The brick-red rim is flat and ornamented with a floral pattern. The three roundels against the white background depict people dressed in traditional Japanese clothes. Each roundel is decorated on both sides with peonies — the Japanese believe that this flower symbolizes luck, prosperity, beauty, and love. At first, peonies were brought to Japan from China. However, the Japanese people soon created their own breeds, which were not very lush and had only 10-14 petals. Despite that, they perfectly matched the main Japanese beauty concepts of modesty and subtle elegance. Peonies were often depicted on both men’s and women’s kimonos, dishware, folding screens, and hanging scrolls that were used instead of paintings to decorate walls.