Artificial Snowflakes - 1936
Ukichirō Nakaya (中谷宇吉郎)
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"Snow crystals in the clouds."

Taiheiyo hitori-botchi - 1963
Kon Ichikawa
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"As he battles with the elements and the perils of the deep, so he
also wrestles with forces that dwell deep within himself."

Japanese Aesthetics Of Imperfection & Insufficiency
Yuriko Saito
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"The aged, the obscured, the impoverished and the defective."

Koinobori (鯉幟)
Tango no Sekku (端午の節句)
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"These carp sets are flown above the roofs of houses with sons,
with the biggest (black) koinobori for the father, next biggest
(red) for the eldest son, and ranging down to the smallest carp
for the youngest son."

Seascapes. - 1980s onward
Hiroshi Sugimoto
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"Water and air. So very commonplace are these substances, they
hardly attract attention―and yet they vouchsafe our very existence."