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Tate-ishi, Miura Peninsula
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Uesugi Harunori (δΈζζ²»ζ², 1751-1822), an Edo-era pinnacle of frugality
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Uesugi Kenshin (δΈζθ¬δΏ‘, 1530-1578), Shingen's legendary rival.
#uesugi #sengoku
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The Uesugi clan was a powerful samurai family with roots tracing back to the Kamakura period. Read all about them.
#uesugi #sengoku
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Utagawa Kuniteru (ζε·ε½θΌ, active 1818-1860), Tainosuke slaying a serpent, from Wakan eiyΕ« gaden (εζΌ’θ±ιη»δΌ, Heroes of Japan and China), c.1848, 37x24.8cm.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (ζε·ε½θ³, 1798-1861), Wada Heita Tanenaga Killing a Giant Snake (εη°εΉ³ε€ͺθ€ι·), 1834-35.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (ζε·ε½θ³, 1798-1861), Matsui Tamijiro, sword in hand, fighting a giant snake (εγζγ«ε€§θγ¨ζ¦γιζ΄₯δΌε€θ¦ζ²»ι), 1840s, oban tate-e.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (ζε·ε½θ³, 1798-1861), Shuma Hiroyuki, later known as Jiraiya, using a heavy gun to defeat a vast snake that preyed on his toads (ζ¬ζζ°΄ζ»ΈδΌ ε°Ύε½’ε¨ι¦¬ε―θ‘), c.1830, 39.1 x 26.9 cm.
2025 is the Year of the Snake, an animal deeply intertwined with Japanese mythology and culture. Here are a few snake-related ukiyo-e by Utagawa Yoshitsuya, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and Utagawa Kuniteru.
#japan #ukiyo-e #snake
Katsushika Hokusai (1760β1849), Shichirigahama in Sagami Province (ηΈε·δΈιζ΅ SΕshΕ« Shichirigahama), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" (ε¨εΆ½δΈεε
ζ― Fugaku sanjΕ«rokkei); ca. 1830-32, Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper.
#ukiyo-e #hokusai
Takahata FudΕson (ι«εΉ‘δΈεε°)
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#japan #hino #fudoson
Sumo-themed nishiki-e by Katsukawa ShunshΕ, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and Utagawa Hiroshige I.
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#japan #sumo #ukiyo-e
Miura Alps - Hiking from Hayama to Yokosuka
One of the lesser-known attractions of the Miura Peninsula is the "Miura Alps", a range of hills that stretch from Hayama on the western coast to Yokosuka on the eastern shore.
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A heartwarming story about a successful quest for the past: finding the address where my father was born, Kobe, 1925.
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#japan #kobe
Kintsukuroi - a film about the Japanese Internment
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Our resident Gackt thread started in 2003, covers 128 forum pages, lay dormant for years, and was brought back to new life this autumn. π
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Saga of the Samurai: Interview with Terje Solum
Terje Solum is the author of the Saga of the Samurai series. Since 2003, he has published six volumes on the Kai Takeda clan and one on the Εmi GamΕ. We interviewed Terje in August 2017.
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Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork is a research facility of HyΕgo Prefecture, located in Toyooka City. The park, which opened in 1999, protects, breeds and reintroduces storks to the wild and aims to create an environment where humans and storks coexist harmoniously.
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Kawahara Keiga (ε·εζ
Άθ³, 1786-1860) was an Edo-era painter of Western-style pictures who sometimes signed his works in Roman letters "Tojosky," a Westernisation of his given name Toyosuke. Most of his works are exhibited in the Netherlands.
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