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**curious ordinary** @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 8h

curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

'Threshing' from the series 'The Twelve Stages of Rice Production' - Kitao Masanobu, ca. 1775 - 1785. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe

Two women, one holding up a basket with rice in the ground and a mortar and pestle nearby

**curious ordinary** @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 1d

curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

This ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1846) is titled 'Hazy Moon Cats' or alternatively 'Pale Moon, Cats in Season' and depicts cats as courtesans in the Yoshiwara pleasure district. #Caturday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · 1d

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

'The Battle of Azukizaka' by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (b.1839-d.1892)

an illustration of samurai warriors wearing colorful armor, some holding large banner flags, the background dark emerald green, the soldiers are hacking and slashing at each other with swords and spears

#art #arts #illustration

**curious ordinary** @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 3d

curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

'Akasaka: On the Nawate Road, Yajirobei Takes Kitahachi for a Fox and Beats Him' number 37 from the series 'Famous Sights of the 53 Stations (Vertical Tokaido)' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe

Three men stand in a path that winds through fields. One man holds a stick high in the air and appears to be about to strike another man. Several tall trees stand nearby.

**Japanese Ukiyo-e** @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 4d

Japanese Ukiyo-e @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Chofu Village Moon 調布里の月, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1891 #Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e #moon

#ukiyoe

**curious ordinary** @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 5d

curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

In Japanese mythology Izanami and her brother/husband Izanagi were the creators of Japan. Together they also produced many gods, including the sun goddess Amaterasu and her brother's Tsukuyomi and Susanoo. 'Izanagi & Izanami Standing on Amano-Ukihahi Bridge' - Ogata Gekko, 1896 #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe

A woman dressed in white and a man dressed in brown stand on a bridge of land before a body of water. A bird is reflected in the water.

**Japanese Ukiyo-e** @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 5d

Japanese Ukiyo-e @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Peacocks and Peonies, by Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1776 #Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e

#ukiyoe

**Zen in Color** @zencolor@mastodon.art · 5d

Zen in Color @zencolor@mastodon.art

Seba from the Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido, by Utagawa #Hiroshige, 1835-1837.
#ukiyoe

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**Camellia Tea Ceremony** @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social · 6d

Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto@mastodon.social

In the language of flowers, 'hanakotoba' (花言葉), wisteria also represent kindness, gentleness and amiability (優しさ), a welcoming nature (歓迎), intoxicating love (恋に酔う), and somewhat more ominously never *ever* being parted (決して離れない).

Folding fan painted with wisteria flowers.

Woodblock print of shrine visitors admiring the wisteria.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

Woodblock print of wisteria and arched bridge.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

Woodblock print of wisteria and bird.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

#wisteria #Japan #Kyoto

**curious ordinary** @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 6d

curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

'Rabbit and Rooster' from the series 'Fashionable Matched Pictures of Zodiac Pairs' - Tamagawa Shucho, ca. 1790s. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe

A woman wearing a green robe holds a fan in which is painted a white rabbit and on the wall is the image of a rooster.

**Japanese Ukiyo-e** @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 6d

Japanese Ukiyo-e @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Noh Dance Prelude, by Uemura Shōen, 1936 #Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e

#ukiyoe

**Japanese Ukiyo-e** @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · 6d

Japanese Ukiyo-e @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Esoteric Ox Magic, by Utagawa Kunisada, 1863 #Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e

#ukiyoe

**Japanese Ukiyo-e** @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 20

Apr 20

Japanese Ukiyo-e @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Emperor Chôgai and Ghosts, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1872 #Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e

#ukiyoe

**Japanese Ukiyo-e** @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 19

Apr 19

Japanese Ukiyo-e @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Nawa Nagashige Carrying Emperor Go Daigo to Shore from the series Unofficial History of Japan, by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1879 #Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e #man

#ukiyoe

**Japanese Ukiyo-e** @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 19

Apr 19

Japanese Ukiyo-e @japanese-ukiyo-e.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Nagatoro, Chichibu, by Kawase Hasui, 1947 #Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e

#ukiyoe

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**curious ordinary** @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Apr 19

Apr 19

curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Art credits: 1. 'Takegawa River at Dawn' - Henmi Takashi, 1932 2. 'Catfish' - Bakufu Ohno, 1937 3. 'Carp' - Kasamatsu Shiro, 1957 4. Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1851 5. Bakemono no e scroll 6. Katsukawa Shunsho, 1773 7. Ogata Gekko, 1901 8. 'Trout' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1832. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe #yokai 6/6