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The line at the top right reads \u003cstrong\u003e昇る鯉\u003c\/strong\u003e (noboru koi), \"the rising koi,\" and the one down the left is the name, \u003cstrong\u003e月夜の鯉\u003c\/strong\u003e (getsuya no koi). A small copy of the scene sits on the chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it to someone facing a Dragon Gate of their own, a new job or a first marathon. The chest stays quiet enough for the office, and 230gsm cotton has the weight to hang straight under an open shirt. 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The botan came to Japan from China, where it was crowned the king of flowers, and it found its way into an old Japanese saying about a graceful woman: tateba shakuyaku, suwareba botan, aruku sugata wa yuri no hana. Standing, a garden peony; seated, a tree peony; walking, a lily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the back a red koi swims upward between two big red peonies, through teal waves, with two pale lotus flowers resting on their pads below. The single character at the left is \u003cstrong\u003e鯉\u003c\/strong\u003e (koi), \"carp.\" A round badge on the chest repeats the koi, the peony and the lotus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn white the reds stay clean, so it works with light denim or khaki from April on. The carp swim on through \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/koi\"\u003ethe rest of the koi collection\u003c\/a\u003e, each with its own flower or season. 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When a few fish turned up with red markings, the farmers began breeding for color, and nishikigoi, the colored koi, were the result. Their red and white kōhaku is still the best known of all koi, in the two colors Japan uses for celebrations, from wedding sweets to the big song contest on New Year's Eve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA white koi with red patches, a true kōhaku, swims through orange and green leaves inside a framed square on the back, under a black circle. There's no Japanese on it; the fish and the maples carry the whole thing. A small koi with a single maple leaf sits on the chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlan it for a maple walk in October with a flannel thrown open over the top; the orange leaves already look a few autumns old. 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It's called Ryūmon-taki, the Dragon Gate Falls, and at its foot sits a stone tipped up as if leaping, the rigyo-seki, or carp stone. It's the Chinese tale of the carp that climbs the falls and becomes a dragon, set in rock for Zen monks who saw their own long training in that climb. Look for it on the way out; the fish has been mid-leap for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA jade dragon rises through green waves on the back in front of a pale yellow moon, while an orange koi leaps beside a lotus below. The title is \u003cstrong\u003e鯉の昇龍\u003c\/strong\u003e (koi no shōryū), \"the koi that rises as a dragon,\" and the second line, \u003cstrong\u003e流れが力となる\u003c\/strong\u003e (nagare ga chikara to naru), means \"the current becomes strength.\" A round badge repeats it on the chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomebody halfway up their own waterfall should own one. The jade and orange glow without getting loud, so it handles a dinner as easily as a gym bag. 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