Each week Sepia Saturday provides a prompt to inspire bloggers with some nostalgia or history. This week, as I see the rain outside my window, the prompt is particularly apt. The Library of Congress has some wonderful Japanese woodblock prints from the 19th century.
Here’s what I found in digital archives.
. Japan, None. [Between 1890 and 1940] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008660884/.
Above is a Japanese woodblock print (ukiyo-e).
. Japan, None. [Between 1827 and 1840, printed later] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009615162/.
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Love your choices to match the prompt! Something rather interesting and a little different. 🙂
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Yes, I started out looking for black and white photos and got sidetracked in a fun direction. Thanks for visiting.
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P.S. I found that vinyl raincoat of mine with the raindrop cutouts & added it to my post. Guess I should have looked a little harder online for it in the first place! 🙂
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I’ll go back.
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Perfect illustrations! I recognized the first one but like all three. That kind of driving rain is unique to some climates. I used to see it when I lived on the Atlantic coast, but here in the mountains of North Carolina those heavy sheets of rain are not common.
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I lived around Kyoto and we didn’t have such rain, I’m not sure what sort of rain they get in Tokyo. Thanks for dropping by.
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What an original take on the prompt, and thank you for introducing me to artwork I had not seen before.
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My pleasure! Merry Christmas!
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