{"product_id":"bucket-hat-spring-bird","title":"Bucket Hat 'Spring Bird' - 日本の春","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA bird on a cherry branch, embroidered in the kachō-ga tradition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKachō-ga\u003c\/strong\u003e (花鳥画, \"bird-and-flower painting\") is one of the major schools of classical Japanese art. Imported from China in the fourteenth century and made Japanese from the Muromachi period onward, it pairs a bird with a seasonal plant in a contemplative composition built around the brevity of the natural world. Several masters defined it: Maruyama Ōkyo and Itō Jakuchū in the eighteenth century, then Imao Keinen and Watanabe Seitei in the Meiji era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ebirds of a Japanese spring\u003c\/strong\u003e are codified by season. The \u003cem\u003euguisu\u003c\/em\u003e bush warbler (Cettia diphone), olive-plumaged and shy, belongs to early spring — its morning song is traditionally what announces the coming of the cherry blossom. The \u003cem\u003eshijūkara\u003c\/em\u003e tit, yellow and black, works the same groves. The brown-eared bulbul arrives with the later flowering. That ornithological calendar underpins the whole Japanese sense of season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rectangular patch sets out a \u003cstrong\u003ecomplete spring scene\u003c\/strong\u003e: a cherry branch in pink flower fills the left of the composition, with a small yellow-green bird perched on it — almost certainly an uguisu. Behind, the stylized silhouette of Mount Fuji in pale blue; to the right a small yellow sun in a violet-pink evening sky. It is kachō-ga opened out into landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mid-profile bucket shape lifts the soft colors of the patch — the pink of the blossom, the yellow-green of the bird, the pale blue of the mountain. Wear it with an oversized black sweatshirt, technical trousers and white sneakers, or with a short modern kimono jacket and a heavyweight white tee. The brim earns its place during blossom season and on countryside weekends. Made for people who look at classical Japanese painting, for birdwatchers, and for anyone who notices what week of spring it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e98% cotton, 2% elastane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMid profile, 7.5 cm (3 in) brim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne size: 54.9-60 cm (21.6-23.6 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft inner lining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlat seams and clean finishing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Japan Clothing","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":53756628730203,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grey","offer_id":53756628762971,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Khaki","offer_id":53756628795739,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White","offer_id":53756628828507,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/9300\/2473\/files\/bucket-hat-spring-bird-black.jpg?v=1786454557","url":"https:\/\/japan-clothing.com\/products\/bucket-hat-spring-bird","provider":"JAPAN CLOTHING","version":"1.0","type":"link"}