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October 5, 2016
October 4, 2016
yajifun:
soshi mon'yoshu
草紙文様集（草子絵文様集）の貼込帖 西垣武一...
草紙文様集（草子絵文様集）の貼込帖 西垣武一 旧蔵 年代不詳
娘庭訓金鶏 山東京山 作 歌川国貞ほか 画 1856～1858年
※目鬘の屋台 “国久 画”
※江戸名所百人美女 白鬚明神 歌川国貞 二代目歌川国久（コマ絵） 1858年
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September 30, 2016
Lian Hearn’s travels in Japan’s snow country via...
Lian Hearn’s travels in Japan’s snow country via Picador
For six nights when I fell asleep I saw snow falling gently behind my closed eyelids, calming me into the deep slumber of the winter world.
September 29, 2016
yukoshimizu:
Sometimes I get asked if I draw samurais as a form...
Sometimes I get asked if I draw samurais as a form of “selling out”. I’m a Japanese, people want samurai illustrations, thus you draw what you rather not for money, blah blah… Every time I get caught off guard, stunned and not sure how to reply. Look, I say no to plenty of things if it’s not for me. I draw what I said yes to. I grew up in NY as a kid and went back to Japan as a teenager. Essentially, the first few years back in Tokyo was me feeling like a Gaijin and anything that was Japanese was cool. I go through my drawings from high school and I find plenty of samurais in there. And I took Kendo classes during college. Those childhood obsessions and brief Japanese martial arts practice definitely helps me decades since then. Selling out is the last thing I thing about while I draw this guy.
Follow @yukoshimizu, the cover artist of the beautiful @fsgbooks editions of The Tale of Shikanoko for more inspiring art.
September 28, 2016
September 27, 2016
Book 4 of The Tale of Shikanoko is on sale now! Find The Tengu’s...
Book 4 of The Tale of Shikanoko is on sale now! Find The Tengu’s Game of Go in bookstores and online today and read the epic conclusion.
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