Recreational research into Feudal Japan
- Azuchi-Momoyama period bamboo calendar diamond Edo period fans figures of speech fireflies Flowering Fortunes Gossamer Heian period Hideyoshi Hundred Poets Jōha Kagerō kakekotoba Kamakura period kanji kimono Kofun period Kokinshū links Man'yōshū monoimi Muromachi period Nara period onmyōdō Paralyze paulownia pillow word provincial renga rokuyō samurai Sarashina SCA seals Sengoku period Shimabara Rebellion shintokumaru Shōnagon Sixteenth-Night Moon waka Yūsai Ōsaka
- Link: Samurai Heraldry: Flags and Standards of Samurai Armies « Fireflies Sing: [...] still a while before the lunar New Year, but I hope those of you with modern holidays are...
- Robert: Loved this little break down! Helped me undertand kakekotoba alot better than the wiki.
- Mon of the Week: Enclosed Plover « Fireflies Sing: [...] the other end of the spectrum in terms of realism from the Perching Hawk is this mon below,...
- Mon of the Week: Perching Hawk « Fireflies Sing: [...] Last week we looked at feathers, and today we look at the bird they come from. While animals...
- Element of the Week: Feathers « Fireflies Sing: [...] we have a simple 5-feather mon from the Muromachi-period collection of provincial samurai...
- Mon of the Week: Pine-bark Gourds « Fireflies Sing: [...] we have another mon incorporating the chestnut/diamond motif discussed earlier, this one from...
- Mon of the Week: Chestnut Gourds « Fireflies Sing: [...] we have another mon incorporating the chestnut/diamond motif discussed earlier.(KJ:7) This...
- Mon of the Week: Bell « Fireflies Sing: [...] we look at another mon from the same collection of provincial samurai mon from the 15th...
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