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Ichiro Tsuruta (Japanese, b. 1954)
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nobrashfestivity · 3 days
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Unknown, Diminutive humans attack a giant cat; a ghost-like figure sits in a flaming black boat in the top left. Color woodcut, 1883. 1883
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jareckiworld · 3 days
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Kikuji Yamashita (1919-1986) — Thou Shalt Not Become Smoke [acrylic and oil on panel, 1974)
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japanwords · 18 hours
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関 (seki) "barrier, connection"
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This kanji character is rarely used on its own, but is often found combined with other characters.
For example, 関西 (Kansai) and 関東 (Kanto).
Since ancient times there has been a road from Tokyo (the current capital) to Kyoto (the former capital). At the mid-way point there used to be a large gate. This led to people thinking of places in Japan as being either "West of the barrier" 関西 (Kansai), or "East of the barrier" 関東 (Kanto). To this day, the distinction still exists, and there is still a fair amount of good-natured East-side/West-side rivalry.
Although this character refers to a barrier, it is found in words related to "connection" such as 関係 "relationship" and 関心 "concern/interest".
It seems as if, as far as the Japanese language is concerned, a boundary is not only something that can form a barrier between two things, but also something which can connect two previously unrelated things.
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miamaimania · 20 hours
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Bonsai Master Masahiko Kimura's Miniature Forests: A Contemporary Take on Traditional Japanese Art
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Keita Morimoto (Japanese, 1990) - At Dawn (2021)
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Three Puppies - Japan, 18th century
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Two Kittens by Kawano Kaoru (1950's)
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Snow at the Ukimido, Katada, Tsuchiya Koitsu, 1934
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"Vampire Fairy Demon"
By Takato Yamamoto
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Hiroshi Yoshida Mt. Rainier. 1925 color woodblock
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Toshinobu Onosato (1912-1986) — Composition [oil on canvas, 1954]
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Ito Yuhan - Sarusawa Pond (ca. 1936)
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View from the Undercity
Tomoaki Okada
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Kawase Hasui
Pine Beach at Miho
1931
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