**Product Features**
* **Kyoto Ippitsu Ryu (One-Stroke Dragon) Designs:** Choose from 26 types/colors for your set.* **Ascending Luck Dragons (14 types):*** Twin Dragons (5 types)* Single Dragon (9 types)* **Guardian Dragons (10 types):*** Twin Dragons (2 types)* Single Dragon (8 types)* **Love & Relationship Dragons (2 types):*** Twin Dragons (2 types)* **Set of 4 Stickers with Size and Background Color Variations:*** **Background Colors:** Black / Gold* **Sizes:** Large / Small* **Large:** Slightly smaller than a postcard (13cm x 9cm), suitable for carry-on cases, homes, offices, furniture, and office supplies.* **Small:** Slightly smaller than a credit card (7cm x 5cm), suitable for direct application on smartphones, insertion into phone cases, tablets, laptops, and notebooks.* **Note:** Please refrain from outdoor use as the colors may fade.* **Versatile Use:** Can be applied to letters, message cards, gift envelopes, and celebratory gifts.* **Surface Protection:** Features a PP (lamination) coating on the front to protect against deterioration from friction and dirt.* **Easy Removal:** Made with materials and adhesive designed for easy removal with minimal residue, though this is not guaranteed depending on the year of use and conditions.* **QR Code Sticker Included:** A sticker with a QR code linking to a video of the "Kyoto Ippitsu Ryu's Blessing/Benefit Symbolism = Drawing the Dragon's Body in One Continuous Stroke" is included (2 colors / 2 sizes).* We hope you will feel the blessings and benefits by displaying and praying to it in your preferred location.* May all your prayers and wishes be fulfilled.* **Design:** Features an image of a temple's tower gate or main gate with "Dragon God's Protection" clearly written inside.* **Packaging:** Comes sealed in an "Original Amulet Bag."* **Beyond Stickers:** Can be stored with wallets, bankbooks, safes, business card holders, and cash registers to pray for increased financial fortune, business prosperity, and successful negotiations. Also used as "Ofuda" (talismans) or "Gofu" (charms) for ascending luck, protection, and relationship blessings in companies, clinics, facilities, and homes.
**What is Ippitsu Ryu (One-Stroke Dragon)?**
As the name suggests, it is a dragon drawn with a single brushstroke, without any breaks in the body, while imbuing it with wishes and prayers. It symbolizes "uninterrupted development and financial fortune," "unbroken good relationships and continuous growth connecting people," and "continuous protection and safety." Revered and treasured as a Dragon God for its powerful blessings and benefits for approximately 400 years since the Edo period (1603-), it has been continuously believed and passed down through generations.
"Kyoto Ippitsu Ryu's Blessing/Benefit Symbolism = Drawing the Dragon's Body in One Continuous Stroke"
* We have created and tailored the divine 26 types/colors of Kyoto Ippitsu Ryu paintings for ascending luck, protection, and relationship blessings in various types, specifications, and materials.
**Customer Feedback on Kyoto Ippitsu Ryu Paintings:**
* Feel blessings and benefits* Divine* Sense of exhilaration* Feeling protected* Dynamic / Powerful* Overwhelmingly vivid* Beautiful* Cool* Strong* Dazzling* Delicate* Energetic* Pure
**Kyoto Ippitsu Ryu Artist / Keisuke Teshima**
Fascinated by dragons since childhood, he has continued to paint them. Influenced by the spirit of "Do" (the Way) learned through 14 years of Karate from the age of 6, he encountered the ancient art of "Ippitsu Ryu." Deeply impressed by its technique and history, he felt it was his destiny and mastered the technique through self-study. While preserving the tradition of Ippitsu Ryu, which has continued since the Edo period, he pursues the dragon with the spirit of "Shu-Ha-Ri" (Learn, Break, Transcend).He is one of only three Ippitsu Ryu artists in Japan. Although originally from Fukuoka Prefecture, a series of coincidences and destined encounters led him to establish his atelier in Kyoto, the thousand-year-old capital where Dragon Gods reside, in Higashiyama Ward.
**Kyoto, the Capital Where Dragon Gods Reside**
For over 1,000 years, Kyoto has been considered a place with the power of Dragon Gods residing in dragon穴 (dragon holes) and dragon脈 (dragon veins). Numerous shrines and temples are associated with dragons, and pilgrimages to Dragon Gods have been popular from ancient times to the present.
**Dragon (Dragon God Belief) in Japan**
Japan has been considered a mystical land where dragons reside since ancient times, and dragons have been regarded as messengers of the gods or as gods themselves. They are worshipped and revered as Dragon Gods in many shrines, temples, myths, and legends, and are symbols of "prosperity" and "protection."
**Delights as Gifts and Celebrations for Various Occasions (for Home Use / Companies, Shops, Clinics, Facilities, etc.)**
* **Moving, Promotion, Inauguration as President, Opening, Anniversary, Relocation, Opening of Clinic, Establishment, New Construction, Independence, Business Prosperity, Career Advancement, Business Success*** **Childbirth, Shrine Visit for Newborn, First Meal Ceremony, First Festival for Child, Prayer for Safe Childbirth, Fulfillment of Desire for Children*** **Enrollment in Kindergarten/School, Shichi-Go-San Festival, Hinamatsuri (Girls' Festival), Tango no Sekku (Boys' Festival), Graduation from Kindergarten/School, Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Academic Achievement, Prayer for Success in Exams*** **Sports Competitions, Exams, Recitals, Prayer for Victory*** **Mother's Day, Father's Day, Respect for the Aged Day, 60th Birthday (Kanreki), 70th Birthday (Koki), 77th Birthday (Kiju), 80th Birthday (Sanju), 88th Birthday (Beiju), 90th Birthday (Sotju), Healthy Longevity, Freedom from Illness, Recovery from Illness*** **Wedding Anniversary, Golden Wedding Anniversary, Marital Harmony*** **New Year, Setsubun, Birthday*** **Tensha Nichi (Heavenly Forgiveness Day), Ichiryū Manbai Bi (One Seed, Ten Thousandfold Day), Taian (Great Peace Day)*** **Prayer for Warding off Evil, Expulsion of Epidemics, Traffic Safety**
**Blessings and Benefits from Original Paintings and High-Definition Reproductions**
* **From Kyoto Ippitsu Ryu Artist / Keisuke Teshima:**It is my sincere belief that all products, including original paintings and high-definition reproductions, are imbued with prayers and therefore offer the same blessings and benefits. The various products developed on this website, "Kyoto Ippitsu Ryu for Ascending Luck, Protection, and Relationship Blessings," are created with meticulous scrutiny and supervision to achieve the same level of precision as the Ippitsu Ryu originals I painted, down to the finest details. The specific methods and procedures for reflecting these in each product are carried out with utmost dedication, using the original paintings drawn to scale for tailoring, and applying specialized techniques such as "high-precision plate-making data conversion ⇒ high-definition printing, special processing/production, etc."We hope this information will be helpful and reassuring when you purchase or consider our products.