#matsukichi

[danikatze]

Happy Valentines day! I felt like spending a lot of time on my favourite rare pair 💖 It's missing one drawing imo, but I lost patience lol

[crescentmoonrider]

Ume is surrounded

[jagalart]

Happy late Birthday, @danikatze ! Thank you for being so patient with me <3 I wish you an awesome year full of amazing art and inspiring things!

[missmyloko]

What’s In a Name? Part 19

On The Eleventh Day of Fun I present… a new entry in the oldest series! This time we’ll be looking at names that share a part of the famous Shōchikubai (Pine/Bamboo/Plum). Matsu - 松 Prefix or Suffix: Both Old Meaning: Pine New (Standardized) Meaning: Pine Found In: Gion Kobu, Pontocho, and Miyagawa Cho Pretty straightforward, pine symbolizes strength, so it’s always welcome! Examples  福松 Fukumatsu (Gion Kobu): “Lucky Pine,” a cute name! 松吉 Matsukichi (Pontocho): “Lucky Pine,” a different kanji, but the same meaning as the one above! 三木松 Mikimatsu (Miyagawa Cho): “Three Pine Trees,” an interesting combination that includes the rare “木” kanji that means “tree.”  Take - 竹 Prefix or Suffix: Both Old Meaning: Bamboo New (Standardized) Meaning: Bamboo Found In: Gion Kobu A fast growing and resilient plant, it is especially auspicious with girls who are tall! Examples 竹子 Takeko (Gion Kobu): “Bamboo Child,” a cute name! 子竹 Kotake (Gion Kobu): “Bamboo Child,” the same name with the kanji backwards ^^ Ume - 梅 Prefix or Suffix: Both Old Meaning: Plum Blossom New (Standardized) Meaning: Plum Blossom Found In: Gion Kobu, Pontocho, Kamishichiken, and Miyagawa Cho The final lucky motif, it is the one of the first plants to bloom in the new year and heralds the beginning of spring! Examples 梅龍  Umeryō (Gion Kobu and Pontocho): “Plum Dragon,” an awesome combination of a cute, feminine motif with a powerful male one!  小梅 Koume (Gion Kobu, Kamishichiken, and Miyagawa Cho): “Small Plum,” a very cute name! 梅咲 Umesaku (Kamishichiken): “Plum Blossom,” an interesting combination as “咲“ means “Blooming” and “梅“ already means “Plum Blossom,” so it can technically also be translated at “Blooming Plum Blossom” ^^ 梅松 Umematsu (Miyagawa Cho): “Plum Pine,” a combination of pine and plum blossoms to create such an auspicious name! 

[anime-blush-blog]

Kurasawa Gai (Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha)

[danikatze]

I was so delighted when I realised the main characters of House of Five Leaves basically wear the pride flag colours <3

[danikatze]

In the back of the House of Five Leaves manga, there's a portion that explains that the grouping of Matsu (pine), Take (bamboo) and Ume (plum) is called Shochikubai and is considered to be a symbol of good fortune. They're the Three Friends of Winter :)

Anyway, I felt like drawing them in pretty Shochikubai kimono <3

[danikatze]

Fun fact: This scene is actually also going to end up in the next and final(ish) chapter of my UmeMatsu fic. So for context: this is post canon in a new town, Ume and Matsu did a one time fwb thing and Otake doesn't know.

Another old Inktober sketch! I have to say, this one was probably the most important for me to finish. I love drawing and writing Otake and Matsu's friendship.. I like the idea of Matsu being the person she opens up to at some point, and vice versa <3