My wonderful friend Ayla brought me these matchboxes back from Japan. I particularly love the sweet, block-colour simplicity of the vintage ones (top).
That vegetable? fruit? in the bottom one intrigues me - if anyone can let me know what the type says to shed some light on what it might be I'd very interested!
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Hi. I would say it's a peach - a well-loved fruit in Japanese tradition, a symbol for happiness and longevity, and a prominent feature in the legend of Momotaro where the hero was born in a peach.
Beautiful little collection!
Thanks so much Corandco - a peach! of course! That makes sense.
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I reckon it looks more like a Daikon, they're not always long massive things, they can be quite stubby.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon#/media/File:Sakurajima_daikon.jpg
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