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Torihada LIVE:chelmico「Highlight」

私は、日本が最も繁栄した昭和後期の社会的特徴は、格差の小さい社会だったという点にあると思う。であれば、その成功体験に学べばよさそうなものなのに、国を滅ぼした大日本帝国の失敗体験をもう一度、なぞろうというのだから、どうすればそういう考え方になるのか、私には不思議で仕方がありません。

takashiyasui:

Ginzan onsen

smithsonianlibraries:
“ We are wishing our holiday shopping could include some of the offerings in Kōgeihim ishō no enkaku, a catalog of an exhibition on handicrafts and industrial art held in Tokyo in 1900. (Nō-Shōmu shō Shōkōkyoku, Tokyo,...

smithsonianlibraries:

We are wishing our holiday shopping could include some of the offerings in Kōgeihim ishō no enkakua catalog of an exhibition on handicrafts and industrial art held in Tokyo in 1900. (Nō-Shōmu shō Shōkōkyoku, Tokyo, 1900)

The skeleton gymnast toy is especially delightful:

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Suffice it to say, we’re a big fan:

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We have plenty more Japanese illustrated books of the Edo and Meiji period available digitally on our site!

jimpluff:

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Happy Mothursday

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