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Tag Archives: Japan
1926: The Black Pirate
Advertisements in The Hochi-Shimbun, October 15, 1926.
1958: Work
Kazuo Shiraga: Work II (1958)
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Art, Japan, Kazuo Shiraga, Painting
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1963: Red and Yellow
Sadamasa Motonaga: Red and Yellow (1963)
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1964: Oh, My Mangled Head!
In his book Alice in Many Tongues (1964), Warren Weaver spends the last chapter using a curious method to evaluate various translations of Alice in Wonderland. He takes the same passage from each translation—a portion of the Mad Tea-Party—and asks … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Africa, Alice, Books, Children, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Language, Poetry, Poland, Russia, South America, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Translation, USA, Warren Weaver
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1791: Picking Clams
Utagawa Toyokuni: Picking Clams (ca. 1791)
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Tagged 18th Century, Art, Food and Drink, Japan, Printmaking, Utagawa Toyokuni, Women
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1868: Definition
From Wikipedia: Tsundoku (Japanese: 積ん読) is acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one’s home without reading them. The term originated in the Meiji era (1868–1912) as Japanese slang. It combines elements of tsunde-oku (積んでお, to pile things … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, 20th Century, 21st Century, Art, Books, Japan, Painting, USA, Words
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12th Century: Monster
This illustration comes from a series of handscrolls telling the legends of the Shinto Kitano Tenjin Shrine, located in Kamakura, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, a 9th century scholar, poet, and statesman who came to be … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th Century, 9th Century, Art, Books, Japan, Monsters, Religion, Shinto, Sugawara no Michizane
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1894: Versions
Kobayashi Kiyochika: Our Naval Forces in the Yellow Sea Firing at and Sinking Chinese Warships (1894) Josh Cochran: Tritons (c. 2006) Kiyochika’s print is propaganda celebrating Japan’s military superiority in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Sources here and here. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Asian-Americans, China, Cryptids, Drawing, Japan, Josh Cochran, Kobayashi Kiyochika, Printmaking, Ships & Sailing, USA, War
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1946: New Year’s
Horace Bristol: The New Moon, January 1, 1946 During the Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri [“Saidaiji Temple Naked Festival”] in Okayama, participants wear only a Japanese loincloth called a fundoshi as they compete to find one of two camphor-scented batons that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Art, Buddhism, Horace Bristol, Japan, Photography, Rituals, USA
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