combination plum and crane(used as a good luck charm)

by yamachem - uploaded on November 16, 2014, 7:51 pm

This is from umezuru.png

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you can see here:https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A1#mediaviewer/File:Ume-zuru_inverted.png

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a design used as a good luck charm ,called "umezuru"

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"ume" means "Japanese apricot or Chinese plum"

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"zuru"is a variation of "tsuru"　which means "crane" and is often used as theme of "origami" and is called "orizuru"

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Though I colored petals of "ume" in green just for fun

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In fact,the colors of petals of "ume" are red or pink or white.