HOKUSAI Sparrow iPhone case

AKEBI color

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model	price
iPhone 6	$44.95	Buy from Zazzle
iPhone 6plus	$50.95	Buy from Zazzle
iPhone 5/5S	$44.95	Buy from Zazzle
iPhone 5c	$44.95	Buy from Zazzle

 

HOKUSAI (北斎)
Hibiscus mutabilis & sparrow

This sparrow picture is a part of HOKUSAI’s famous work “Hibiscus mutabilis & sparrow (芙蓉に雀)”. “Hibiscus mutabilis & sparrow" is also one of famous HOKUSAI's paint series "Flowers & Birds (花鳥画)".
 

 
Hibiscus mutabilis is very popular garden flower in Japan. It is very easy to see this flower when people is walking street because hibiscus mutabilis is in bloom a long period from midsummer to end of autumn.
 

 
Sparrow is also a most popular wild bird in Japan. It lives in everywhere mid-city, residential area and country side. So hibiscus mutabilis and sparrow is a part of daily life for Japanese even now.
 
HOKUSAI remind people of beauty in daily life by drawing hibiscus mutabilis with vivid color and flying sparrow.

 

Japanese traditional color
AKEBI

AKEBI means akebia quinata. Akebi color is the color of fruit of Akebia quinata.
 

 
There are several colors of Akebia quinata such as white, blue and purple. In Japanese tradional color, usually Akebi color is light purple.
 
Akebi quinata grew in a forest and it was snack for kids could find by themselves. Now it is not easy to find it because of urbanization.

model	price
iPhone 6	$44.95	Buy from Zazzle
iPhone 6plus	$50.95	Buy from Zazzle
iPhone 5/5S	$44.95	Buy from Zazzle
iPhone 5c	$44.95	Buy from Zazzle