Notices by eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social), page 5

#Art #Japanese Japanese woodblock print, unknown artist and title

#Frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Golden Guerrero Tree Frog (Sarcohyla chryses) photographed by Adán Bautista-del Moral

#Art #Japanese Japanese woodblock print, author and title unknown

Puebla Tree Frog (Sarcohyla charadricola) photographed by César Hernández Hernández

@midgard Advertising is propaganda, pure and simple.

#Art #Japanese Tsuchiya Koitsu, title unknown

#Frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Oaxaca Treefrog (Sarcohyla celata) photographed by Chris Grünwald

#Art #Japanese Tsukiyoka Yoshitoshi - "Looking cool: the appearance of a geisha in the fifth or sixth year of Meiji (1872-1873)"

#Frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Mexican fringe-limbed tree frog or Cope's streamside tree frog (Sarcohyla bistincta) photographed by E. Zarza et al.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - Looking as if she is enjoying herself the appearance of a teacher during the Kaei period

@lxo I guess that's why people still refer to it as a "timeless classic" :(

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Lesser Bromeliad Treefrog (Sarcohyla arberoscandens) photographed by Adam G. Clause

Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) is listed as one of "1001 books you must read before you die," but calling this 10-page fairy tale from the 9th or 10th century CE a book is quite a stretch. What it is, however, is a fun and often hilarious story about Princess Kaguya, a beautiful girl found inside a bamboo shoot, who sends five knights on difficult mission to complete in order to win her heart.

#BookReview #ClassicalLiterature

Finished Aesop's Fables, which I'd never read cover to cover before. Fun to see how many present-day expressions have their origin in one of the tales from this book. Some "morals" of the tales are painfully dated, like "The safety of slavery is preferable to the danger of freedom." Still, foundational literature that's still fun to read. My favorite fable is a meta-fable, this one: http://www.mythfolklore.net/aesopica/oxford/1.htm

#BookReview #Aesop #ClassicalLiterature

In this illustration, Ranmaru has found the tree. But as it has left his master's garden, he spares it from being cut down and illuminates the way for the tree to escape. 2/2

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), "Ranmaru and the mysterious sago palm."
Ranmaru, pictured in this print, was an intelligent retainer of Nobunaga who imported a sago palm for his garden in Kyoto. The tree complained constantly about the cold climate and wanted to returm to the tropical climate from which it came. Nobunaga sent Ranmaru out to cut down the tree because he was tired of the complaining. But when the young man went into the garden, the tree had left and begun walking south. 1/2

Mixteca Alta Treefrog (Plectrohyla ameibothalame) photographed by Leticia Soriano Flores

Cooling off at Shijo by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Rheohyla miotympanum (Small-eared tree frog) photographed by William L. Farr

This is the only species in the rheohyla genus, so let's make this froggy feel extra special.

#Art #Japanese Woodblock triptych, artist and title unknown