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Description A few studies of Edo hair fashion. --- NOTES from Kimono by Liza Dalby: “In the sixteenth century, the nobility ceased to be the sole source of fashion inspiration. Playgirls (asobime) – multitalented, trendy ladies who led rather public lives (sometimes glossed as ‘courtesans’) – wore their kosode belted with long tasseled silk cords. The cords, called Nogoya obi, were woven according to a style then popular in China, roped about the hips six or seven times, and tied in a…
Jocelyn Chatman saved to Eastern Asian Clothing
I have, over time, posted many images of old religious activities in Japan, several with captions somehow having the Japanese putting "God in a Box", or being "Basket Heads from Mars". To some Westerners who are sensitive (and defensive of) the religious and cultural aspects of Japan, such blunt captioning or phrasing (with overtones of belittling another's religion) sounds a bit mocking. Further, it makes me come across as arrogant, smacks of condescension, implies a nationalistic…
Chinese poem from the Book of Songs (Shi ching): He ming jiu gao sheng jian tien (Cranes cry from the nine marshbanks and their voices are heard in Heaven)
Jeff Rieman saved to Japonaiserie
Detail. Right of a pair of Japanese folding screens: "Summer and autumn flowering plants" a/k/a "Grasses and Flowers of Summer and autumn" by 酒井抱一 Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828). Late Edo period. Important Cultural Property. Tokyo National Museum.
Marzena Ablewska saved to japanism, China
