Shoson - Ohara Shoson - Koson (1877-1945)
ca. 1900
Meiji (1868-1912)
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Claude Ledoux’s Spherical house
“Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806) was an architect whose greatest works were funded by the French monarchy and came to be perceived as symbols of the Ancien Régime rather than Utopia. The French Revolution hampered his career; much of his work was destroyed in the nineteenth century.”(Wikipedia)
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Wanyudo
(via usagicentric)
Wanyudo (Japanese: 輪入道 literally “wheel (輪) monk (入道)”) is a figure in Japanese mythology a relatively well-known yokai in the folklore of Japan.
Wanyūdō is said to take the form of a burning oxcart wheel bearing the tormented face of a man. Various folklore purports him as the condemned soul of a tyrant daimyo who, in life, was known for having his victims drawn on the back of an oxcart. He is said to guard the gates of Hell and to wander back and forth along the road between this world and the underworld, scaring townsfolk as he passes and stealing the souls of anyone who gets too close in order to bring them to Hell with him.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
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