Yuuko box again!

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Forgot to post one yesterday, but it's OK as I'm again at the limit of the photos I've got edited and uploaded. :)



Scattered throughout the box and packing material randomly are a few pieces of origami:



As you'll notice, it looks like there may be something written inside them. I'll leave it to you to decide which of the below things is inside which. :D

I wish I could lend a coat
To my Lord who is about to cross
The hill of Sanu
Through the cold morning-breath
Of the autumn wind
            --Akahito, c. 730

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Crafty Fox

There in the garden, a little fox
Steals out at night, when no one is about,
And under the shadow of the autumn vines
He eats in secret the dewy bunch

Love is no fox,
Nor you a bunch of grapes.
But unbeknown my heart stole out
And plucked you in secret, when no one was about.

            --Toson Shimazaki (1872-1943)

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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.

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The moon is brighter since the barn burned.
Matsuo Basho

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Sake Steamed Mushrooms

Ingredients:

    * 8 fresh shiitake mushrooms
    * 1 pack enoki mushroom
    * 1 pack shimeji mushroom
    * 2 tbsps sake rice wine
    * 1/2 tsp salt
    * 1 tsp soy sauce

Preparation:
Cut the bottom of enoki mushrooms and shimeji and cut into 2-inch-lengths.
Remove stems from shiitake mushrooms. Cut shiitake mushrooms into 
bite-sized pieces. Put mushrooms in a pan and pour sake and salt over 
mushrooms. Put a lid over the pan and place the pan over high heat. Steam 
mushrooms for a few minutes and stop the heat.

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    That man's life is but a dream -
    is what we now come to know.

    Its house abandoned,
    the garden has become home
        to butterflies.
                Sougi ( 1421 - 1502 )