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The Yoshida Ranma Gallery
About the Yoshida Ranma Gallery
Located deep within the mountains on the west coast of Honshu, the main island of Japan, Yamanaka Onsen, a quiet and very quaint famous hot spring town is the home to the Yoshida Ranma Gallery. With its hot summers, cold winters and high humidity, the climate is perfectly matched for the art created by the Yoshidas.
Hand-made using a unique, patented process that employs traditional, delicate Japanese paper and special "antiquing" techniques which utilize natural tree-based stains, the Yoshida's have been carrying on a family tradition for 20 years.
Each individual work of art is meticulously handcrafted to the finest detail. No two pieces are exactly alike.
Aging beautifully with time, each piece takes on a particularly life of its own. With proper care and attention, these objects of art should last a lifetime or more.
The Yoshida's value the customer's impressions and work together to provide an individually crafted collectible that can be proudly displayed.
Before the project is begun, the artists prefer to determine what form, or shape best suits the customer's needs. Through this unprecedented artist-client communication, personalized objects can be carefully constructed.
Notes on the Chinese Calendar
The Chinese Lunar New Year is the longest chronological record in history, dating from 2600BC, when the Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of the zodiac. Like the Western calendar, The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a yearly one, with the start of the lunar year being based on the cycles of the moon. Therefore, because of this cyclical dating, the beginning of the year can fall anywhere between late January and the middle of February. This year it falls on February 12th. A complete cycle takes 60 years and is made up of five cycles of 12 years each.
The Chinese Lunar Calendar names each of the twelve years after an animal. Legend has it that the Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to come to him before he departed from earth. Only twelve came to bid him farewell and as a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived. The Chinese believe the animal ruling the year in which a person is born has a profound influence on personality, saying: "This is the animal that hides in your heart."
Here is a brief list of the animals in the calendar:
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Rat |
Ox |
Tiger |
Rabbit |
Dragon |
Snake |
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Horse |
Sheep |
Monkey |
Rooster |
Dog |
Boar |
The Yoshida Gallery is proud to present to you their new line of Collectible "okimono" based on the Chinese Lunar calendar.
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The Twelve Animals |
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子 [Ne] – Rat |
丑 [Ushi] – Ox |
寅 [Tora] – Tiger |
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卯 [Usagi] – Rabbit |
辰 [Tatsu] – Dragon |
巳 [Hebi] - Snake |
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午 [Uma] – Horse |
未 [Hitsuji] - Ram |
申 [Saru] – Monkey |
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酉 [Tori] – Rooster |
戌 [Inu] – Dog |
亥 [Inoshishi] - Boar |
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"Nezumi" - The Rat |
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1924 1936 1948 1960 1972 1984 1996 |
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"Ushi" - The Ox |
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1925 1937 1949 1961 1973 1985 1997 |
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"Tora" - The Tiger |
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1926 1938 1950 1962 1974 1986 1998 |
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"Usagi" - The Rabbit |
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1927 1939 1951 1963 1975 1987 1999 |
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"Tatsu" - The Dragon |
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1928 1940 1952 1964 1976 1988 2000 |
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"Hebi" – The Snake |
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1929 1941 1953 1965 1977 1989 2001 |
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"Uma" – The Horse |
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1930 1942 1954 1966 1978 1990 2002 |
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"Hitsuji" – The Sheep |
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1931 1943 1955 1967 1979 1991 2003 |
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"Saru" – The Monkey |
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1932 1944 1956 1968 1980 1992 2004 |
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"Tori" – The Rooster |
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1933 1945 1957 1969 1981 1993 2005 |
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"Inu" – The Dog |
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1934 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 2006 |
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"Inoshishi" – The Boar |
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1935 1947 1959 1971 1983 1995 2007 |
More from the Yoshida Gallery
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鷺 [Sagi] – Heron |
鷺 [Sagi] – Heron |
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鷲 [Washi] – Eagle |
鷲 [Washi] – Eagle |
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蛇 [Hebi] – Snake |
猪 [Inoshishi] – Wild Boar |
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仁王 [Deva King] |
盆栽 [Bonsai] – Bonsai |
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犬 [Inu] – Dog |
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馬 [Uma] – Horse |
馬 [Uma] – Horse |
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馬 [Uma] – Horse |
馬 [Uma] – Horse |
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How to Place Your Order
Prices vary upon design and size of commissioned work.
Please note that the objects that appear in this brochure are for viewing purposes only. The final product may vary slightly from original design.
Please contact us directly for custom projects that you are interested in. This brochure only shows a very small part of the potential of what you can create with the Yoshida Gallery.
For Orders or Inquiries, please contact:
THE YOSHIDA RANMA GALLERY
C/O CAMERON SWITZER
20-56-8 Kurisunami, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui-ken, Japan 910-1314
T/F: 81+776 64-3118
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