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![Japanese art styles in an almost-1-minute nutshell
From ancient to premodern times ☺️✨
仏画 Butsuga - Buddhist paintings (6th - 12th century)
絵巻 Emaki - Picture scrolls (12th century)
慶派 Keiha - Kei School of sculpture (12th - 13th century)
水墨画 Suibokuga - Zen ink wash paintings (13th - 15th century)
狩野派 Kanōha - Paintings of the Kano School (15th - 19th century)
浮世絵 Ukiyo-e - Woodblock prints (17th - 19th century)
Not covering everything but did cover some of the most interesting ones ☺️✨
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![借りてきた猫
Karitekita neko
A borrowed cat
A Japanese proverb referring to someone being unusually behaved and subdued ☺️✨
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![The legend of Ikeda Sen, a badass samurai mom who deployed 200 gunwomen to assertively negotiate with the shogun 😆
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![猫の魚辞退
Neko no uojitai
A cat declining a fish
A Japanese proverb referring to pretending not to want something you actually do, and a state that will not last long ☺️✨
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![The underground battle of Japanese moles
I cheer for Azuma Mogura-sans 🥺✨✨✨
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![紅葉に置けば紅の露
Momiji ni okeba kurenai no tsuyu
A dewdrop glows red on an autumn leaf 🍁
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![Japanese proverbs that are actually just roasts 😂
能ある鷹は爪を隠す
Nou aru taka wa tsume wo kakusu
A skilled hawk hides its talons
—Refers to highly skilled people who do not flaunt their skills. It’s said as a compliment for that kind of person or, as a roast for someone who is the exact opposite type.
三日坊主
Mikka bouzu
A three-day monk
—Refers to people who start something but give up soon after. It comes from how some people in premodern times tried to become monks to evade taxes or to change their lousy selves, but ended up coming back because they couldn’t tolerate the stoic lifestyle of monks.
釈迦に説法
Shaka ni seppou
Preaching to the Buddha
—Refers to someone who explains something to someone who already knows it far better than him
二階から目薬
Nikai kara megusuri
Eye drops from the second floor
—Refers to a person who has the motivation to do something, but is frustratingly unproductive
虎の威を借る狐
Tora no i wo karu kitsune
A fox that borrows the power of a tiger
—Refers to people who lack real power themselves, but act important by using someone else’s authority or status.
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![元の木阿弥
Moto no mokuami
Back to Mokuami
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![In ancient to medieval Japan (circa 800 - 1300 CE), animal sightings were thought to be omens of terrible events within the noble community…!
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![The Nue is one of Japan’s earliest yokai (monsters in folklore).
What’s funny is that it shares its name with a cute little bird.
In the 11th century, the emperor had countless sleepless nights due to a long, high-pitched, wistful voice of something in the dark.
So, a samurai shot a bird the voice came from, and got rewarded for it. The bird that was shot down was a little bird called Nue.
Later, in the 12th century, the emperor at the time experienced intolerable fear, likely caused by a dark cloud that formed above a forest nearby.
A samurai named Minamoto-no-Yorimasa shot an arrow into the cloud, and out came a nameless monster with the head of a monkey, the tail of a snake, the limbs of a tiger, and the voice of a bird called Nue, which was soon slain.
It seems that years later, people confused the two stories and came to call the chimera “Nue,” too.
Just as the yokai was a mishmash of different animals, its name was a result of people’s confusion 😆!
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![Jamese Curtis Hepburn was an American medical missionary who came to settle in premodern Japan, cured previously incurable diseases, made the first comprehensive Japanese-English dictionary, and created an important writing system many Japanese people rely on still today… 😌✨
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![籠釣瓶 Kago Tsurube - A basket for a bucket
Like a basket that cannot hold water, the blade is so sharp that even droplets would not linger.
古袈裟 Furukesa - An aged stole
The katana slices just as easily as the loose stitching of an old stole would fall apart.
乱れ上人 Midare Jōnin - An enraged priest
A priest’s stole will slip off and fall if he fumes and paces, like heads would if stricken by the katana.
尾花の露 Obana no Tsuyu - Dew on a rice stalk
Just as dew slides easily from a rice stalk, heads severed by the katana would drop with graceful ease
笹ノ雪 Sasa-no-Yuki - Snow on bamboo grass
Heads would fall as effortlessly as snow slips from bamboo grass at the slightest touch
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![A Japanese folktale about an introverted hero, 稲むらの火 The fire in the rice field
Illustration by teckpoh_artjourney
Woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige, Kobayashi Kiyochika, and Katsushika Hokusai
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![縁の下の力持ち
En no shita no chikara mochi
A hero holding up the eaves
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![Cuteness overload: The Pokemon Dedenne and the Japanese Yamane
Dedenne etymology:
電気 + アンテナ + ネンネ
Denki + Antenna + Nenne
Electricity + Antenna + Baby talk for “Sleep”
ヤマネ
Yamane
Japanese dormouse
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![Unsolicited letters from men were not uncommon among the nobility in ancient Japan. But without elegance in every detail, they would never be opened.
The sender’s feelings took shape in graceful poetry and with exquisite penmanship. The paper was infused with incense, intended to leave a lasting impression on the senses.
The letter was folded into a decorative knot and tied to a branch of a seasonal tree, whose presence was made meaningful by its mention in the poem…
Delivering letters with the highest standards was absolutely essential because…
The letter had to pass the scrutiny of the woman’s parents before arriving at the intended recipient!
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![Why do so many Japanese words start with an “O” sound? Court ladies in Medieval Japan were behind this language feature… 😌✨!
お茶
Ocha
Tea
お菓子
Okashi
Snacks
おにぎり / おむすび
Onigiri / Omusubi
Rice ball
おかず
Okazu
Dishes other than rice
おかか
Okaka
Bonito flakes
お味噌汁 / おみおつけ
Omisoshiru / Omiotsuke
Miso soup
お椀
Owan
Bowl
お水 / おひや
Ohiya / Omizu
Water (to drink)
お酒
Osake
Sake
お箸
Ohashi
Chopsticks
おなか
Onaka
Stomach
おしゃべり
Oshaberi
Chatting
お辞儀
Ojiggi
Bow
お寺
Otera
Temple
お墓
Ohaka
Grave
お金
Okane
Money
お祝い
Oiwai
Celebration
お稽古
Okeiko
Lesson
etc.
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![遣らずの雨
Yarazu no ame
Rain that pours as if to keep your man from leaving
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![Pinch screen for a better viewing experience 🤏☺️
あった
Atta
I found it
ここにも
Koko nimo
Here, too
ここにもあった
Koko nimo atta
I found one here, too
プリングルズのかけら
Puringuruzu no kakera
A Pringles crumb
おいしい
Oishii
Tasty
おいしいです
Oishii desu
It’s tasty (politened by adding “desu”)
おいしかった
Oishi katta
It was tasty (made into past tense by adding “katta”)
発明した人
Hatsumei shita hito
Whoever invented it
天才
Tensai
A genius
おかあさん
Okāsan
Mom
ここに ~は ありません
Koko ni ~wa arimasen
~ is not here
これは ~です
Kore wa ~desu
This is a ~
まあまあ
Māmā
Fairly
The monkeys are from Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park in Nagano Prefecture, Japan ☺️
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![春植えざれば秋実らず
Haru uezareba aki minorazu
What you didn’t sow in spring, you will not reap in autumn
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![The first woman to climb Mount Fuji was Takayama Tatsu, a 25-year-old of samurai lineage…!
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![名の無い星は宵から出る
Na no nai hoshi wa yoi kara deru
Nameless stars appear at twilight
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![Watch till the end to learn a set of harsh yet real Japanese phrases 🥺
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![不知火 Shiranui
The rare sight of countless lights flickering over the sea on the horizon at night in Kumamoto, Japan.
The temperature difference between the cooled surface of tidal flats and the surrounding air sometimes causes abnormal refraction. Just a few fishing fires in the distance appear as if there were hundreds.
How frightening it must have been, in ancient times, to see so many fires ablaze on the water!
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![My most epic video yet… 🥹!
A cute yet dramatic Japanese folktale,
ねずみの嫁入り
Nezumi no Yomeiri
The mice’s marriage
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