Hopefully vsalon can handle the hiragana. So I got some of shinomaster's awesome pottery a while back. One ???? in particular was my favorite. Unfortunately, Clara (my kitty) took an interest in it also and performed a gravity experiment with it. I was super upset, and hastily put the pieces in the trash and made an attempt at moving on. Fortunately my wife was smarter than I am, and for my birthday I unwrapped this:





She sent it off to a master in Japan, who used the art of ???? to join the pieces back together and make something even more beautiful. Imperfection is perfection and all... I'm so happy!