A Look at Shinto Attire February 19, 2012

Reblogged from Essays in Idleness:

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This post was inspired by Google searches that reach my blog occasionally. It seems people would like to know more about the dress used by Shinto priests, so I did a little research on the subject and post this online for people's reference. This photo here on Flickr provides an excellent example of Shinto priestly dress:

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Nure Onago – The Soaked Woman February 16, 2012

Reblogged from 百物語怪談会 Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai:

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Translated from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujara

In Tsushima in Nagasaki prefecture, when the rain falls at night, the bakemono known as the Nure Onago appears. The Nure Onago can appear near any body of water, from a small pond to the ocean. Her entire body is drenched, and she is soaked from the top of her head to the tips of her toes.

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An insightful piece from a fellow blogger. I just adore Japanese culture. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE ORIGINAL BLOGGER’S POSTS. They were kind enough to let me share this wonderful article with you.

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The Japanese Zodiac - Animals in Ukiyo-e February 13, 2012

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Eisen, Tiger in Bamboo

The subject of the Japanese (Chinese) zodiac would take many hundreds of pages accurately to describe. It is a complex system of Buddhist symbolism, planetary observation and Imperial obeisance.

The Japanese Zodiac and calendar were introduced from China in the sixth century. The Imperial court invited the priest Kudara to teach them how to draw up a calendar and with it the associated astronomical detail.

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Nigao - True Likeness in Japanese Prints February 4, 2012

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How important is a likeness in a work of art? Maybe not as important as it seems; elsewhere on this site we’ve looked at how potentially disastrous it would be to use Hiroshige’s 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road as a route map; and so it was for centuries that depictions of actors or warriors could not be said to be accurate likenesses - or indeed any kind of likeness at all to the subjects they are depicting.

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Weird Japan: Square Watermelons February 3, 2012

Reblogged from Undead Infinity:

Japan..Japan..you did it again.

Once again my breath was taken away by an invention of the japanese universal mind. Have you ever tasted square watermelons? I surely didn't and I will probably never have one. They cost around 10.000 yen [$82] so that's way too expensive even for a Japanese worker.

But the idea is not hat bad - just plain weird.

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Kimodameshi – The Test of Courage February 2, 2012

Reblogged from 百物語怪談会 Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai:

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Translated and sourced from Japanese wikipedia and other sources

Are you brave enough? That is the question that will be answered by playing kimodameshi, the Japanese test of courage. You will have to walk a dark, lonely path to a haunted location and set down your token to prove that you had been there.

The Meaning of Kimodameshi

Kimodameshi (肝試し) is most often translated into English as Test of Courage, which is not literally accurate.

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Ridges February 1, 2012

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