**Product Features**
* **Selection of 26 Varieties:** For each set, you can choose one type of Kyoto Isshuryu (One-Stroke Dragon) illustration/color scheme from 26 options:* 14 types of "Fortune-Rising Dragons" (5 Twin Dragons / 9 Single Dragons)* 10 types of "Guardian Dragons" (2 Twin Dragons / 8 Single Dragons)* 2 types of "Matchmaking Dragons" (2 Twin Dragons)* **4-Piece Set with Different Sizes and Backgrounds:*** **2 Background Colors:** Black / Gold* **2 Sizes:** Large / Small* **Large Size:** 13cm × 9cm (slightly smaller than a postcard). Ideal for carry-on cases, home or office furniture, and business supplies.* **Small Size:** 7cm × 5cm (slightly smaller than a credit card). Ideal for sticking directly onto smartphones, placing inside phone cases, or applying to tablets, computers, and planners.* *Note: Please refrain from outdoor use as the colors may fade.** **Versatile Use:** Can be attached to or enclosed within letters, message cards, gift envelopes, and gift items.* **Surface Protection:** The front surface features a PP (laminate) coating to protect against deterioration from friction and dirt.* **Easy-Peel Material:** Uses materials and adhesives designed to be easy to peel off with minimal residue.* *Note: We cannot guarantee residue-free removal depending on the duration of use and environmental conditions.** **QR Code Stickers Included:** Includes two stickers (2 colors / 2 sizes) featuring a QR code that links to a video of the "Kyoto Isshuryu Symbol of Protection/Blessing"—the process of drawing the dragon's body in a single, continuous stroke. By placing these in your preferred location, you can view the video and offer prayers at any time to receive the dragon's protection and blessings.* **Traditional Design:** Features an image design of a shrine or temple's Romon (tower gate) or Sanmon (mountain gate), with the words "Dragon God Protection" (Ryujin Gokago) clearly inscribed inside.* **Packaging:** Delivered enclosed in an "Original Blessing Bag."* **Beyond Stickers:** In addition to being used as stickers, these are often kept in wallets, bankbooks, safes, business card holders, or cash registers to pray for increased financial luck, business prosperity, and successful negotiations. We have also received feedback from customers using them as "Ofuda" (talismans) or "Gofu" (amulets) for fortune, protection, and matchmaking in companies, clinics, and homes.
**What is Isshuryu (One-Stroke Dragon)?**As the name suggests, the body of the dragon is drawn with a single, continuous brushstroke without any breaks. This technique embodies the prayers and wishes that "development and financial fortune never cease," "good matches and growth continue to connect people," and "protection and safety are maintained perpetually." For approximately 400 years since the Edo period (1603–), these dragons have been revered and passed down as powerful symbols of the Dragon God's protection and blessings.*The symbol of Kyoto Isshuryu's protection/blessing is the body drawn in one stroke without interruption.*
● We have created and tailored 26 divine varieties/colors of Kyoto Isshuryu illustrations into various types, specifications, and materials.
● **Common Impressions of Kyoto Isshuryu Illustrations:*** Feeling of protection and blessings, divine, uplifting, feeling of being guarded, dynamic/powerful, overwhelming vividness, beautiful, cool, strong, brilliant, delicate, momentum, and purity.
**Kyoto Isshuryu Artist: Keisuke Teshima**Fascinated by dragons since childhood, Teshima has continued to draw them throughout his life. Influenced by the spirit of Japanese "Do" (the Way) through 14 years of Karate practice starting at age six, he encountered the traditional "Isshuryu" technique. Deeply moved by its history and origins, he felt it was his calling and taught himself the technique. While preserving the traditions of Isshuryu dating back to the Edo period, he pursues the art of the dragon through the spirit of "Shuhari" (obey, detach, transcend).He is one of only three Isshuryu artists said to exist in Japan. Originally from Fukuoka Prefecture, a series of coincidences and fateful connections led him to establish his studio in Higashiyama, Kyoto—the 1,000-year-old capital where the Dragon God is said to dwell.
**Kyoto: The Capital Where the Dragon God Dwells**For over 1,000 years, Kyoto has been regarded as a place of power where the Dragon God resides in "dragon holes" (Ryuketsu) and "dragon veins" (Ryumyaku). Numerous shrines and temples dedicated to dragons exist here, and pilgrimages to honor the Dragon God remain popular to this day.
**Dragons in Japan (Dragon God Worship)**Since ancient times, Japan has been considered a mystical land inhabited by dragons, where they are viewed as messengers of the gods or as deities themselves. They are worshipped in many shrines, temples, myths, and legends as symbols of "prosperity" and "protection."
**Popular for Personal Use and as Gifts for Various Occasions:*** **Business/Home:** Moving, promotions, presidential inaugurations, grand openings, anniversaries, relocations, clinic openings, company founding, new construction, independence, business prosperity, career success.* **Family/Children:** Childbirth, shrine visits (Omiyamairi), first meals (Oshikuzome), first festivals, prayers for safe delivery, fertility.* **Education/Growth:** School entrance, Shichi-Go-San, Doll’s Festival, Children’s Day, graduation, coming-of-age ceremonies, academic success, passing exams.* **Success:** Sports tournaments, matches, auditions, prayers for victory.* **Health/Longevity:** Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Respect for the Aged Day, 60th/70th/77th/80th/88th/90th birthdays, longevity, health, recovery from illness.* **Relationships:** Wedding anniversaries, golden anniversaries, marital harmony.* **Special Days:** New Year’s, Setsubun, birthdays, Tensha-nichi (Heavenly Forgiveness Day), Ichiryu Manbai-bi (One Seed, Ten Thousand-Fold Day), Taian (Lucky Day).* **Protection:** Warding off evil, dispelling epidemics, traffic safety.
**Regarding the Blessings of Original vs. High-Definition Reproductions***From Kyoto Isshuryu Artist, Keisuke Teshima:*"It is my belief that there is no difference in the protection or blessings received from my original works versus the high-definition reproductions used in various products, as I pour my prayers into every item. The products available on this site are created under my thorough scrutiny and supervision to ensure they achieve the same level of detail and precision as the original paintings. The production process involves using the actual full-scale original paintings I created specifically for these items, which are then converted into high-precision digital data and finished using specialized printing and processing techniques with total devotion. I hope this provides peace of mind as you consider your purchase."