sincerely yours,
Akiko Yamada

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