Lantern Slides

December 22, 2009 3:40 PM

Gertrude Bass Warner Lantern Slides::Rice Festival::Japanese Child::Sumo::Bride and Groom::Dressing Hair::Tengu Dancing
posted by vronsky (9 comments total)

How did you know I'd favorite any post with tengu?
posted by grobstein at 4:00 PM on December 22, 2009 [1 favorite]

I didn't, but I want to tengu for the favorite :)
posted by vronsky at 4:16 PM on December 22, 2009 [1 favorite]

The "Bride and Groom" appear to be Chinese opera performers. But the Tengu are awesome.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 6:00 PM on December 22, 2009

My bad TheWhiteSkull. I read that too but then just copy and pasted the title.

more favourites

Japanese Children

Ainu

Rice Planting

Steaming tea leaves

Newly Married

Native Junk

Samisen

Ikebana
posted by vronsky at 6:35 PM on December 22, 2009

Tengu are pretty awesome. One of them has even made her way into at least one video game, playing as - what else? - a journalist.
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 7:08 PM on December 22, 2009

These are awesome and I like the selections you pulled out, vronsky.

One other favorite: prisoners. Never ran into the word cangue before ... or saw one. I don't think I'll be forgetting it.
posted by madamjujujive at 8:03 PM on December 22, 2009

thanks mjjj. I thought about your post of vintage japanese photos when I made it :)

your cangue link led me to this blog -- interesting.
posted by vronsky at 9:28 PM on December 22, 2009 [1 favorite]

It takes two to tengu.

Tengu, tengu, you're a great audience.
posted by grobstein at 10:35 AM on December 23, 2009

vronsky, I was spending time on the same blog - it's pretty interesting indeed! It hasn't been updated since July - I am hoping the site is just on hiatus.

In that site's blogroll, there is a link to Mexican Pictures which is a great site that has appeared on the blue a few times - it's well worth exploring the projects page.
posted by madamjujujive at 8:59 PM on December 25, 2009