{"id":"mage/item/wonder/shoji-screen-of-the-72-minor-seasons","type":"item","system":"wonder","line":"mage","name":"Shoji Screen of the 72 Minor Seasons","sources":[{"source":"WWRM","page":20,"folio":19}],"entries":["Arete N/A, Quintessence N/A, Not Avail­ able for Purchase","Japanese art has found a global audience, with the wealthy and aristocrats clamoring for more. Paintings depicting the transito­ ry nature of the seasons has long been a popular subgenre within the Land of the Rising Sun. Because traditional Japanese","calendar marks 24 major divisions in season — each with three subdivisions — there are 72 minor seasons to be captured in art, a fact that drives collectors wild. Naturally, painted shoji screens — free-standing screens made of silk and wood — have become favorites, although finding safe storage or ample display space is a natural problem for dedicated enthusiasts.","Ohta Kazuyuki, master painter and crafter, solved this problem. He created three Shoji Screens of the 72 Minor Seasons. These screens change their painted scen­ ery roughly every five days to depict the current season in Japan. Because of the highly prized nature and rarity of these magickal works of art, they command a high price on the open market, and at least two suspicious deaths have befallen owners who refused to part with their screens.",{"type":"header","text":"System","level":4},"A {@sphere Correspondence|M20} 2, {@sphere Matter|M20} 3 Effect ma­ nipulates the screen to appear with the likeness of one microseason at a time. A {@sphere Mind|M20} 1 Effect ensures that the changes only occur away from viewers, allowing it to appear as though it has been quickly changed out by an attendant. Effects are elegant."],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"wwrm-wonders"},"item_type":"wonder","_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/mage/item/wonder/shoji-screen-of-the-72-minor-seasons","html":"/records/mage/item/wonder/shoji-screen-of-the-72-minor-seasons","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/item/wonder/shoji-screen-of-the-72-minor-seasons/children","sources":[{"abbr":"WWRM","page":20,"folio":20,"title":"Weird Wonders and Revolutionary Magick"}]},"_db":{"title":"Shoji Screen of the 72 Minor Seasons","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"Arete N/A, Quintessence N/A, Not Avail­ able for Purchase Japanese art has found a global audience, with the wealthy and aristocrats clamoring for more. Paintings depicting the transito­ ry nature of the seasons has","tags":[],"children":[]}}