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  1. The date of National Cat Day is different for each country. In Japan the 'Executive Cat Day Committee' selected February 22nd in 1978🐈‍⬛🐈🐾

    #Kyoto #Japan #ねこの日 #catday #nekonohi #京都 #ukiyoe #浮世絵

  2. wacoca.com/media/472428/ 映画『おーい、応為』:北斎と娘の触れそうで触れない“粋”な距離感 永瀬正敏×大森立嗣が語る | nippon.com #film #movie #北斎 #映画 #江戸時代 #浮世絵 #画家 #葛飾北斎

  3. wacoca.com/media/472428/ 映画『おーい、応為』:北斎と娘の触れそうで触れない“粋”な距離感 永瀬正敏×大森立嗣が語る | nippon.com #film #movie #北斎 #映画 #江戸時代 #浮世絵 #画家 #葛飾北斎

  4. From ancient times right through to the Edo period the dayflower was used to produce a vivid blue dye, and from the 18th-early 19thC artists used the blue pigment in ukiyo-e woodcuts.
    But like the flower, the dye has a short life (especially if made wet) and fades quickly.

    #Japan #ukiyoe #浮世絵

  5. In different types of soil hydrangea petals differ in colour, giving rise to the nickname 'shichihenge' (七変化 '7 transformations').
    Throughout history the warrior class shunned the flowers, considering hydrangea to symbolise fickleness and a change of heart or loyalties.

    #Kyoto #ukiyoe #浮世絵 #京都 #紫陽花

  6. In times of old courtiers and courtesans would flock to the banks of the Tamagawa (玉川) in Ide (井手), south of Kyōto, to view the yamabuki.
    It was an expensive excursion, giving birth to the phrase "scattering gold coins as the yamabuki scatters golden petals".

    #玉川 #井手 #ukiyoe #浮世絵

  7. In the language of flowers, 'hanakotoba' (花言葉), wisteria also represent kindness, gentleness and amiability (優しさ), a welcoming nature (歓迎), intoxicating love (恋に酔う), and somewhat more ominously never *ever* being parted (決して離れない).

    #wisteria #Japan #Kyoto # #浮世絵 #ukiyoe

  8. The date of National Cat Day is different for each country. In Japan the 'Executive Cat Day Committee' selected February 22nd in 1978🐈‍⬛🐈🐾

    #Kyoto #Japan #ねこの日 #catday #nekonohi #京都 #ukiyoe #浮世絵

    Image thanks🙇‍♂️-ukiyo-e.org

  9. Since Edo times people have anticipated the mating song of the uguisu, 🎵"ho-hokekyō"🎶 (法-法華経), as it indicates that spring has arrived.

    'Ume-ni-uguisu' (梅にうぐいす 'bush warbler and plum blossoms') is a common motif in Japanese art and has the meaning 'match made in heaven'.

    #Japan #ukiyoe #浮世絵 #うぐいす

  10. There was a general belief that eating hard foods would help harden and strengthen the teeth, which would in turn help strengthen the body as a whole.

    Deep connections were made between teeth, aging, life and -by extension- the New Year (when everyone's age increased by 1 year).

    #NewYear #Japan #Kyoto #京都 #正月 #ukiyoe #浮世絵

  11. But why the large scrotum?

    Well, it's thought that the idea emerged in Kamakura times. Goldsmiths would use the stretchy skin of Tanuki testicles when hammering gold nuggets into gold leaf.

    'Kintama' (金玉 'golden balls') is used as slang for testicles even today.

    #folklore #tanuki #ukiyoe # #浮世絵 #Japan #raccoondogs
    #Japan #金玉

  12. 18/n of daily (till I run out)
    Yoshida Hiroshi woodblock prints from his 1930s series - #India and South East Asia
    following his visit

    Elephant (Zô)
    1931

    #Japanese #WoodblockArt #Art
    #woodblockprint #ukiyoe #浮世絵

  13. 14/n of daily (till I run out)
    Yoshida Hiroshi woodblock prints from his 1930s series - #India and South East Asia
    following his visit

    Moonlight of Taj Mahal # 4, 1931

    #Art #Japan #woodblockprint #ukiyoe #浮世絵

  14. Originally a Chinese term, the name 'Plum Rain' applied to the 4th and 5th lunar months, and the belief that the rainy conditions were created by the plum trees south of the Yangtze.

    When the plums turned yellow and dropped, it is thought the moisture created turned to rain.

    #Kyoto #京都 #Japan #rainyseason #梅雨 #plumrains #woodblockprint #ukiyoe #浮世絵

  15. 'Young Woman Jumping from the Kiyomizu Temple Stage with an Umbrella as a Parachute' (清水の舞台より飛ぶ美人) by Suzuki Harunobu (鈴木春信 1724-1770), Utagawa Yoshiume (歌川芳梅 1819-1879) and Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延 1838–1912).

    Image thanks🙇‍♂️-arc.ritsumei.ac.jp

    #Japan #Kyoto #Kiyomizudera #stagediving #ukiyoe #京都 #清水寺 #浮世絵

  16. Kennen Sie schon … die "Ukiyo-e Search" zu japanischen Drucken? ukiyo-e.org/
    Sie bietet "[t]he ability to both search for Japanese woodblock prints by simply taking a picture of an existing print AND the ability to see similar prints across multiple collections of prints. Below is an example print, click to see it in action."
    #Japan #Ukiyoe #浮世絵,

  17. The date of National Cat Day is different for each country. In Japan the 'Executive Cat Day Committee' selected February 22nd in 1978🐈‍⬛🐈🐾

    #Kyoto #Japan #ねこの日 #catday #nekonohi #京都 #ukiyoe #浮世絵