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So is Chidori

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Toukyo
Jan 26, 2026
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A censer once owned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi,
called Chidori.

It’s… kawaii.

So this was what he loved.

There is a story:
Ishikawa Goemon slipped into Hideyoshi’s room one night, and the tiny plover—chidori—perched on the lid’s knob cried out. That sound gave him away.

Even the story is charming.

I want it.

I stare through the glass until my eyes hurt.

I want to see…

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