Mainly focused on a mikoshi (a palanquin-styled portable shrine), this procession also includes Shinto priests, men dressed in white, armored warriors, and children. After passing through the village, the procession goes up 300 stone steps to the main shrine at the summit of Mt. Mitake (...
Although the commons did not reach the same high standard of the warriors, the concept of "Japanese soul" permeated among the people, representing the entire ethnicity. Bushido was often likened to cherry blossoms, the indigenous flower to Japan. Cherry blossoms possess grace and beauty and yet ...
Drawing on this, we might say that dans¯o is pre-gay for having had a long history in Japan, dating from practices usually by warriors and members of the royal family in the eighth century (Saeki 2009, 118). At the same time, dans¯o practices by young individuals in twenty-first...
Gods, warriors, women, deranged people, and demons. What is "Karaori"? What is "Iroari"? Karaori: embroidered robe; Iroari: colorful costume. What era (period) did Noh develop? Muromachi Period. Who developed Noh and what's their relationship? Who was their patron? Kan'ami and Zeami;...
The three actors revealed are, from left to right, Seki Sanjuro II, Onoe Kikugoro V, and Ichikawa Danjuro VII in the play Three Famed Warriors Crossing Paths. However, they are not shown in character but dressed casually. Their emblems appear on the curtain: the waterfall-ascending carp ...
Produced excellent surimono such as here showing a sumptuously attired courtesan representing Kyoto from a set of three surimono Sangoku-shi no toen ketsugi, a History of the Three Kingdoms. (A play on the Chinese states of Wei, Shu and Wu during AD 220-280, but here being Kyoto, Edo...
Medieval Japan is often compared to Medieval Europe because of its warriors, castles and feudal structure. The Japanese Samurai Code is similar to the practice of chivalry by European knights. Feudal political organization, bonds between warriors and the prominence of religion were characteristic of th...
Central deity among the Five Tathagata (Jp. = Godai Nyorai); these five appear frequently in Japanese mandalas, with Dainichi positioned in the center, surrounded by the other four, with each representing one of the cardinal directions. Dainichi's messengers are the Myo-o; also see Fudo pag...
Sui-Feng (砕蜂) is the second commander in chief of the Onmitsukido, and she is also the second captain of the 2nd Division in the Gotei 13. Her lieutenant is Marechiyo Omaeda. Sui-Feng was born as Shaolin Feng on the day of February 11th (蜂 梢綾) into
Pin-up art, which can be mildly or strongly pornographic, and frequently involves some degree of nudity, and is alway intended to be erotic, often trades on themes of powerful women, usually as warriors or as having supernatural powers, i.e. vampires, etc. The warrior women, or Amazon, ...