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JAPANESE PRINTS A MILLION QUESTIONS TWO MILLION MYSTERIES |
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Ukiyo-e Prints is evolving. Please return frequently to see what's been added! |
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MARKERS WE USE THROUGHOUT THIS WEB SITE WHICH INDICATE RECENT ADDITIONS OF BOTH TEXT AND/OR IMAGERY
THE MOST RECENTLY UPDATED/REVISED PAGES
The photo of the white lilies is from our garden. Was used it to mark additions to this site in July and August 2010. The painting of the Fliegenpilz is taken from a web site by Heiko Sievers. He painted it and we love it. To see other works by this contemporary German artist go to http://mushroom-of-the-day.blogspot.com/. We used it to mark additions made to this site in May and June 2010.
The negative of a photo of an iris shown below was used in March and April 2010. The original photo was posted at commons.wikimedia.org by D. L. Lindhall.
CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW TO GO TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PAGES TO SEE WHAT IS NEW
********************************************* On 8/26/10 we added an entry on the soroban or Japanese abacus on our Si thru Tengai page. Click on the happy merchant below to go there.
UPDATED 8/27/10 *** On 8/21/10 we updated our entry on Miyagi Gengyo on our Kutsuwa thru Mok page. *** On 8/21/10 we updated one of our Toyokuni III prints which we have already sold. Click on the image below to see what's new.
*** On 8/19/10 we started an entry on kaimyō or ordination name on our J thru Kakuregasa page. *** On 8/19/10 we added an entry on mizuko or literally 'water baby' on our Kutsuwa thru Mok page. Click on the fetus show below in the woman's belly to go there.
*** On 8/18/10 we added new information to our entry on hōmyō on our Hil thru Hor page. UPDATED on 8/19/10. *** On 8/17/10 we started a short entry on sōrei or funerals with special attention paid to Zen rites. This can be found on our Si thru Tengai page. *** On 8/14/10 we added a comment to our entry on yōshi or adoption on our Yakusha thru Z page. *** On 8/14/10 we started an entry on ihai or Buddhist mortuary tablets on our Ihai thru Iwai page.
UPDATED on 8/16-18/10.
*** On 8/13/10 we updated our entry on the hi-no-maru on our Hil thru Hor page and we aren't done yet. Click on the flag below to go there.
*** On 8/13/10 we updated our page devoted to our Kiyochika print. Click on it to go there.
*** On 8/10/10 we started an entry on takenoko or bamboo sprouts on our Si thru Tengai page. Click on the one below to go there.
UPDATED and finished for now on 8/11/10. *** On 8/10/10 we started expanding our entry on take or bamboo on our Si thru Tengai page. It will probably overwhelm us and have to be moved to our web log. But for now it is still manageable. Click on the spotted bamboo below to go there.
*** On 8/10/10 we added a comment about thousand year old white bats from China on our Fu thru Gen page. You know the routine. Click on the (Honduran) bats below to go there.
*** On 8/9/10 we added a very short note to our benibana entry on our Awase thru Bl page. Click on the safflower flower to go there.
*** On 8/5/10 we updated our entry on hotaru or fireflies on our Hoshi thru Hotaru page. Click on the squid below to go there and see why we chose the squid in the first place.
We aren't through with this entry and will probably be updating it over the next few days. UPDATED on 8/7 and 8/8. Click on the monkey's face below to go there.
*** On 8/1/10 we expanded our entry on ikari or the anchor on our Ikari thru Iwai page. Click on the flowers below to see what's new.
UPDATED 8/4/10. *** On 8/1/10 we expanded our entry on katsu on our Kara-kasa thru Ken'yakurei page. Click on the fish below to go there.
*** On 7/31/10 we started expanding our entry on hanagatsuo or dried bonito shavings on our Hakama thru Hi page. Click on the block of dried bonito below to go to that page.
UPDATED 8/1/10. *** In late July 2010 we started an entry on Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the 5th Tokugawa shogun on our Tengu thru Tombo page. Click on the image below to go there.
*** We also started an entry on the Shōrui Awaremi no Rei or Laws of Compassion promulgated during the rule of Tsunayoshi. This can be found on our Sekichiku thru Sh page. *** Toward the end of July 2010 we started an entry on yatai or food stalls. This can be found on our Yakusha thru Z page. Click on the image below to go there.
*** On 7/25/10 we expanded our section on hanamichi or red-light districts, but only slightly. This can be found on our Hakama thru Hil page. Click on the detail from the Hokusai print to go there.
*** On 7/25/10 we added the term shōgi or licensed prostitute to our Sekichiku thru Sh page. *** On 7/25/10 we added the term genjina or professional name given to a prostitute. That can be found on our Fu thru Gen page. *** On 7/25/10 we updated our entry on Hori Take on our Hil thru Hor page. Click on the seal below to go there.
*** On 7/25/10 we updated our entry on Hori Chō on our Hil thru Hor page. Click on the seal below to go there.
*** On 7/24/10 we expanded our entry on kakure-mino on our Kakuremino thru Kappa page. Click on the tree below to go there and see what's new (to us).
*** On 7/23/10 we added one very short note to our entry on the mitsu tomoe on our Kutsuwa thru Mok page. Click on the example below to go there.
*** On 7/23/10 we updated our entry on takaramono on our Si thru Tengai page. *** On 7/20/10 we started a new entry on the hyakunichi or hundred day hair piece. This can be found on our Hotoke thru Ichou page. Click on the image below to go there.
*** On 7/16/10 we added an extremely brief note at the end of our tsubaki entry on our Tomoe thru Tsuzumi page. It was something we hadn't heard before. Don't know if its true or not, but its there now. Take a look if you have the time. *** On 7/15/10 we added a new entry on baren or the fringe found on certain male outfits. Click on the sumo wrestler below to go to our Awase thru Bl page to see that entry.
*** On 7/13/10 we made an addition to our entry on Emma, the King of Hell, on our De thru Forty-seven page. Click on the king's image below to go there.
*** On 7/12/10 we updated our entry on shishi on our Sekichiku thru Sh page. Click on the 'lion' below to go there.
*** On 7/12/10 we added an entry on shishi no za on our Sekichiku thru Sh page. *** On 7/10/10 we started an entry on rokudo or the Six Paths of Existence on our Ro thru Seigle page. UPDATED on 7/12 and 7/13. *** On 7/9/10 we added a short note on the position of women in this world and the next. It can be found at the bottom of the text section on the Courtesan from Hell page. Click on the image below to go there.
*** On 7/9/10 we started an entry on Urashima Taro on our U thru Yakata-bune page. We will be adding more to this post in the months to come. Be patient.
*** On 7/7/10 we updated information about the uwabami on one of our Shuntei pages. Click on the struggling woman to go there.
*** On 7/5/10 we divided our De thru Gen index/glossary page into two pages. *** On 7/4/10 we added an entry on Ryūgū on our Ro thru Seigle page.
UPDATED on 7/5 and 7/6 and again on 7/8. |
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The photo of the lotus bud used as the wallpaper on this page was taken by Fg2. Not only is it a beautiful photo, but it is ripe with spiritual and artistic significance. That is why I chose it for this page. It hardly gets better than this.
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