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Don’t follow the herd. If the old never let go, when will the young ever get a chance?

The Grandmaster (Catonese and Mandarin, 2013)

#the grandmaster #wong kar wai #zhang ziyi

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(via Exploring Onmyoji anime and the retelling of the legend of Abe no Seimei)

#Onmyoji #netflix #j anime

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Kokinshū : A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern 905

Ki no Tsurayuki - The Tosa Diary 935

The Gossamer Years (Kagerō Nikki) 974

The Tale of the Lady Ochikubo 980

The Tales of Ise 980

Sei Shōnagon - The Pillow Book 1002

Murasaki Shikibu - The Tale of Genji 1008

Murasaki Shikibu - The Diary of Lady Murasaki 1010

One Hundred Poems, One Poem Each (Hyakunin Isshu) 900-1200

Japanese Tales from Times Past (Konjaku Monogatari Shu) 1120

#Japanese literature #kokinshu #ki no tsurayuki #the tosa diary #sei shonago #murakasi shikibu

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October 2018: Geiko Fumino (Fukushima Okiya) of Gion Kobu dressed as Ono No Komachi for the Jidai Matsuri.

Ono No Komachi was one of the most famous poets of Japanese history, who was born between 820 and 830 and died around 900. She was said to be extraordinarily beautiful and became a symbol of Japanese beauty.

She wrote waka poetry, which is a relatively broad genre that encompassss classical poetry in Japanese. This is so notable since, in the first few hundred years of Japan’s existence as a country, all of their poetry was written in Chinese (kanshi poetry). Waka didn’t come into existence until the 7th century.

What makes Ono No Komachi even more impressive and important is that she is the only female member of the Rokkasen, the six poet gods, who were named by famous poet Ki no Tsurayuki to be the most notable and influential poets of the early Heian Period.

Ono No Komachi is actually the most well-known poet of the Rokkasen today, and most of her poems are melancholic and deal with anxiety, solitude or love. It’s also extremely difficult to translate her poems into different languages, since she often used words with several different meanings, which often gives her work a lot of ambivalence.

Source: yasu733 - Blog

#ono no komachi #jidai matsuri #gion kobu #kyoto

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Aridōshi Shrine, Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1801-1804, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art

A legendary episode that took place in front of Aridōshi Shrine (in modern-day Osaka) provided the subject of this composition. One rainy night, the famous poet Ki no Tsurayuki (ca. 868–ca. 945) came to Aridōshi Shrine while making his way back to Kyoto. He had planned to stop and pray but changed his mind because of the inclement weather. His horse, however, suddenly collapsed at the shrine’s gateway. Tsurayuki took this as a sign that his neglectful attitude had offended the shrine deity. He quickly offered prayers and recited a poem dedicated to the deity. As he uttered the final syllable, his horse miraculously stood up, and Tsurayuki was able to proceed on his way. Size: 10 1/16 × 15 1/16 in. (25.5 × 38.3 cm) (image, sheet, horizontal ōban) Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8733/

#katsushika hokusai #ki no tsurayuki

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Page from the Ishiyama-gire (dispersed volumes of the Anthology of the Thirty-Six Poets) Poet: Ki no Tsurayuki, attributed to Fujiwara no Sadanobu, early 12th century, Japan

#ki no tsurayuki

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Onymoji (Ep 3)

#onmyoji #japan #heian period

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#Mononoke #Kusuriuri

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I need a second season where they tell us where Hiromasa got the scar on his face

#onmyoji #Onmyoji series 2023

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this scene sure was a lot

#onmyoji 2001 #japanese films

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#ghost in the shell #j anime

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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”

— Haruki Murakami

#haruki murakami #j literature

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This isn’t my life! This isn’t my existence!

AMI TOMITE as KYOKO in ANTIPORNO (2016) dir. Sion Sono

#ami tomite #antiporno #sion sono #japanese movie

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Love Exposure (2008) Dir. Sion Sono

#love exposure #sion sono #jfilm #yura yura teikoku

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#kamikaze girls #jmovie #kyoko fukada

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#inuyasha #anime and manga #japan

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Equinox Flower (1958) Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

#equinox flower #yasujiro ozu #japan