UniversalCompendiumRed talismanic print of Daruma and Mimizuku the horned owl, traditionally said to protect children from smallpox and measles. By Ippitsusai Bunchō (d. after 1791).
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None of us is getting out of here alive, so let's savour some of the delights of the eye, the beauty, whimsy, and nonsense the world lays at our feet, whilst we can. (All image credit to respective creators/owners.)
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The Sun of May on the Teatro Solís, montevideo
Pan with a baby faun riding on his back. Phoebe Anna Traquair, 1912.
A slightly dotty-looking cat made from Mayan textile.
https://universalcompendium.com/gen_images/ucg/1toys/toy-cat-colour-stuffed-traditional-textiles.htm
Nature's splashwork
https://universalcompendium.com/gen_images/ucg/1garden/caladium-pink-beauty-photography.htm
Louis XVI's goodbye to a tearful Marie-Antoinette and their children before his execution. Jean-Baptiste Vérité, c. 1795.
A very slow piggyback ride
https://universalcompendium.com/gen_images/ucg/1animals/snail-garden-baby-rain.htm
Bishop with a disapproving expression, perhaps lamenting the times. Victorian-style chess set, 20th c.
https://universalcompendium.com/gen_images/ucg/1toys/victorian-chess-set-bishop-lawn-piece-ivory.htm
Sword guard with Bodhidharma/Daruma, meditating. In Japan, wide-eyed Daruma dolls are widely used as good-luck charms. What is not commonly known outside Japan is that he is wide-eyed because, as legend has it, he hated falling asleep during meditation, so he cut off his eyelids.
https://universalcompendium.com//gen_images/ucg/1military/sword-guard-bodhidharma-buddhist.htm
A cheerful fellow in Iran waltzes down a tree-lined path without a care in the world.
