No. 9 of 15 · Yokai Personalities
A Thousand Moods
Pictures by Ohara Koson
Ohara Koson's dancing fox kicks up its heels in a lotus-leaf hat, above the words "Fancy you. Silly you. Sleepy you." In Japanese folklore the kitsune is a shape-shifter that puts a leaf on its head to become anything it likes, and inside the card loves every one of your moods and wishes a happy birthday. For someone you love in all their moods.
Add four of your own photos and your own words; we print the card in the US and post it for you.
Inside, it says
KITSUNE the friend of a thousand moods A fox of old Japan could take any shape it liked. I love every one of yours. Happy birthday!
On the back
狐 / KITSUNE / the friend of a thousand moods / The kitsune, or fox, is the great shape-shifter of Japanese folklore. It is said to put a leaf on its head and turn into anything it likes, even a person. Here one dances in a lotus-leaf hat.
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