Three New Crown Jewels

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The Three New Crown Jewels ( Japanese (新 ・) 三種 の 神器 , (Shin) Sanshu no Jingi ) are in Japan a joking allusion to the three Imperial Throne Insignia ( Sanshu no Jingi : sword, jewel and mirror), transferred to three for the People especially valuable things that the economic miracle in Japan brought to the new middle-class household.

In the late 1950s this included black and white TV , washing machine and refrigerator and in the 1960s, color television ( color TV ), car ( car ) and air conditioning ( cooler , also known as) 3C were called. In the 2000s, the term digital cameras , DVD recorders and flat screen televisions were used.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 新 ・ 三種 の 神器 . In: 知 恵 蔵 2011 at kotobank.jp. Asahi Shimbun Shuppan, accessed March 29, 2012 (Japanese).