Funny historic art

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jacobhinds said:
Europeans aren't the only xenophobes.

Well I found it very hard to find any info on the authors.

The images themselves were digitalized by the Waseda University;

http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/chi04/chi04_01029/chi04_01029.html
 
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Mamlaz said:
jacobhinds said:
Europeans aren't the only xenophobes.

Well I found it very hard to find any info on the authors.

The images themselves were digitalized by the Waseda University;

http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/chi04/chi04_01029/chi04_01029.html

The authors remained anonymous, as did all but a couple of woodblock printers (allowed them to escape scandal or political controversy in their work). But it's fair to assume they were made in Japan by Japanese artists.

Although van Gogh and Monet (and the entire Art Nouveau movement) incorporated elements of Ukiyo-e into their prints, nobody outside the archipelago ever copied the style or techniques for themselves since they just couldn't be bothered.

Similarly, the Japanese liked some of the techniques used by Dutch painters, but never bothered replicating them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He-gassen
 
Medieval female empowerment;

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It looks unfair on first glance, but if you look closer, you will realize he knows kung fu.
 
Gestricius said:
Looks like a ornate flail attached to a padded cushion.

Haha, I just imagined a medieval woman hiding a mace in her threading cushion for protection, would have been quite a surprise  :mrgreen:

It is actually a threading distaff;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShSIOF0o5js

For some reason, really prominent in imagery depicting violent women;

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I believe it is the medieval equivalent of a woman beating a man with a frying pan or some other appliance that is traditionally connected to a womans role.
 
Maybe I have just a simple humour but when I went through a roll of arms from 1480 (Conrad Grünenbergs Wappenbuch) yesterday and stumpled across this I had a good laugh:

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It's the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje.

There are other great pictures in the book like several noblemen's coats of arms depicting the french tricolour (including a suitable helmet with crest) or a dog king surrounded by his dog-court.  :lol:
 
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