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[oldkwaidan]

最適な場所

　乞食から聞いた話だ、と祖母が語ってくれた話。 　流浪の生活をしている彼は、夜、いろいろな場所に宿ることになる。 　神社の拝殿は、しーんと静まり返っている。 　それがあまりにも淋しくて、とてもじゃないが、やりきれないらしい。 　一方、墓地のムセヤ、つまり火葬場は、真夜中になるとどこからともなく多くの人々のざわめきが聞こえてくる。 　それがとても賑やかなので、淋しさがまぎれ、心安らぐのだそうだ。 　だから彼にとって夜泊まるのに最適なのはムセヤなのだという。

　（沢田四郎作『大和昔譚』　「一九、乞食と墓場」）

[hidingsamurai]

On February 27, for some reason, people celebrate Shinsengumi Day.

I drew a sketch a little late. From left to right: Nagakura, Kondo, Sannan, Saito, Harada (hugging everyone), and Okita.

[hidingsamurai]

There are no real photographs of Serizawa Kamo, so we can only speculate about what he might have looked like. The only description we have is that he was a large man with small eyes and very pale skin. The best portrait I've seen of him is in Hakuouki, but I also have my own vision, which I have drawn.

[warm4whenever]

I think it's kind of poetic how nobody knows exactly how he looks, since a truly noble samurai wouldn't care for fame.

[hidingsamurai]

@warm4whenever, I agree. However, it's possible Serizawa simply never got the chance to be photographed. If my memory serves me correctly, the photographer responsible for the famous Shinsengumi portraits only began working in Kyoto after Serizawa's death.

But I also appreciate how photography used to be treated in the past. It was reserved for special occasions and people would prepare for it. Now, it's done for just about anything.

[hidingsamurai]

There are no real photographs of Serizawa Kamo, so we can only speculate about what he might have looked like. The only description we have is that he was a large man with small eyes and very pale skin. The best portrait I've seen of him is in Hakuouki, but I also have my own vision, which I have drawn.

[hidingsamurai]

Tomorrow is the first day of the first lunar month, Chinese New Year, and, coincidentally, Saito Hajime's birthday.

On this occasion, I sketched a picture of Saito from the drama Shinsengumi! (2004).

[ishido-enjoyer]

Hiroshi Abe & Gordon Maeda as Takeda Shingen & Takeda Katsuyori, in Dou Suru Ieyasu.

[tokyostreetphoto]

Sunset II, Kichijoji 吉祥寺

[hmmami]

沖田チャレンジ11-15!!!

[hmmami]

沖田を100描いたら沖田篇がくるんじゃないかっていう半分願掛けみたいな企画始めました。100描けたら本にしたいけど、コンスタントに投稿するとなるとそれほど凝ったものは描けないので悩ましい所です

[redsamuraiii]

Snowing in Kamakura by Kazuki Mito

[redsamuraiii]

Kagura Ritual at the Kodan Hachiman-gu Shrine Autumn Festival by Hay4te.s7

[talesofedo]

[redsamuraiii]

Kaiju No.8 S2E9

I like this type of Kaiju backstory that takes place in the old days, where they use an actual disaster like the Great Fire of Meireki.

It adds to the mystery and realism as Japan had a lot of Yokai monsters in their folklore. I wonder who is this Samurai ghost?

[redsamuraiii]

Kaiju No.8 S2E12

This kid is so precious! She's the only one in the crowd of despair who remains hopeful in dark times. Hope nothing happens to her! 😭

I want the name cards please! 🤩

[redsamuraiii]

Solo Camping for Two (Ep 1)

Her backpack is as a red as the autumn leaves. 🍂

[redsamuraiii]

Kyokusui no En Festival by DiTour Japan

A shrine ritual of purification that reenacts a picture scroll from the Heian period. Poets would dress in Heian-era attire to sit along the banks of the Kyokusui Garden of Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.

Each poet compose a poem and drink a cup of sake before a floating sake cup in the channel reaches them. Amid the sight of falling plum blossom petals and sound of Japanese harp.

[redsamuraiii]

You're Under Arrest on Blu-Ray HD by Catsuka