[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools, colored paper with inscriptions] Handwritten Spring in All Nations, painting of cherry blossoms, or Laughter among flowers, painting of bonfires, by Maeda Sogen

●Flowers of all nations, spring in full bloom (hanahiraku bankoku no hana)…A single flower announces the arrival of spring to the whole world. This is an expression of the world of wonder, where the one and the many are one and the same.
●The sound of laughter among the flowers (The sound of laughter among the flowers)…On a calm spring day, from behind the blooming flowers, the joyous expressions of people enthralled by the flowers can be heard.
Cherry blossoms are also interpreted as a symbol of purity and transience.

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●Not available for mail delivery●Handwritten by Fukumoto Tsuneo
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[Fukumoto Tsuneo] Shoshunji Temple, Daitokuji School Born in Kyoto in 1940. Ordained under the monk Soo at Yotokuin, a subtemple of Daitokuji Temple. Became a disciple of Seiryoken Kankei, former head priest of the Daitokuji School, and trained at Kokei Sodo in Mino. Appointed as head priest of Shoshunji Temple in 1959. Appointed as concurrent head priest of Horinji Temple and member of the Buddhist monk's council in 1975. Handed over Horinji Temple to the next head priest and is currently the head priest of Shoshunji Temple.
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Box: Tato paper