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brocade

your place of residence

nishiki-e

winged spindle-tree (Euonymus alatus)

silk brocade eggs

crowning beauty with even greater glory

Nishikigawa Seiryū Line

splendid garden eel (Gorgasia preclara)

nishiki-e shinbun

we must keep up appearances to go through the world

autumn where the foliage is as beautiful as brocade

to crown beauty with even greater beauty

adding a crowning touch of beauty (to)

to crown beauty with even greater glory

beautiful clothes and fine food

trailing spurge (Euphorbia humifusa)

brocade

woollen brocade

fine clothes

zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

reticulated python (Python reticulatus)

to come home in triumph

to come home in triumph

pennant

Imperial standard

to return home loaded with honors

thin omelette cut into strips

Chinese brocade

python

type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan

twill damask and brocade

maculated top shell (Trochus maculatus)

fabric with a brocade and embroidery

Ryūkyūan lacquerware technique (using a pigmented lacquer design pasted onto the lacquered surface)

golden pheasant

(hand-woven) brocade

type of brocade

coloured carp