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2022.11.12 TOKYO TRANS MARCH @ Shinjuku,TOKYO / #TransDayOfRemembrance / Part1
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I love this so much! I think it’s awesome that they evoke the feel of kimono and don’t alter the garment in any permanent way, but they’re so fun and modern at the same time <#
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Clearing a 60 Foot Snowfall in Japan Looks Like This
holy shit is this a mountain pass or what
ooh, so cool, thank you. it’s like this every year! i want to go there!
So I was planning go see this this weekend but it only operates in April till May. Kurobe Alpine Route in Toyama Prefecture
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Tōhoku Japanese Earthquake Sculpture This sculpture was made to contemplate the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. To create the sculpture a seismogram of the earthquake, was rotated using computer aided design and then printed in 3 dimensions using rapid prototyping technology.
The artwork measures 30cm x 20cm and represents 9 minutes of the earthquake. The sculpture will be presented at the Jerwood Space in London for a show called Terra. Exploring how data is read and can be represented and interpreted, the artwork is one of a series of data visualization sculptures Jerram has recently created.
Source: lukejerram.com
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Alice on Wednesday (Suiyoubi no Arisu 水曜日のアリス) concept store - Shibuya Jingumae 渋谷区神宮前, Tokyo 東京, Japan - 2014
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Man with Tattoo, 1880. Hand-colored positive. Unknown artist. Japan. Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Source: smb-digital.de
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Japanese Youth in Revolt, 1964. Photos by Michael Rougier for Life Magazine(via)
Source: vintagegal
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Ukiyo-e Heroes is a project that recreates classic video games in the form of classical style Japanese paintings.
Haha this is really amazing!
THAT STARFOX ONE THO
I will always love this.
Ninja turtles, Pokemon, Mario Cart… these are wonderful. I would love to find prints of these.
Got the Mario Kart one last year <3
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Tomoe Gozen, female samurai and badass.
- lived from around 1157 to 1247
- fought in the Genpei War (1180–1185)
- the only historical account of her is the The Tale of Heike, an epic retelling of the struggle for supremacy between the Taira and Minamoto clans in the war
- however, her grave and one of her handmaiden’s graves exist through today, so she was probably real
- Tomoe was described as extremely beautiful (of course)
- a superb archer, she also fought with a sword riding or on foot, and was worth “a warrior worth a thousand”
- she also rode unbroken horses down cliffs!
The term for this sort of female samurai is onna bugeisha. :)
Source: Wikipedia
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The above is a pre-WW2 half-tone postcard of Okinawan JURI girls. This studio pose shows a festive “Okinawan Geisha” Dance called in the Okinawan language Umagaa, or the JURI UMA (The Horse and “Geisha”),
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Nap Cafe Corne targets working women in Tokyo who might be in need of a break in the middle of their long day. The cafe has different areas dedicated to the needs of women on-the-go.
for our next Kickstarter project, Morgan & I will be setting up a chain of these in the US and UK. yes. #NAP #CAFE
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Famed Kabuki actor, Tamasaburo Bando, in Wisteria Maiden.
Listed as a piece of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on UNESCO, Kabuki is a traditional theater form of Japan. Kabuki originated in the Edo period, originally as a woman’s dance and theater performance. In 1629, Women’s Kabuki was banned for its erotic content, and Kabuki switched to all-male performers.
As a theater performance which includes dance, it’s worth noting:
Kabuki is a repertory theatre. That is to say, most of the repertoire of plays and dances are quite regularly performed, and so most works are already known to the majority of actors. For this reason, in traditional Kabuki there is no such person as a director. Instead, that function is sometimes fulfilled by the leading actor who will determine which version of the play is being performed according to his family’s performing conventions, (called kata). However, even this will not normally affect most subsidiary actors much since they will already know their roles. From early youth, an actor’s training includes practical experience and he is expected to learn a vast number of plays and dances. By the time he is a mature performer he should need nothing more than a refresher to jog his memory.
For this same reason there is very little rehearsal time required… or available! A Kabuki run at any theatre usually begins in the first few days of the month and lasts until just a few days before the end of that month. The actors must begin to prepare for the following month’s roles during the month in which they are playing other parts.
Naturally, brand new works or revivals are exceptions as they require more preparation.
— Kabuki: Official Website
It’s also worth mentioning that Tamasaburo Bando has been named a National Living Treasure of Japan for his work in kabuki as the leading onnagata performer.
♥♥♥ Favourite.
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Post-apocalyptic Tokyo by tokyogenso
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