Fanart

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Haku the river spirit.

 

Fan artist is hoping for a downpour of rain.

For context: this may be because of the wildfires currently raging close to Ofunato, rain could help to contain the contemporaneous fires but also hydrate vegetation and potentially reduce the risk of forest fires over the coming warmer months

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The programme Gate of living leaves us transfixed and reminds us to protect ourselves from the poisons which can dominate our lives

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Capturing Yuzu mid pose, perhaps a snapshot during a dance practice.

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Wishing everyone a healthy and happy May! 

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Yuzu and white rabbits for the first of the month

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Kaku has joined Yuzu and the Poohs

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The Prequel child and Kaku

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Celebrating the stars in the night sky

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The Mage Seimei

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For some reason this picture reminds me of a story someone wrote here on PH, not long after the founding of the site.

 

The story was about a boy who lived in a village where the villagers set traps for bears. In secret the boy let the trapped bears free. One snowy night he followed a shooting star and climbed too high up a tree. He fell and broke his leg, fearing that he would die in the woods alone in the cold, the boy cried. He saw eye shine through the trees, from the shadows bear emerged and they took the boy with them until he was healed. In the springtime the boy goes back to his village, but the villagers are alarmed that he has returned, and they chase him away. It seems like an allegorical tale told in folk style.

 

Does anyone else recall the story? I cannot find it now but I remember it quite well and thought that it was rather beautiful in its simplicity

 

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