Japan has a customary greeting card called “mid-summer health wish” —
as the name suggests, except for its northern regions, the archipelago
experiences very humid and hot summer, which exhausts its residents.
So, many of them exchange cards that say, “I hope you are doing OK
in this summer heat.”
Here is one such card, ordered by a client, I have created.
Of course, sunflowers denote summer, but this year they represent a prayer
for peace as well — they are the national flower of Ukraine.
クライアントからのご注文に対して私が描いた暑中見舞いはがきです。
もちろん、ヒマワリは夏を表していますが、今年は同時に
ウクライナの平和を求める祈りでもあります。
ヒマワリは、ウクライナの国花でもあるのですね。
Mid-summer greeting card / 暑中見舞いカード
