2/9/2026 at 3:49:52 AM
by prismatic
2/12/2026 at 2:30:06 AM
Big fan of the bottom right snowflake on this page: https://pdr-assets.b-cdn.net/collections/japanese-snowflake-...Transferring each snowflake by hand with tweezers is insane, what a feat
by sanufar
2/12/2026 at 4:00:53 AM
It appears that the author of this work invented the word 雪華 (sekka); it originates in that book. Other than that, a snow crystal is just called ゆきの結晶 (yukinokesshō).by kazinator
2/12/2026 at 4:23:00 AM
Related(?) word meaning sublimationhttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%87%9D%E8%8F%AF
1828 (4 years before this book launched)
https://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/517539
(Sword guard)
by gsf_emergency_6
2/12/2026 at 6:31:01 AM
The word doesn't appear on the sword guard itself, though, so the object doesn't attest it.by kazinator
