curious ordinaryさんのイラストまとめ

'Love Among the Ruins' - Edward Burne-Jones, 1894 (recreation in oils).
#preraphaelite #art

🎨2. Night Rain' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1839
3. Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860
4. Utagawa Toyosai
5. Ogata Gekko, 1896
6. Kobayashi Kiyochika, ca. 1930s.
7. Katsukawa Shunsho, 1782
8. Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856.
9&10. Fuefuki River
11. 'Flute Playing Kappa' - Nagai Iku, 1953.
#ukiyoe
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...man admitted he'd killed the cat and the neighbours dug up the garden to discover the cat's skeleton with the pumpkin vine growing directly from its mouth. They then dug a grave & reburied the cat while reciting prayers. Almost immediately the family completely recovered.
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'Quince Fruit and Japanese White-eye' - Suzuki Harunobu, Edo period.
#ukiyoe #birds #art #Japan

Studio Ghibli's magically weird film 'Howl's Moving Castle' is loosely based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones. It is creative genius Hayao Miyazaki's favourite of his films and incorporates his views on the futility of war and the positive aspects of ageing.
#WyrdWednesday

If you love cats, Ghibli films, and really weird films, you should definitely check out 'The Cat Returns.' It is a bizarre but magical tale that includes talking cats, nocturnal cat parades, and an entire kingdom of cats that act like humans.
#WyrdWednesday

...of this no-one ever fished there for fear of being cursed. One day the lord of the province was travelling with many samurai. He arrived at the pond and saw it was clear and full of fish. He ordered the samurai to catch some fish for him. They all stood in silence until...
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In Japan, kawauso are river otters, and like many other animals it is believed that once they reach old age they can develop supernatural powers and become #yokai. These creatures love alcohol, especially sake. They are renowned shape-shifters and can...
#WyrdWednesday
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...see what the noise was and when the man looked around the ghostly woman was gone. His suspicious wife returned to bed and when he looked at the painting he saw that the ghost was now back in the frame, reclined and asleep. He sobered up very quickly when he realised he...
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At first he was terrified but the ghost assured him she meant no harm and began to drink her sake. He noticed she was soon quite tipsy. They continued drinking sake into the night and at one point they began playing a shamisen and singing loudly. The man's wife came in to...
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