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Celebratory outfit perfect for New Year season, featuring an antique kimono depicting shishi (lions) on a bridge - maybe a reference to auspicious play Shakkyô. The beautiful pines nicely frame the main motif, and the temari balls add some whimsy.

Kimono is paired with a romantic obi showing yuki-mochi (snow covered) gosho-guruma (ox cart) and late winter/early spring plants (ume/plum blossom, kiku/chrysanthemum, nandina/heavenly bamboo, suisen/daffodil).

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Front, back and back detail of Flat Quiver with Phoenix and Hosoge Floral. Late Heian period. 12th century, Japan.  Lacquered wood, mother-of-pearl, silvering bronze.  Miho Museum

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Fan-paper album of Hoke-kyo Sutra. 

Heian Period, 12th century, Japan.

National Treasure of Japan .  TokyoNationalMuseum

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𝕹𝖔𝖘𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖚 (𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟦) — 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙀𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨

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Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter in Nosferatu (2024).

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NOSFERATU (2024) — dir. Robert Eggers

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Merry 2000 Trained Rats, everybody

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The Shugaku-in Imperial Villa is located at the foothills of the Higashiyama Mountains and has a breathtaking view of Mount Hiei. The gardening method is called “Shakkei”, or borrowed landscape.

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The Shugaku-in Imperial Villa is located at the foothills of the Higashiyama Mountains and has a breathtaking view of Mount Hiei. The gardening method is called “Shakkei”, or borrowed landscape.

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Pampas Gras and autun colors in Arashiyama,

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A sampling of my visit to this beautiful Shugakuin Imperial Villa garden in Kyoto City.

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A sampling of my visit to this beautiful Shugakuin Imperial Villa garden in Kyoto City.

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letchworth state park ⋇ 23 oct

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Hand study with Sukuna

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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) dir. Isao Takahata

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the tale of the princess kaguya (2013)