Rabbit New Year cards ~ Pink Tentacle
The Year of the Rabbit has come hopping around, and here to mark the occasion are some antique bunny-themed nengajō from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection. Happy 2011! Rabbit, 1951 // Snow rabbit, 1927 Sumo-wrestling rabbits, 1927 Rabbit in bed, 1915 Rabbits playing musical instruments, 1927 Rising sun and rabbit, 1915 // Rabbit with pink background, 1951 Rabbits on bicycles, 1904 Rabbits
Top 60 popular Japanese words/phrases of 2010 ~ Pink Tentacle
Publisher Jiyu Kokuminsha has released its annual list of the 60 most popular Japanese expressions of the year. The words and phrases (listed below in random order) reflect some of the trends, political developments, events and people that captured the attention of the Japanese media in 2010. From this list, a panel of judges will select the year's 10 trendiest expressions and announce the results
Photos: Good Design Expo 2010 ~ Pink Tentacle
This year's Good Design Expo, which took place at Tokyo Big Sight over the weekend (Aug 27-29), showcased over 2,000 design-conscious items under consideration for the 2010 Good Design Award. Here are photos of a few items that were on display. Goya de Goya: Goya (a.k.a. bitter melon) planter bag that resembles a giant goya (Protoleaf) Tomato ni Tomato: Tomato planter bag that resembles a giant to
Pachimon postcards ~ Pink Tentacle
Here is a collection of vintage bromide cards showing various pachimon kaiju (imitation creatures based loosely on famous TV and movie monsters) at iconic locations around the world. Published by Yokopro in the 1970s. New York London Egypt India Italy Africa Netherlands Rome Mexico Alaska Hong Kong America Africa London Hawaii Moscow Paris America [Link: Room 103]
Japanese steamship travel posters ~ Pink Tentacle
Here is a collection of early 20th century travel posters for Japanese steamship companies (from the book Miwaku no Funatabi, published by the Museum of Maritime Science, 1993). Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd., 1909 Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd., 1916 Oriental Steamship Co., 1919 (Chinese poster) Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co., Ltd., 1916 Japan Mail Steamship Co. (NYK), 1910 Korean Mai
50 Japanese town logos with kanji ~ Pink Tentacle
Here is a collection of 50 Japanese town logos that incorporate stylized kanji characters into the design. Fujinomiya (Shizuoka): The kanji 宮 (miya) inside a cherry blossom with Mt Fuji petals Fukuyama (Hiroshima): Bat-shaped 山 (yama) denotes old name of Kōmoriyama ("Bat Mountain") Ibaraki (Ōsaka): The kanji 茨 (ibara) in the shape of a pigeon Nishino-omote (Kagoshima): The kanji 西 (nishi) Ōme (Tōk
Photos: Expo ’70 ~ Pink Tentacle
Expo '70 [Asahi newsreel] The 1970 World's Fair -- a.k.a. Expo '70 -- opened in Osaka 40 years ago this week. A total of 77 countries attended the event and the number of visitors surpassed 64 million people, making it one of the largest and best attended expositions in history. This was the first World's Fair to be held in Japan, a nation that had experienced an extremely rapid period of developm
Monster illustrations from ‘Yokai Jiten’ ~ Pink Tentacle
Here's a peek at a few creatures profiled in Yōkai Jiten ("Yōkai Encyclopedia"), an informative guide to 100 of Japan's traditional monsters, written and illustrated by manga artist Shigeru Mizuki in 1981. Suiko [+] The suiko (lit. "water tiger") is a king-sized variety of kappa living in and around the Chikugo River (Kyushu), Lake Biwa (Shiga prefecture), and other bodies of water across Japan. I
‘Kamikaze’ New Year’s cards (1937) ~ Pink Tentacle
Kamikaze (from an unidentified series) This high-spirited set of vintage New Year's cards celebrates the historic flight of the Kamikaze, a Mitsubishi Ki-15 aircraft that became the first Japanese-built plane to fly from Japan to Europe. Sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and piloted by Masaaki Iinuma (who came to be known as "the Japanese Lindbergh"), the Kamikaze made its momentous 51-hour
Animated stereoviews of old Japan ~ Pink Tentacle
In the late 19th and early 20th century, enigmatic photographer T. Enami (1859-1929) captured a number of 3D stereoviews depicting life in Meiji-period Japan. [Sumo wrestlers] A stereoview consists of a pair of nearly identical images that appear three-dimensional when viewed through a stereoscope, because each eye sees a slightly different image. This illusion of depth can also be recreated with
18th-century ‘Hyakki Yako’ scroll (for sale) ~ Pink Tentacle
An 18th-century picture scroll featuring a procession of Japanese demons and monsters is for sale on eBay. This 11.25 meter (37 ft) long work depicts the Hyakki Yakō (lit. "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons") -- a deadly parade of demons and yōkai (traditional monsters) that, according to Japanese folklore, would often take place on summer nights. The Hyakki Yakō was a popular theme in Japanese v
Typographic town logos in hiragana/katakana ~ Pink Tentacle
[Typographic logo for Kamagaya (Chiba) spells town name in katakana] Japanese town logos -- official symbols designed to communicate the identity of each municipality -- come in a vast array of shapes and colors. Many of these municipal symbols incorporate typographical elements (particularly kanji, hiragana, katakana, and Roman letters) into their designs. In most cases, the stylized characters a
Photos: Nocturnal Gundam ~ Pink Tentacle
You sound like there's something out there that money is better spent on. In other words, no, Japan doesn't have anything better to spend money on because this is just THAT AWESOME! [Reply]
Photos: World Sand Sculpture Festival 2009 ~ Pink Tentacle
"Fairy tales and legends" is the theme of this year's World Sand Sculpture Festival now underway at the Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori prefecture. On display (until May 31) are 19 massive works crafted by world-class sculptors from ten nations. The artists used around 2,700 tons of sand and took about two weeks to complete their works. Can you identify the fairy tales and legends depicted in these
Stairways to ammonite heaven ~ Pink Tentacle
Walk the stairwells of some of Tokyo's oldest department stores and you will find some remarkable ammonite fossils embedded in the marble walls. Mitsukoshi (Shinjuku) Ammonites are hard-shelled, squid-like creatures that inhabited the world's oceans for nearly 350 million years, until they died out with the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. They are known only from the fossilized remains of th
19th-century ghost scrolls ~ Pink Tentacle
Every August, as Japanese spirits return en masse from the otherworld, Tokyo's Zenshoan temple (map) exhibits a spine-chilling collection of 19th-century ghost scroll paintings. Here are a few. (Click the "+" under each image to enlarge.) Ghost [+] // Sea Monster [+] "Ghost" by Iijima Koga is a portrait of a floating, kimono-clad female apparition with all the ghastly physical features you hope to
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Snow sculptures at Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 ~ Pink Tentacle
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