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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 5h
Korin-in, Kyo Shino, Daitokuji Temple Built as a family temple of the Hatakeyama family. Kyoto, Japan. Photography by Katsu
Captured by photographer Katsu at Kōrin-in (興臨院)—a prominent sub-temple of Daitoku-ji in Kyoto—this breathtaking scene showcases autumn maple foliage (momiji) framed dramatically by traditional sliding wooden doors (shōji or amado). The fiery red leaves of the maple tree create a dazzling canopy outside, which is mirrored in a vivid, glassy reflection across a highly polished black floor or table inside the temple hall. A low, natural bamboo fence (yotsume-gaki) and delicate ornamental grasses (pampas grass) run along the garden boundary in the mid-ground, providing an earthy anchor between the blazing canopy above and its mirrored twin below.
ōrin-in was established in the 1520s during the Muromachi period by Hatakeyama Yoshitaka, daimyō of Noto Province, to serve as the family temple (bodaiji) for the Hatakeyama clan. Following the fall of the Hatakeyama, the famed warlord Maeda Toshiie of the Kaga Domain restored and sponsored the temple, establishing a lasting historical link with the Maeda clan. The main hall (Hondō) and its grand entrance gate (Karamon) are designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan, showcasing classic Muromachi-style Zen architectural design.

The garden and architectural framing embody the traditional design principle of shakkei (borrowed scenery), where nature and timber architecture are seamlessly integrated. This spatial harmony represents the highest standard of Japanese monozukuri—the master craftsmanship of temple carpentry and landscape design created in service of contemplative Zen practice.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
by Fukuoka-based resin artist Sakae, this hair ornament (kanzashi) presents a glowing Japanese lantern plant or winter cherry (hōzuki) suspended from a slender metallic pin.
by Fukuoka-based resin artist Sakae, this hair ornament (kanzashi) presents a glowing Japanese lantern plant or winter cherry (hōzuki) suspended from a slender metallic pin. The lantern-like outer calyx is hand-formed from gossamer-thin, translucent resin in vibrant shades of amber-gold and fiery orange, framed by delicate vertical wire ribs that taper to a soft point at the base. Suspended within the glowing translucent husk is a spherical, deep-red berry, catching backlighting to radiate like a miniature burning sun. Draped along the straight metallic shaft (kanzashi-foot) is a delicate chain strung with faceted crystal beads in violet, amethyst, amber, and olive tones, culminating in a teardrop-cut violet crystal pendant. The ornament is backlit against a soft, luminous white and pale-gray gradient sky.
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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A funerary bundle of a monkey scribe deity from Jaina Island, Campeche, created between 600 and 900 CE. In Maya belief, these simian deities are patrons of writers and artists. This earthenware figure with an elaborate headdress and collar sits on a carved throne.
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Typographica @typographica.org · 14/10/2026
On last week’s trip to LA we stayed in Boyle Heights. It reminded me so much of the Mission in SF before gentrification. Predominantly Spanish-speaking. Mostly independent shops with fronts right at the street. So many handmade signs! Here are a few goodies. More: www.flickr.com/photos/stewf...
Hand-painted sign with words in many styles: 
“All sizes for purposes
Glass installed at your home
Tops Mirrors
Window Shades
Plastic & Cloth
Reasonable Prices”Storefront with a hand-painted sign featuring a cowboy, four hats, and the words, “El Norteño de Savy Stores” and “Stetson”. Under the cowboy portrait are small words reading, “Lefty Signs (213) 290-1633”.Plastic box sign on a pole with attached plastic letters reading, “Restaurant / El Apetito / Mexican Food • Mariscos”. A light bulb filled arrow wraps around the left side of the sign.Hand-painted sign board with a red background featuring a cartoon pig illustration and the words:
Menudo
Costillas de puerco en chile verde y en salsa roja
Caldos de pollo y res
Tortillas echas a mano
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Manavi Estate demonstrates traditional Georgian orange wine making using a manual wooden basket press to extract juice from crushed green grapes. *Attachment IG: @manavi_estate ~ Georgia 🇬🇪
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Art Nouveau storefront by Albert Pèpe (1906)
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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 14/10/2026
🛞 A rover wheel that searches for water on the Moon 🌕 @esa.int's Rover Permittivity Sensor is built directly into a rover wheel and will measure the electrical properties of lunar soil to search for hidden water ice beneath the surface 💧 🔗 Find out more: www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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RPS: using a rover wheel in search of water on the Moon
The Rover Permittivity Sensor suite (RPS) is an ESA contribution to the United Arab Emirates’ Rashid-3 lunar rover. Using sensors that are integrated directly into one of the rover’s four wheels, the ...
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The Mosh Network 🤘🏼 @themosh.net · 14/10/2026
Ladrones Premiere “Esto De Estar Solo” Music Video Ahead Of U.S. Tour themosh.net/ladrones-est...
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Ladrones Premiere “Esto De Estar Solo” Video Ahead Of U.S. Tour
Ladrones premiere the “Esto De Estar Solo” video ahead of their November U.S. tour supporting their Rise Records debut, 'Arriba La L'.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A Japan Air Lines press photo from the 1960s. Image via Blue Ruin 1 of Flickr
Visual and Sensory AnalysisCaptured in profile, this mid-century monochrome promotional portrait features a Japan Air Lines (JAL) flight attendant dressed in full formal attire during the early Jet Age. Her hair is styled in an elaborate, sculpted traditional coiffure, adorned with intricate, cascading silk hair ornaments (tsumami kanzashi) depicting delicate floral clusters with trailing petals. She wears an ornate formal silk kimono featuring a brocaded weave (rinzu) woven with geometric fretwork patterns and dynamic, sweeping motifs of a flying crane (tsuru). Bound behind her is a formal darari obi sash with fan-shaped fold details. The back of her collar is pulled deep away from the nape of her neck (eryūi), accentuating the elegant profile against a soft, gradient studio backdrop.   The portrait awakens a serene, tactile sensory atmosphere: the crisp stiffness of heavy silk brocade, the imperceptible sway of delicate silk kanzashi petals with every slight movement, the subtle scent of traditional hair pomade (bintsuke-abura), and the quiet, poised dignity of a cultural ambassador standing before the camera.
During the 1960s, as Japan prepared to host the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and expand its international air routes aboard Douglas DC-8 jetliners, Japan Air Lines (JAL) launched global promotional campaigns celebrating traditional hospitality (omotenashi). As part of this cultural diplomacy, JAL flight attendants were famously trained in traditional arts, including tea ceremony and kimono deportment.
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Metal Injection @metalinjection.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Tony Iommi on Losing Ozzy: “I’m 78, How Much Longer?” metalinjection.net/news/tony-io...
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Tony Iommi on Losing Ozzy: “I’m 78, How Much Longer?” - Metal Injection
Toni Iommi reflected on Ozzy Osbourne's death in a new interview with 'The Telegraph,' sharing how it has him wondering when his time will come.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Wasteland Weekend in Mojave CA IG: @justohl www.instagram.com/justohl?psIn...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This 16th-century German lock uses a hidden keyhole cover designed to confuse thieves. IG: @cassaforte_peter_antique_safes Wahlwiller, Netherlands
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Bald Eagles Lifespan 25+years Monogamous pairs mate for life They return to same nest year after year and enlarge it. Incubation period lasts 36 days and M/F share incubation duties parents feed their chicks 14 weeks. After fledging the parents continue to feed and protect them for up to 12 weeks
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Now electric pedal-assist fills the role gears had way back when Sturmey Archer hub gears and hub brakes ca. 1930s
Advertising poster featuring an anthropomorphic internal hub gear with wings pushing a bicycle rider up a hill.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Antique Dutch bombe marquetry secretary desk with hidden compartment. IG: @harpgallery instagram.com/harpgallery?...
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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 review of THE BLACK BEETLE OMNIBUS out this month from me and @darkhorse.com Thank you so much, @uncomicmas.bsky.social !!
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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Over 3000 years old! Olmec stone mask originates from either the Middle Balsas River basin in Guerrero or the Gulf coast of Veracruz. Carved between 1200 and 500 BCE, this sculpture shows almond eyes and red pigment on the lips. The openings on the sides allowed it to be attached to objects.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It doesn’t take much
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
New Holland Honeyeater 16-20cm S half of Australia, from Brisbane, Queensland, north of Perth, Western Australia, including Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands. Diet 72% nectar 28%insects Female builds a nest, incubates 18days, male provides her food both feed chicks 16 days, 4 weeks after fledging
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Navajo Nation New Mexico
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
One frame, two worlds. Alaska's glacier-fed waters are so clear this split shot captures land and sea in perfect focus at once.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Himalayan ibex: #AGoodPlace
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Black Heron 42.5-60cm Pairs build a nest alongside other herons, egrets, or ibises Breeding season heron's feet temporarily change color from yellow to a vibrant red during courtship Both parents share incubation 25 days and 30 days of feeding chicks inside the nest, 1 week after they fledge
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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Alex Ross’s Black Widow - Silver Age style!
Natasha, with silver Age comics logos as the background.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Landscape in Hokkaido, Japan. Photography by Yasuhiko Yoshihiro
Captured against the ethereal gradient of dawn or dusk in Hokkaido, this landscape by photographer Yasuhiko Yoshihiro depicts a trio of Yezo sika deer (Ezoshika) standing in sharp silhouette upon a grassy ridge. A doe, fawn, and young deer gaze alertly across the terrain, their dark contours set against a luminescent bank of low-lying ground fog (asangasumi) that pools across the valley floor. Beyond the glowing mist, rolling hills rise in soft, layered ridges toward a darkened mountain backdrop, capped by a sky shifting from dusty coral and salmon-pink into deep mauve. The photograph awakens a pristine, wilderness sensory atmosphere: the biting chill of sub-arctic air settling over damp soil, the faint, sweet scent of mountain grasses and morning dew, the muffled silence of a vast, unpopulated valley wrapped in fog, and the quiet, rhythmic breathing of wild creatures paused in watchful tranquility.
The dense veil of ground mist acts as a natural spatial kekkai (boundary), separating the terrestrial ridge in the foreground from the shadowed mountain ranges beyond, while the soft, rolling terrain and obscuring fog masterfully engage miegakure (the design principle of hide-and-reveal), screening the valley floor to heighten the mystery of the wild landscape. The alert, noble poise of the deer silhouette projects a wild, unpretentious iki (natural dignity and grace), balanced by the wabi-sabi impermanence of shifting fog and fleeting light.
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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Whoa… 👀 MSRP $150; presale at ThiftBooks for a C-note.
Cover - The Complete Tales from the Crypt OmnibusBook descriptionTale of the tape - ships November 2026. 1032 pages.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Evening” in Osaka, Japan. Photography by Huang Louis on 500px
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Captured at nightfall at the entrance of Hozenji Yōchō in Osaka, this photograph by Huang Louis frames a narrow stone-paved alleyway (ishitami) through a traditional wooden gateway topped with a small tiled roof. At the center, a suspended wooden plaque displays the gilded calligraphy "法善寺横丁" (Hozenji Yōchō), illuminated by two warm overhead lanterns that cast a soft golden glow upon the timber grain. Two radiant red cylindrical lanterns frame the entrance, their dark characters echoing the alleyway's name. In the background, the lane recedes into an intimate, layered depth where the shadowed silhouettes of evening strollers mingle with the soft, inviting lights of traditional izakaya and dining establishments. The rain-slicked granite paving stones catch and scatter the vibrant crimson and gold reflections of the glowing signboards.

The scene awakens an enchanting, multi-sensory urban atmosphere: the gentle hum of electric lanterns, the muffled murmur of night conversations drifting from behind wooden sliding doors, the appetite-arousing aromas of simmered dashi, roasted soy sauce, and charcoal smoke, and the soft, rhythmic click of footsteps echoing across wet stone in the cool evening air.
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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Paul Gulacy - plates from his Black Widow portfolio (1982).
Widow in costume, holding a gun, against a black background.Widow in costume, holding a gun, in a parlor or den setting.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Centipede button cover IG: @vesperto Żaneta Fellmann, Kilmarnock, UK
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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This Mexica (Aztec) jadeite figure of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, representing Venus, was created in 1490 CE in Veracruz. The front shows a skeletal deity with an exposed chest, while the back features a solar disc with calendar signs and two fire serpents. It reflects precise ancient astronomy.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Common Tailorbird 10-14cm Across South and Southeast Asia Diet Insects & Invertebrates, Nectar and Fruit Female sews the nest, incubates the eggs 12 days while the male feeds and protects her They feed the chicks as a team for 14 days in the nest, and 2 more weeks after they fledge.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
«This is what your inned child wants» Original post
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
@ilhan1077 shows us Lagoa do Pau Pique, a unique volcanic crater lake located on São Miguel Island in the Azores archipelago of Portugal: #AGoodPlace
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Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Art Blakey was born on this day October 11, 1919. The legendary drummer & Jazz Messengers bandleader was the beating heart of Blue Note recording more than 20 albums. Stream our spotlight playlist & browse vinyl, CDs & merch on the Blue Note Store: bluenote.lnk.to/ArtBlakeyFin...
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Letterform Archive @letterformarchive.org · 10/10/2026
Our latest full-length title is the first-ever trade publication about the celebrated modular letterpress system Super-Veloz. Now through Oct, 8, 2026, members automatically receive 20% off preorders of the book. letterformarchive.org/shop/super-v...
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Super-Veloz: Joan Trochut’s Modular Modernism and the Dream of Typographic Abundance in Spain, 1930–1955 | Letterform Archive
The richly illustrated story of a design marvel that made printers into artists and brought movement to moveable type In late-1930s Barcelona, young designer Joan Trochut and his father, a visionary p...
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Good morning
a Japanese bar logo featuring a liquor bottle kicking the shit out of your brain
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Compilation showcasing 12 Art Deco-era vintage lighters from the 1920s to 1950s, including the 1926 Ronson Banjo automatic lighter designed by Louis V. Aronson. 🔥 IG: @phenomlighter
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Electric blue fiddler crab: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This guy has been and still is my ‘human university’. By that I mean he’s taught, inspired and echoed my inner thoughts & theories more than any other human I’ve ever come across. Here he is talking about humanity’s “circling the drain”. His name — GEORGE CARLIN.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@fujiaquarium54 shows us an underwater world in Gujo Hachiman, Japan: #AGoodPlace
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Design Reviewed @designreviewed.com · 10/10/2026
Radio Free Berlin, Concert poster designed by Hans Förtsch and Sigrid von Baumgarten. Scanned from Gebrauchsgraphik, 3, 1966 designreviewed.com/the-publicit...
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The first principle Original post
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Euan Findlay demonstrates traditional coopering at Theakston Brewery, Masham, England, using fire and steam to soften oak staves so they can be bent and secured with iron hoops to form a watertight firkin barrel without nails or glue. IG: @euanthecooper www.instagram.com/euanthecoope...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“A cutaway lock with three Master Wafers in the pin stacks. Watch which side of the shearline they end up on depending on which working key is used.” ~ Nic MacKay, locksmith IG: @lockpicknic www.instagram.com/lockpicknic?...
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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Three Maya faces stacked one above another. These sculptural forms recall the stacked masks of Chaac, the Maya rain god, commonly used to decorate temples and palaces in the Puuc architectural tradition of the Yucatán Peninsula. #Maya #Archaeology
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Cranes in Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Photography by Toru Kona on 500px
Standing side-by-side upon a blanket of pristine Hokkaido snow in Kushiro, a pair of red-crowned cranes (tancho) throw their beaks to the winter sky in a synchronized, trumpeting courtship duet. Their arched necks and gleaming crimson crowns (tan) project a striking graphic silhouette, their jet-black secondary feathers fanning outward like flared kimono sleeves against their snow-white plumage. In the soft-focus background, another crane stands in quiet witness across the frozen field. The photograph captures an electrifying, elemental sensory experience: the piercing, clarion bugle of their call echoing across sub-zero wetlands, steam condensing instantly into mist from open beaks, the dry rustle of wind-ruffled plumage, the blinding glare of winter light reflected off fresh powder, and the sharp, freezing bite of northern air settled over the marsh.   Captured in Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido, by photographer Toru Kona, this scene celebrates Japan’s most sacred avian icon in its ancestral winter sanctuary. Known to the indigenous Ainu people as Sarurun Kamuy (God of the Marsh), the red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) has long endured as a cornerstone of Japanese cultural iconography, symbolizing longevity, good fortune, and marital fidelity due to its lifelong pair-bonding. From Heian-period court textiles and Edo-period gold leaf screens (byōbu) by masters like Ogata Kōrin to modern heraldry and ceremonial origami, the crane’s posture is woven into the nation's visual heritage. Once feared extinct in Japan during the early twentieth century, a small resident population was rediscovered in the un-freezing spring-fed reed beds of Kushiro Marsh and saved through decades of local community winter-feeding programs.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Purple finch 15cm Southern Canada Northern US, Pacific Coast Diet Variety of insects, flower buds, seeds, berries Nest high in trees female incubates eggs13 days, the male feeds her Parents speed chicks 16 days in the nest 2-3 weeks after fledging female is brown and white
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
17th-century Spanish cortijo door with heavy iron rivets and a bronze hand-shaped knocker, typical of the self-sufficient rural farmhouses common in southern Spain since Moorish times. IG: @vivre.nl www.instagram.com/vivre.nl?stk...
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 08/10/2026
Who had this growing up?
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