This New Year's gift communicates a wish for longevity. The painting depicts Mount Horai, the island home of Chinese immortals. Pine trees cling to the mountain's edge, an ancient tortoise climbs up its side, and two cranes fly down from above. The work is painted on a panel shaped like a hanetsuki game paddle. Similar to badminton without a net, hanetsuki is played with a wooden paddle and feathered shuttlecock. The popular Japanese New Year game can be played by one person alone keeping the shuttlecock airborne or two people batting it back and forth. The longer the shuttlecock remains aloft, the better protected the players will be against mosquitoes in the new year.