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*''Japanese'': 鶴 ''(tsuru)''
Several species of cranes are native to Japan. The crane is considered an auspicious symbol, an ancient symbol of longevity throughout East Asia, often coupled with the turtle and [[Mt. Horai|Mt. Hôrai]] (C: ''Peng'lai''), the legendary island of immortality. Cranes also appear in certain contexts as a national symbol of Japan.<ref>For example, in the logo of Japan Airlines (JAL).</ref>
In imperial China, a court official's chest badge (''[[buzi]]'') depicting a crane was indicative of the First Court Rank (the highest rank).<ref>Ray Huang, ''1587: A Year of No Significance'', Yale University Press (1981), 53-54.</ref>
Cranes were also a special object for sport hunting, and an elite delicacy. When a shogun or ''daimyô'' engaging in [[falconry]] caught cranes, he frequently shared the crane with his retainers, or gave it as a gift. Shoguns annually gave gifts of cranes to the Imperial Court early in the new year, in following with a precedent set by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], who caught several cranes on New Year's Day in [[1612]] and spontaneously decided to give them as gifts to [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] and Retired [[Emperor Go-Yozei|Emperor Go-Yôzei]].<ref>[[Cecilia Segawa Seigle]], “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Formation of Edo Castle Rituals of Giving,” in Martha Chaiklin (ed.), ''Mediated by Gifts: Politics and Society in Japan 1350-1850'', Brill (2017), 116.</ref> ''Daimyô'' who caught cranes often gave them as gifts to the shogun, and received cranes in return.<ref>Asô Shinichi 麻生伸一, "Kinsei chûkôki no zôyo girei ni miru Ryûkyû to Nihon" 「近世中後期の贈与儀礼にみる琉球と日本」、''Nihonshi kenkyû'' 日本史研究 578 (2010/10), 23-24.</ref>
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Several species of cranes are native to Japan. The crane is considered an auspicious symbol, an ancient symbol of longevity throughout East Asia, often coupled with the turtle and [[Mt. Horai|Mt. Hôrai]] (C: ''Peng'lai''), the legendary island of immortality. Cranes also appear in certain contexts as a national symbol of Japan.<ref>For example, in the logo of Japan Airlines (JAL).</ref>
In imperial China, a court official's chest badge (''[[buzi]]'') depicting a crane was indicative of the First Court Rank (the highest rank).<ref>Ray Huang, ''1587: A Year of No Significance'', Yale University Press (1981), 53-54.</ref>
Cranes were also a special object for sport hunting, and an elite delicacy. When a shogun or ''daimyô'' engaging in [[falconry]] caught cranes, he frequently shared the crane with his retainers, or gave it as a gift. Shoguns annually gave gifts of cranes to the Imperial Court early in the new year, in following with a precedent set by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], who caught several cranes on New Year's Day in [[1612]] and spontaneously decided to give them as gifts to [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] and Retired [[Emperor Go-Yozei|Emperor Go-Yôzei]].<ref>[[Cecilia Segawa Seigle]], “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Formation of Edo Castle Rituals of Giving,” in Martha Chaiklin (ed.), ''Mediated by Gifts: Politics and Society in Japan 1350-1850'', Brill (2017), 116.</ref> ''Daimyô'' who caught cranes often gave them as gifts to the shogun, and received cranes in return.<ref>Asô Shinichi 麻生伸一, "Kinsei chûkôki no zôyo girei ni miru Ryûkyû to Nihon" 「近世中後期の贈与儀礼にみる琉球と日本」、''Nihonshi kenkyû'' 日本史研究 578 (2010/10), 23-24.</ref>
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