Japanese Welcome

A friend of mine liked my “Baruch Haba” (welcome) piece, but wanted a gift for a newlywed Japanese couple, so she brought me the Japanese calligraphy that is the equivalent.  The design is based on some Japanese paper I had, and the flags above evoke the banners I saw over vendors stalls in Japan.  The cranes are lucky, and the chrysanthemum is a familiar Japanese motif.  The archway is actually made from Japanese grass cloth, as is the mat under the pot.