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Some beautiful birds in #ukiyoe art for #FairyTaleTuesday.
1: 'Shrike and Bluebird with Begonia & Wild Strawberry' - Hokusai, 1834.
2: 'White Herons & Willow' - Shoson Ohara, 1926.
3: 'Blue Bird on a Branch' - Seiko, Ca. 1900.
4: 'Crows in Moonlight' - Shoson Ohara, 1927.

'Playing with a Cat' - Kodama Takamura, Ca. 1930.
#Caturday #ukiyoe #art #cats

Today's #WyrdWednesday game.
I think I'll go in search of a kudagitsune, a pocket-sized fox #yokai, wearing a Ukiyo-e style outfit. Most likely found in mountains & forests of Japan & I'll need inari sushi to lure it.
Learn more about kudagitsune here: https://t.co/QnvnFV4J0W https://t.co/dyTsiuZZeS

In Japanese folklore & fairytales, yurei or ghosts are often the spirits of women seeking revenge after losing, or being betrayed by, those closest to them. They become trapped in the spirit world as haunting ghosts.
#FairyTaleTuesday
Art: 'Cat Witch of Okazaki', Utagawa Kunisada

'Tama' - Shotei Takahashi, 1924.
#Caturday #ukiyoe #cat #art

Long associated with childbirth, the stork is a fertility symbol that is also linked to birth & springtime. The tale of storks delivering newborn babies to their mothers is told to children throughout North America & Europe.
#FolkloreThursday
Vintage illustration, source unknown.

Magical, fairytale art by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
#FairyTaleTuesday #magic

Detail.

'Love Among the Ruins' - Edward Burne-Jones, 1873 (watercolour).
#preraphaelite #art

'Woman with Cat' - William Clarke Wontner.
#Caturday #art