RougeVivre au Japon, c'est aussi de temps en temps recevoir un mail de l'école de son enfant alertant qu'on a vu un macaque dans le quartier et rappelant qu'il ne faut pas le regarder dans les yeux.
Après 15 ans d'apprentissage et de pratique du japonais, je viens d'apprendre qu'il existe des kanji qui n'ont pas de lecture réellement japonaise (訓読み) ou sino-japonaise (音読み), mais qui correspondent à des mots empruntés à l'anglais :
頁 se lit pēji (page, en anglais)
釦 se lit botan (button, en anglais)
Je trouve ça super perturbant, mais aussi assez rigolo.
curious ordinaryBamboo is one of the most important plants in China both practically and in folklore. It symbolizes longevity and steadfastness. As an evergreen it's considered one of the three friends of winter along with pines and plums.
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🎨'Bamboo in Early Summer' - Kasamatsu Shiro, 1954.
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🎨'Bamboo in Early Summer' - Kasamatsu Shiro, 1954.
'Black Cat' - Hasegawa Sadanobu, late 20th century, two versions.
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'Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools,' from the series 'Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces' by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1855.
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Here is the web version of ame onna with more rainy ukiyo-e art.
https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/07/ame-onna.html?m=1
Art below is a depiction of ame onna by Toriyama Sekien in his yokai encyclopaedias.
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https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/07/ame-onna.html?m=1
Art below is a depiction of ame onna by Toriyama Sekien in his yokai encyclopaedias.
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'Popular Hotspring Spa for Cats' - Utagawa Kunitoshi, Meiji period.
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...are rarely dangerous and instead enjoy scaring humans by laughing and rolling their long tongues and eye/s. However in some cases dangerous onryo (vengeful ghosts) can disguise themselves as chochin obake, as in the case of the famous tale of Oiwa which I've written about here:
https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/07/ghost-oiwa.html
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🎨1. buboplague on Twitter
2. Toriyama Sekien
3. The Lantern Ghost' - Hokusai, 1832.
2/2
https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/07/ghost-oiwa.html
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🎨1. buboplague on Twitter
2. Toriyama Sekien
3. The Lantern Ghost' - Hokusai, 1832.
2/2
In #JapaneseFolklore a todaiki is a #yokai created by a sorcerer using black magic to transform their enemy into a living candle, unable to speak or move. In one tale the man who became a todaiki was sitting still, completely covered in tattoos, with a candle upon his head, almost like a piece of furniture. More info and art here: https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/07/todaiki.html?spref=tw&m=1
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🎨Taiso Yoshitoshi, 1893
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🎨Taiso Yoshitoshi, 1893
