{"id":987,"date":"2016-09-10T14:01:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T22:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=987"},"modified":"2016-09-10T14:01:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T22:01:30","slug":"koi-waterfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=987","title":{"rendered":"Koi &#038; Waterfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_988\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariko-irie.com\/koiwaterfall.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-988\" class=\"wp-image-988 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/850.-Koi-Waterfall_blog-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"850-koi-waterfall_blog\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;850. Koi &amp; Waterfall&#8221; Watercolor painting by Mariko Irie<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to Chinese tradition, if the Koi swims up to the top of the waterfall, it becomes a dragon.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese adapted the idea.<\/p>\n<p>So Koi indicates ascendant, prosperity and more.<\/p>\n<p>In Edo Period\u00c2\u00a0(1603-1868) Samurai family used to decorate Koinobori in their yard for wishing for their children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s succeed in life around May 5<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Koinobori<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0meaning &#8220;carp streamer&#8221; in Japanese, are carp-shaped wind socks traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Tango no sekku, a traditional calendrical event which is now designated a national holiday; Children&#8217;s Day on May 5th.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have seen Koinobori, which are carp-shaped wind socks in California.<\/p>\n<p>What an imagination, flying fishes in the sky, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Chinese tradition, if the Koi swims up to the top of the waterfall, it becomes a dragon. Japanese adapted the idea. So Koi indicates ascendant, prosperity and more. In Edo Period\u00c2\u00a0(1603-1868) Samurai family used to decorate Koinobori in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=987\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paintings-watercolor-oil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}