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Independent translator and publisher of rare and unusual Japanese books. Jujutsu, Ninjutsu, and other Samurai stuff自称翻訳家
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Early in the Edo Era lovers would tattoo each other's name vertically on the inside of the arm. The final Kanji would be Inochi命 meaning "life." The final stroke of this Kanji would be long, indicating the vow was eternal and that they would die before breaking.

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九相圖Kuso-zu
Illustrations showing the 9 stages of decompostion.
The earliest examples are from the 13th C.
This one is by Itoh Seiyu 伊藤晴雨 (1882~1961.)
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The following thread will detail the 9 stages using art from the Kamakura and Edo periods.

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Okuyama "Deep in the Mountains" Nen School of Jujutsu Densho from 1862 showing two Tengu mountain goblins glowering at each other.
This scroll was passed from the 17th head of the school to a man named Aoki Mitsunaga

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