Japanese culture

 Hello everyone. Today I'd like to talk a little about Japanese tattooing. In Japan, tattoos have a very strong image of yakuza. In the old days, yakuza was an organization that helped the strong and discouraged the weak, but they also have rules and customs that are different from the common sense of the world, and if they get into trouble, they can be very scary. They are just like the Italian mafia, like the Godfather. We all want to live a decent life, but the fact is that we are attracted to the smell of evil. Bad things are cool and have a unique beauty to them. There are many Kabuki characters that have Japanese carvings on them. It can even be one of the elements that cannot be written off as stylistic beauty. When an actor plays a role, he or she wears a "skin undershirt," a thin shirt-like material with a tattoo pattern on it, over bare skin. This way, when the kimono is rolled up, the tattoo can be glimpsed. Tattoos have a strong image of the yakuza, but the or...

 How is the weather in your country? In Japan, it is raining and gloomy because a typhoon is near. Well, the other day I wrote about kabuki in general. I hope you enjoyed it. I thought it would be easier to understand with illustrations, so I have been practicing drawing pictures online. When I get better at it, I'll try to post it! Now, speaking of Japanese culture, the most popular one is probably " anime ". In Japan, we are exposed to a lot of stories on TV and in manga from a young age. In Japan, we are exposed to many stories on TV and in manga from an early age, and right now, Blade of the Demise(鬼滅の刃) is very popular. When I was little, I used to watch Sailor Moon(セーラームーン) a lot. It's kind of strange that it's having a revival again now, lol. Sailor Moon is a girls' manga with a motif of stars and celestial bodies. I also like fortune-telling, so I've been able to consider it more interestingly. Speaking of celestial bodies and constellations as ...

 Well, I'm going to write about me today, the writer of this blog. I was a kid who loved to draw, read and exercise. I didn't like to be around other people, and I always chose to spend time alone. I was a somewhat mature child and conversed with adults on an equal footing. I spent my youth with a sense of emptiness in my heart. Then one day, I encountered Kabuki in a music class, and I was so shocked that a bolt of lightning went through my body. From that point on, I researched and researched kabuki like a fish out of water, and I was hooked. Through correspondence, I met friends who loved kabuki, and through fan letters I received replies from artists of picture books based on kabuki. Then, when I became a high school student, I came across another Japanese cultural phenomenon, the visual-kei band. One of the Kabuki actors was a big fan of visual bands, and when I listened to the music of the band he recommended, it was so good that I was hooked. From Kabuki came the birth o...

 Good evening, it is past seven in the evening in Japan. How are you all doing? The "September Grand Sumo Tournament" is going on right now, and there are some very exciting matches going on every day! Today, I'd like to talk a little bit about Kabuki, which I love. There are many Japanese people who have never seen Kabuki, so there is no problem if you don't know anything about it. But if you know about it, you might enjoy it more. Nowadays, Kabuki is something that only men can do. However, a woman named "Izumo no Akuni" first became a tool of Kabuki. After that, there were multiple dances performed by prostitutes, but due to the disturbance of public morals, women were banned, followed by young boys, but that too was disturbed, and then the current itinerary of adult men. Kabuki can be divided into three main genres? I think so. There are " jidaimono ," which are based on historical facts, and There are "jidaimono," which are based on ...

 How is everyone doing? I used to work as a tokoyama, a person who sets and makes wigs for kabuki and Japanese dance. Until the Edo period (1603-1868), Japan was different from today's Japan in that the hairstyles that could be worn were limited by status, occupation, and marital status. This meant that you could almost always tell what kind of person a person was by looking at their hairstyle! It is also interesting to note that the culture of Edo is completely different from that of Kamigata (Osaka). Many people are fascinated by the embroidery, dyeing and weaving of Japanese kimonos, but hairstyles are just as profound. Is anyone interested in this? I'm waiting for your various comments! Akane