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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
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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
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On 8/21/10 we updated our
entry on
Miyagi Gengyo on our Kutsuwa thru Mok page.
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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.

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On 8/19/10 we started an
entry on
kaimyō or ordination name on our J thru
Kakuregasa page.
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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.

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On 8/18/10 we added new
information to our entry on
hōmyō on our Hil thru Hor page.
UPDATED on 8/19/10.
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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.
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On 8/14/10 we added a
comment to our entry on
yōshi or adoption on our Yakusha thru Z
page.
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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.

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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.

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On 8/13/10 we updated our
page devoted to our Kiyochika print.
Click on it to go there.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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On 7/25/10 we added the term
shōgi
or licensed prostitute to our Sekichiku thru Sh page.
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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.
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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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On 7/23/10 we updated our
entry on
takaramono on our Si thru Tengai page.
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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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On 7/12/10 we updated our
entry on shishi on our Sekichiku thru Sh page.
Click on the 'lion' below to
go there.

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On 7/12/10 we added an entry
on
shishi no za on our Sekichiku thru Sh page.
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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.
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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.

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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.

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On 7/7/10 we updated
information about the uwabami on one of our Shuntei pages.
Click on the struggling
woman to go there.

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On 7/5/10 we divided our De
thru Gen index/glossary page into two pages.
De
thru Forty-seven
Fu thru Gen
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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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