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arthistoryanimalia · 11 months

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In celebration of seeing the first fireflies of the season:

Furisode with Fireflies and Irises Japan, Edo period, 18th century silk crepe, paste-resist dyed, embroidery National Museum of Japanese History (photographed on display at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhbition at the National Gallery of Art DC in 2019)

#Japanese art #East Asian art #Asian art #18th century art #kimono #furisode #historical costume #garment #embroidery #irises #fireflies #National Gallery of Art DC #The Life of Animals in Japanese Art #museum visit #exhibition #textiles #National Museum of Japanese History

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classic-asian-art · 8 months

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Bear In Snow, 1940 (colour woodblock print) by Takeuchi Seiho

#Takeuchi Seiho #Seiho #bear #bear in snow #snow #mountains #schnee #wild life #wild animal #asian #art #asian art #bär #japan #japanese #animal #east asia #nature

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the-cricket-chirps · 5 months

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Yashima Gakutei, Crabs Near the Water's Edge, ca. 1830

Vincent van Gogh, A Crab on its Back, Paris, August-September, 1887

Vincent van Gogh, Two Crabs, 1889

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thehobbitchronicles · 11 months

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The Secret World of Arrietty 🌿

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ukiyoebirds · 2 months

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This is probably the most angsty thing I have ever made. My angsty inner twelve year old is appeased.

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nicpolaris · 2 years

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gringadano · 7 months

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dazydawg · 1 year

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indulging in special interest and working out my theriotype(s)/kintypes! working using okada yaichiro’s “fishes of japan” (1966). pretty outdated but i still think it’s neat.

#therian #otherkin #sharks #shark #shark therian #shark kin #marine biology #marine life #marine animals #frilled shark #broadnose sevengill shark #sevengill shark #nekozame #bullhead shark #japanese bullhead shark #biology art

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tulip-doll · 5 months

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Here’s what I bought (and a selection of business cards I took) at Comitia over the weekend 💕

Comitia is a convention in Tokyo for original works by illustrators and manga artists

The backdrop is a blanket my mom crocheted for me 🧶

#mine #personal #japan #art #fashion illustration #illustration #convention #anime convention #japanese fashion #Comitia #tokyo #life in japan #cute #kawaii #kawaii art #crochet

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ozo9 · 3 months

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Doraemon

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fckimsadd · 7 months

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You make me sick to my rotten core

#kill the head #anime #grunge aesthetic #aesthetic #art #self h@rm #東京 #dreamcatcher #life #90s #tomie #junji ito #japanese horror #self harrrm #haunting ground #halloween #event #horror #sick

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arthistoryanimalia · 1 year

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Its #BatAppreciationDay so please appreciate this awesome 19th century Japanese kosode decorated with embroidered lucky bats, photographed in 2019 at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in DC:

Kosode with Bats Japan, Edo - Meiji periods, 19th century silk twill, paste-resist dyed, embroidery, 67⅜ × 48⅞ in. National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba Prefecture

“In the West, bats - nocturnal in habit and denizens of dark places tend to be viewed as unlucky, but in China they have long been considered an auspicious motif (one of the characters used to write the word "bat" is a homonym for good fortune). The Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjüro VII (1791-1859) used bat motifs in his costumes, and the perception of these animals as a chic design element spread rapidly throughout Japan in the nineteenth century. Here a great number of them are arranged in right-left symmetry from the base of the collar to the hem.”

The above info is from the official exhibition catalog - this bat kosode is on p. 124:

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art (2019)