Moon Phoenix Fender Ornament

次回、この記事の日本語版を投稿します。 

As mentioned in the previous post, the design of fender ornaments varied depending on the manufacturer and even from model to model. 

Here is a rather large, unique  and somewhat mysterious fender ornament.  

It reads "Tsuki-Kirin Bicycle".  In Japanese "tsuki" is "moon" and "kirin" is "giraffe" so a literal translation would be "Moon-Giraffe".  However, kirin can also refer to a Chinese mythical creature, the same one which appears on the infamous Kirin Beer label.  So, a closer translation would be "Moon-Kirin". 

Note in the above photo there is a crescent moon on the left and what appears to be a phoenix on the right.
Although the Chinese mythical creature does have wings and flies, it is said to be a hooved animal.
Thus, judging by these emblems, Moon-Phoenix may be a better rendition.

On a final note, I did uncover a bicycle from the early 1950s of the same name, "Tsuki-Kirin" whose trademark is shown below, and, depicts both a moon and the Chinese mythical hooved creature.

The above trademark makes sense. But, why the phoenix on the fender ornament? It is mystery to me, any help would be appreciated.