No. 3 of 15 · Yokai Personalities
Sunshine Through Every Shower
Pictures by Tachibana Minko
Tachibana Minko's foxes carry a bride in her palanquin through the rain, with a wish for sunshine through every shower. In Japanese folklore, a sun shower means the foxes are holding a wedding, escorting the bride to her new home while the sun shines through the rain. For a couple on their wedding day.
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Inside, it says
KITSUNE NO YOMEIRI the couple who shine through rain In Japan, that means the foxes are having a wedding. Today it's yours. Wishing you sunshine through every shower. 嫁入
On the back
嫁入 / KITSUNE NO YOMEIRI / the couple who shine through rain / In Japanese folklore, a sun shower means the foxes are holding a wedding: a procession of foxes carries the bride to her new home while the sun shines through the rain.
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