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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1334957, member: 2844"]He is considered a descendant of the ancient Japanese sun goddess, if I remember correctly. But I have never seen him depicted with a halo. Or depicted on Satsuma ware, for that matter.</p><p>This type of Satsuma ware was made for the West, not for Japan. The Japanese think it is gaudy, made for savages like us.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> (Well, not kyra or I, obviously. We may be savages, but this is not our taste.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1334957, member: 2844"]He is considered a descendant of the ancient Japanese sun goddess, if I remember correctly. But I have never seen him depicted with a halo. Or depicted on Satsuma ware, for that matter. This type of Satsuma ware was made for the West, not for Japan. The Japanese think it is gaudy, made for savages like us.;) (Well, not kyra or I, obviously. We may be savages, but this is not our taste.)[/QUOTE]
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