tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post7448312035098980404..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Links 20 December 2019Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-65379392736580142019-12-21T17:48:13.467-05:002019-12-21T17:48:13.467-05:00The print, described above, is by Hokusai (c.1835;...The print, described above, is by Hokusai (c.1835; Minneapolis Institute of Art).<br />karlGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890070076159645529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-6326491899460798652019-12-20T15:43:05.576-05:002019-12-20T15:43:05.576-05:00"Sorry, no idea. It's the cover illustrat..."Sorry, no idea. It's the cover illustration from Taschen's new book of Japanese Woodblock prints, but none of the hundreds of web sites that reproduce it says what it is."<br /><br />It's the left panel of a triptych, "Minamoto no Tamatomo Rescued By Tengu", depicting what the title describes.<br /><br />Further context is that Minamoto has been caught in a storm magically conjured up by a dragon on behalf of the Taira clan (often lambasted in official chronicles and popular myths as power hungry sorcerers, as they were a rival Imperial lineage and the Minamoto clan would eventually destroy them and seek to discredit their legitmacy, quite naturally favoring their own claims instead).<br /><br />Although the story was apparently popular enough at times to spawn numerous different depictions of it in paintings and woodblock prints, it seems a little hard to track down the actual story itself on the English internet.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-60746791105245261742019-12-20T12:48:50.869-05:002019-12-20T12:48:50.869-05:00Utagawa Kuniyoshi
https://www.britannica.com/topi...Utagawa Kuniyoshi<br /><br />https://www.britannica.com/topic/tenguMário R Gonçalveshttps://olivrodaareia.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-17328514827820094262019-12-20T10:25:37.144-05:002019-12-20T10:25:37.144-05:00Interestingly, the main conclusions of the articl...Interestingly, the main conclusions of the article about political cynicism seem to be that the current cynicism is tending to promote political engagement rather than apathy, and it is highly partisan in nature. There may be some cussed independents who distrust government and politicians as such, but what a lot of Americans really distrust is the millions of other Americans on the opposite side of the partisan divide. We're not united by cynicism or a desire for change or whatever--division is our main political reality.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456987412710878404noreply@blogger.com