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Pattern Seigaiha at Kanda Shrine

Pattern Seigaiha at Kanda Shrine

Stylized wave pattern seigaiha 青海波, literally blue ocean wave, is formed of overlapping concentric circles or larger and smaller arcs. Steel fences of the Sui 水 Shrine at the compound...

Pattern Seigaiha at Kanda Shrine

Stylized wave pattern seigaiha 青海波, literally blue ocean wave, is formed of overlapping concentric circles or larger and smaller arcs. Steel fences of the Sui 水 Shrine at the compound...

The Prince Takamado Collection comprises netsuke, mainly from the contemporary era, that were acquired by His Imperial Highness Prince Takamado (1954-2002). The year 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of Prince Takamado’s passing.

Entire collection of 500 netsukes by the Prince...

The Prince Takamado Collection comprises netsuke, mainly from the contemporary era, that were acquired by His Imperial Highness PrinceTakamado (1954-2002). The year 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of Prince Takamado’s passing. On this...

Entire collection of 500 netsukes by the Prince...

The Prince Takamado Collection comprises netsuke, mainly from the contemporary era, that were acquired by His Imperial Highness PrinceTakamado (1954-2002). The year 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of Prince Takamado’s passing. On this...

The Japanese businessman and politician Go Seinosuke (1865-1942) donated his collection of netsukes to Tokyo National Museum in 1942.

Netsuke Collection of Gō Seinosuke, spent over ...

The Japanese businessman and politician Go Seinosuke 郷誠之助 (1865-1942) donated his collection of netsukes to Tokyo National Museum in 1942. Custom of holding the netsukes disappeared after the Meiji era(1868-1912),...

Netsuke Collection of Gō Seinosuke, spent over ...

The Japanese businessman and politician Go Seinosuke 郷誠之助 (1865-1942) donated his collection of netsukes to Tokyo National Museum in 1942. Custom of holding the netsukes disappeared after the Meiji era(1868-1912),...

Hours before her sudden death at the age of nineteen, Chiri Yukie (1903-1922）completed her only book, Ainu Shinpanese texyoushuu. traditional chants in the Ainu language.

"The Song The Owl God Sang" by Chiri Yukie who ...

(Preface) ABOUT CHIRI YUKIE Hours before her sudden death at the age of nineteen, Chiri Yukie 知里幸恵（1903-1922）completed her only book, Ainu Shinyoushuuアイヌ神謡集, a collection of traditional chants in the Ainu...

"The Song The Owl God Sang" by Chiri Yukie who ...

(Preface) ABOUT CHIRI YUKIE Hours before her sudden death at the age of nineteen, Chiri Yukie 知里幸恵（1903-1922）completed her only book, Ainu Shinyoushuuアイヌ神謡集, a collection of traditional chants in the Ainu...

The age of the Satsumon culture is believed to have started around the seventh century and transferred to that of the Ainu culture under the influence of the Okhotsk culture between the 12th and 13th centuries.

Ainu culture was under the influence of the Okh...

The age of the Satsumon culture 擦文文化 is believed to have started around the seventh century and transferred to that of the Ainu culture under the influence of the Okhotsk...

Ainu culture was under the influence of the Okh...

The age of the Satsumon culture 擦文文化 is believed to have started around the seventh century and transferred to that of the Ainu culture under the influence of the Okhotsk...

You may meet the works of Masamitsu Takiguchi (1941-2017) at his shop of the Ainu Kotan or Ainu village in the lakeside of Akan, Hokkaido. The “Wood Engraving Gallery Nitai Masamitsu Takiguchi Collection” in the hotel Lake Akan Tsuruga WINGS as well.

Woodcarvings by Masamitsu Takiguchi, at the age...

You may meet the works of Masamitsu Takiguchi 滝口政満 (1941-2017) at his shop of the Ainu Kotan or Ainu village in the lakeside of Akan, Hokkaido. The “Wood Engraving Gallery...

Woodcarvings by Masamitsu Takiguchi, at the age...

You may meet the works of Masamitsu Takiguchi 滝口政満 (1941-2017) at his shop of the Ainu Kotan or Ainu village in the lakeside of Akan, Hokkaido. The “Wood Engraving Gallery...