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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 BIRD ON THE WALNUT
SHELL
WILL BE THE MARKER FOR
ADDITIONS
MADE IN JULY 2008

The gold koban coin
on a blue ground was used to mark additions made in June.
The red on white
chrysanthemum crest or kiku mon (
)was used to mark additions made in May.
CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW TO GO
TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PAGES TO SEE WHAT IS NEW

On 7/3/08
we made more
changes to our second list of thumbnails of prints currently for sale.
Like the publishers page
linked below you won't notice any significant differences,
but by streamlining it it
should load considerably faster.
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On 7/2/08
we made changes to our
N to Z publishers page to make it load more quickly.
You won't notice any other
changes to that page except the prints shown are somewhat larger.
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Today, 6/30/08, we started a
quest to unlock some of the secrets of who the most famous carvers were,
when they worked, who they worked for and who they worked with.
We started with
the carver
Hori Chō. What paltry information we found can be found on our
Hil
thru I index/glossary page.
We noted this also on our
Etsu Ka
and Eikyudo entries,
on our A thru G publishers page.
And the same for
Tsunoi on
our N thru Z page.
And
Izutsu-ya Sanemon
on our H thru J page.
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On 6/29/08 we made
some minor
corrections - and we do mean minor -
to a page devoted to a
Kuniyoshi print
we have already sold.
However, one of the
corrections was egregious and
we are sorry we hadn't taken
care of it before now.
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On 6/29/08 we posted a
notice
about something which our visitors already knew:
There will be
no more
additions to our 2nd Bad Boys and Their Tattoos page.
Sorry for being such a
slacker in getting this stated clearly and definitively.
My bad!
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On 6/29/ we added a few
notes on the nature of the
hōmyō or
posthumous
Buddhist name given right after death -
along with a few other bits
of similar information. This can be found
on our Hil
thru I index/glossary page.
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On 6/28/08 we added a new
entry on the
jizai kagi or
pot
hook
on
our J
thru Kakuregasa index/glossary page.
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On 6/27/08 we added a few
new thoughts on the
bishamonkikkō or
tortoiseshell motif
on one of the pages devoted
to a print we have already sold, a
Shigeharu.
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On 6/27/08 we added another
variation of Japanese
ningyo or
mermaid
on our Mom
thru N index/glossary page. Look closely at the detail of her
breasts shown below.

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On 6/22/08 we added
information about
cormorant fishing or
ukai
on our
U thru Yakata-bune index/glossary page.
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On 6/22/08 we added some
extra notes about
intentional tooth-blackening or
ohaguro
on our O thru
Ri index/glossary page.
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On 6/22/08 we added an entry
on yōshi
or
adoption in traditional Japanese culture on our
Yakusha
thru Z index/glossary page.
Updated on 6/23/08.
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On 6/22/08 we added a few
comments about the
Shank's Mare by Jippensha Ikku
on our
Sekichiku thru Sh index/glossary page.
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On 6/21/08 we added a note
that there is another copy of this
Kunichika triptych in the Ritsumeikan
collection.
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On 6/21/08 we added a minor
clarification of what the term
soku mie means.
This can be found
on our Si
thru Tengai index/glossary page.
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On 6/20/08 we added a brief
note about
hinagatabon or
pattern books
on our Hil
thru I index/glossary page.
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On 6/20/08 we added an entry
on the Iroha
monchō or 'Book
of crests in the order of the iroha alphabet'.
This can be found
on our Hil
thru I index/glossary page.
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On 6/20/08 we added
information about the use
of indigo or
ai in the production of two of Hokusai's
most famous series. These
can be found on our first
index/glossary page.
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On 6/20/08 we reorganized
our pages devoted to publisher seals we haven't offered yet.
There had been two of them.
Now we have three, but there is nothing new here
except for the fact that we
made the pages somewhat smaller so they would load more quickly.
Click on the image above to go to our newest addition.
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On 6/19/08 we
a few new
comments about Emma-O the judge of Hell
on our De
thru Gen index/glossary page.
We will probably be adding
more info soon.
Mainly we are
researching
the karmic mirror.
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On 6/19/08 we added a new
entry on the
koban, a
large
Japanese gold coin,
and a whole sub-genre of
ukiyo images created around it.
This can be found on our
Kesa thru Kuruma index/glossary page.

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On 6/17/08 we added an entry
on the
Kara-kasa or the haunted umbrella on
our
Kakuremino thru Kento index/glossary page.
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On 6/13/08 we updated the
information on who and who couldn't ride in a palanquin or
kago
on our
J thru Kakuregasa index/glossary page.
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On 6/12/08 we began an entry
on the
ken'yakurei or
sumptuary laws on
our
Kakuremino thru Kento index/glossary page.
Updated on 6/13/08 with the
addition of the nandina berries (and much more). Go to that page to find out
why.
Updated again on 6/14/08.
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On 6/12/08 we added an entry
on inrō
on our Hil
thru I index/glossary page.
This entry is special
because the image shown above may be sui generis.
If not, it is certainly
among a very select few.
Please contact us if you
know otherwise.
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On 6/12/08 we updated our
entry on the
hagoita on
our Ges thru
Hic index/glossary page.
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On 6/10/08 we added a new
entry on
kami on
our
Kakuremino thru Kento index/glossary page.
Updated on 6/11/08.
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On 6/9/08 we added
a very brief
comment about one restriction on the
use of a
family crest or mon on our Mom
thru N index/glossary page.
We added an extra note on
6/12/08.
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On 6/9/08
we have
finally answered a burning question about
hakama,
a type of
trouser-skirt. Who really wore these. Men or women?
Go to
our Ges thru
Hic index/glossary page to find out.
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On 6/9/08 we added a few
comments about the
yukiwa or
snow ring
motif on
our Yakush thru Z index/glossary page.
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On 6/7/08 we added a
new entry
on yuki or
snow on
our Yakush
thru Z index/glossary page.
There is a wonderful quote
about the first snow fall of the year in Edo in the early 19th century.
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On 6/7/08 we added a
new
quote about the twanging of the archer's bowstring during Heian
times.
This can be found under our
tsuru
entry
on our Tengu thru Tsuzumi index/glossary page.
Updated on 6/18/08 and again
on 6/21/08.
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On 6/7/08 we added
information at
our tomoe entry about
the
use of gold-inlay roof tiles
on the castle of Oda
Nobunaga. This can be found
on our Tengu thru Tsuzumi index/glossary page.
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On 6/7/08 we added an image
of the earliest known, i.e., the earliest known to us,
of a
tattoo on a
male figure in Japanese prints. You can see a fuller image
on our first
Bad Boys and
Their Tattoos page.
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On 6/7/08
we updated our page
entitled 'The Many Uses of Ebi' so that the information is more
readable.
Also, the fine anonymous
woman with the prawn in her mouth is having a birthday this week.
Happy birthday fine
anonymous woman.
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On 6/5/08 we added new
comments about the
kakuremino or
straw coat of invisibility on
our
Kakuremino thru Kento index/glossary page.
The image of the tengu shown
above is really rather peripheral to the whole discussion, but you will see
why we added it.
Besides, it's neat!
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On 6/5/08 we added new
information about
the origins of Edo. Something I did not
know.
You can find this
information
on our De thru Gen index/glossary page.
Updated on 6/6/08 and again
on 6/7/08 and once more on the 8th.
And even more on 6/14/08.
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We have found a third
example of a stone
marker with the three monkeys on it.
This has been posted on
6/5/08 on our
Kunisada Hear No Evil web page.
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On 6/4/08 we added
a note about the putative cauldron in which
Ishikawa Goemon was boiled alive.
You will find it on one of
our pages devoted to
a vertical diptych by Toyokuni III .
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On 6/4/08 we added a new entry
on the Japanese
mermaid or
ningyo
to our Mom
thru N index/glossary page.
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