HOKUSAI Sparrow iPhone case
MATSUBA color
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
MATSUBA
MATSUBA means pine needle. So MATSUB color is the color of pine needle.
It is a little yellowish green color.
Pine is thought as symbol of eternal love and long life in Japan because pine needle never change its color and fall all year round. Ancient peoples loved this color for good fortune and frequently used it for clothes. Now it is counted as one of Japanese traditional colors.
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 |