Category Archive 'New Years Day'

31 Dec 2011

2012

2012 Election, New Years Day, Republicans

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Hat tip to Mark Scott.

01 Jan 2008

Choki: Sunrise at New Year

Japanese Art, New Years Day, Ukiyoe

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Eishosai Choki (fl. 1780s-1800s), Sunrise at New Year

A bijin (beautiful woman), presumably a courtesan, has risen early to greet the rising sun of the New Year at the waterfront at Fukagawa in Edo. The woman is adjusting the top of her kimono to protect against the chill of the early morning. In the lower-left is a blossoming fukujuso plant, emblematic of the New Year.


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