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Death of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII 1854
八代目市川團十郎 死絵 絵師不明 1854年
Even a cat was crying.
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| Isn't there a story that the cat was the only creature that did not weep at the death of the Buddha? Could there be an allusion to that story? |
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These memorial portraits (shini-e 死絵) were really popular. And yet, i don't know that we hear or see that much about them in scholarship (in English).
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| lordameth wrote: |
| These memorial portraits (shini-e 死絵) were really popular. And yet, i don't know that we hear or see that much about them in scholarship (in English). |
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lol. Maybe. You never know.
Though, one thing I do know is it won't involve that many dollar signs. 
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lol. Maybe. You never know.
Though, one thing I do know is it won't involve that many dollar signs. |
Maybe not in profit, but certainly in funding. Put a gender studies slant on it and you'll be rolling in grants.
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| Memorial portraits (now usually blown-up photos) are still a very important part of the funeral-related rites. |
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Hate to say it, but that print is actually, probably unintentionally, very funny!
A perfect tongue-in-cheek commentary on the culture of "celebrity" in any age, I think . . .
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