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August 2012 Archives

Shukado Newsletter vol. 76

By 秋華洞 on August 24, 2012 12:58 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Dear customers and friends,

Good afternoon from Kenshi of Shukado.

Hot and humid weather still continues in Japan.
I can hardly wait for the autumn!

And in such weather, our staff found a plant, which grows wild from small cracks in the sidewalk just in front of our gallery building.
Please click the following url:
http://www.aojc.co.jp/staff_blog/images/piman.mise004.JPG
http://www.aojc.co.jp/staff_blog/images/piman.up002.JPG
http://www.aojc.co.jp/staff_blog/images/pi-mansukima005.JPG

What a vigorous pepper it is!!
In Japan, we call this kind of vegetable as "Dokonjo (gutsy) vegetable".
So in this case, this pepper is called "dokonjo pepper".

And today, I'd like to introduce you several people who look gutsy in ukiyo-e.

http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108723700/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108722000/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108721600/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108020301/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108701304/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108619001/

Please enjoy them and see you next week!

Sincerely yours,

Kenshi


Shukado Newsletter vol. 75

By 秋華洞 on August 17, 2012 3:39 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Dear customers and friends,

Good afternoon from Kenshi of Shukado.
Our short summer holiday ended, and our gallery reopens now.
And I hope you are enjoying your summer break.

In Japan, the mid-August is the time when we welcome back the spirits of our ancestors.
This event is called "obon", and during the time, we return home and visit family graves.

By the way, do you believe in ghosts??
Personally, I'm not convinced of the existence of them.
However, contradictorily, I have seen them twice...
I hope that those things just happened in my dream.

In the Edo period, the time without electricity, I think that the existence of the ghosts are commonly believed in. In reality, there is a lot of ukiyo-e depicting them.

And here are the ghost prints we have:
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108723700/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108701305/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108716303/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108708000/

I hope that you'll like them.
If you have any questions, please let me know.

Have a nice weekend!

Sincerely yours,

Kenshi


Shukado Newsletter vol. 74

By 秋華洞 on August 10, 2012 3:03 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Dear customers and friends,

Good afternoon from Kenshi of Shukado.

Sadly, the Olympic games is now coming to an end.
Regarding Japanese national team,
they've won many medals and their great success have deeply moved us.
For that reason alone, I don't know what to do after that...

By the way, from tomorrow to 15th August, our gallery is closed for the summer break.
For those who inquire by e-mail or phone, we will give you a reply after 16th August.
Thank you for your understanding.

So this is the last newsletter before the summer break!
Since we've posted our new arrivals today as usual, please check them out.

http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108724400/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108720600/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108723400/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108723902/

We hope that you'll have a nice summer holiday!!

Sincerely yours,

Kenshi


Shukado Newsletter vol. 73

By 秋華洞 on August 2, 2012 3:48 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Dear customers and friends,

Good evening from Kenshi of Shukado.

Have you enjoyed the Olympic games?
6 days has already been passed since the opening ceremony.

Since the time difference between Japan and U. K. is 8 hours,
I haven't had enough sleep nowadays...

I hope that every athlete can do their best!

In this newsletter, I wanted to show you some ukiyoe in which people enjoy sports.
Yet, I heard that there was no concept of the sports in the Edo period.
Even Sumo was shrine ritual.
So today, I'd like to introduce you several ukiyo-e which look like people doing sports.

http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108628200/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108623401/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/108707800/
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list3/108613500/

If you have any questions about the above prints, please let me know.

Sincerely yours,

Kenshi


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