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Gogatsu ningyo (May dolls) and Tango no Sekku (Boys’ Festival)

The Botan flower, the flower of wealth

Cedar and the Japanese

A day of spring tide is ideal for gathering shellfish

Cherry blossoms in Kyoto depicted in nishiki-e

Hanami (cherry blossom viewing) and Enkai (parties)

Sakura Mochi in Kanto and Kansai

Everything is a hina doll

Hina-ichi (Hina doll Market) and Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)

Setsubun and Jakibarai (Warding off evil spirits)

Kisaragi (February)

Uke-e good luck charms

The captivating charm of yumejishiki

New Year's Greeting -New Year's Hikifuda-

Shiwasu (December)

Sosaku-hanga (creative prints) and Shin-hanga (new prints)

Shimotsuki (November)

TORIYAMA Sekien’s Illustrated Night Parade of the Demon Horde

Nagatsuki (September）

Mutsuki (January)

The Tokyo nightscape as seen in the Kosenga of Inoue Yasuji’s Tokyo meisho

Kimodameshi (Test of Courage): Hyaku-monogatari (world of a hundred tales)

Kannazuki (October)

Imasugata: The old and the new during the late Meiji era

Hazuki (August)

The Gion Matsuri - 1,000 years and more of warding off evil spirits

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