@occultiscool I translated this from Japanese, but if you want the original text, some of it is available online
琉球見聞録Record of Questions and Answers About Ryukyu
https://t.co/qwIaG0o71e
@LanceAoyama @DocStrangelove2 From a lecture about Hojo 捕縄術講話
I presume it was geared towards police officers
https://t.co/9vT7MYOnd9 https://t.co/4wYIvbKapD
You can see the whole book in the diet library digital collection:
https://t.co/hSILghjko9
For the full translation of this book (and other short works on Jujutsu) see A Collection of Curious Jujutsu Manuals
https://t.co/0sMIvFpi5l
@MichaelMjfm @fieldomoss It is not really my topic of study, but I do have to search out bits and pieces now and again when it relates to weapons etc. I reccomened looking through the National Diet Library which has some 現代訳
https://t.co/RlbNeSgsHZ
This is generally referred to as Happo Tsukuri 八方作り "Making the Eight Directions"
When directions are called out, this is how it relates to your opponent's body.
Link to book in the Diet Library:
https://t.co/266AVdc29I
#japan #budo #jujutsu #護身術 #judo #柔術 #jiujitsu
Illustrated guide to the secrets of the 9 Seals
From:
変現出没自在忍術気合術読心術極意秘伝
Appearing and Disappearing At Will: Secret Instruction in the Essence of Ninjutsu Kiai Justu and Mind Reading
1925
Link to the book:
https://t.co/TWYyeIXSz2
#ninja #ninjutsu #kuji #九字 https://t.co/tUNdg0TuV9
You can see the whole book here:
https://t.co/opz95HCyaK
Lots of other neat illustrations.
#japantravelban #Japan #hell #sixpaths https://t.co/M4iavIhdmI
@General_JWJ Pic of a crossbow-tripwire fox trap. Guess the fluttering of the hair (?) attracts the animal's curiosity. This scroll is from the 1860s but is a copy of an earlier work by Hata Awagimaru 秦檍丸 (1764-1808.) Link:
https://t.co/0T3ZP4no3M https://t.co/OsGsH1zBqU
@MasakiJinzaburo It was a Kenbu "sword dance" technique. Sanyo imagines how Uesugi Kenshin felt when he was attacking Takeda Shingen in 1561. Illustrations of how to do this are here:
https://t.co/eGW2KPUY3Q https://t.co/fgPZxrknmt
Take a look at the book "Imo hyakuchin", which contains 123 recipes for sweet potatoes in four categories: Unusual, ordinary, superb, and exquisite. https://t.co/tDq0FWnEFf #ndldigital https://t.co/0bttweM1SA
Various laid-back #mascots and unique #souvenirs of local temples and shrines across Japan. Which one do you like the best? #ndldigital https://t.co/Mf5LkADhTz https://t.co/ns7w27vCZo
#Joruri incorporates all kinds of culture including waka poems from the Heian period, Chinese classics, Noh, etc... Learn more about joruri in an interview with the Director General of the NDL. #ndldigital https://t.co/KfMlrOD5Zi https://t.co/BYDhFFdPas
#Yokai monsters from yokai picture books by TORIYAMA Sekien, depicting tsukumogami, which are tools related to daily life that have been transformed into yokai. #ndldigital
https://t.co/XSvaAYj5jO https://t.co/DXANVf2YGr
This colorful cover to the magazine Shojo Sekai (Girl’s World) is typical of the girls magazines that were popular during the early 20th century.
https://t.co/ZKCWdXRcF0 https://t.co/HyGJz9Pj6h
Picture book about steam trains published 1927. You can see a bento seller who sells #ekiben (train lunch) at platforms, which used to be a common scene but is now becoming rare. #ndldigital https://t.co/cLRObeh7Mn https://t.co/fZYrb9Jfrm
Since when and for what reasons have carved seals been used in place of signatures in Japanese documentation? Find out by reading this article: https://t.co/Er4SuAUmjU https://t.co/Bm62vCeK58
Film books are valuable resources that convey information to the present day about lost films. Read more about novelizations of films in early 20th-century Japan: https://t.co/6KOyBdUQjs https://t.co/axA9Sxgjfy
Illustrated newspapers with articles about murder and other crimes as well as heartwarming personal interest stories were popular as souvenirs and conversation pieces in the early Meiji period.
https://t.co/iFxqgr9mMM https://t.co/CTVLG0QgK8
Various laid-back #mascots and unique #souvenirs of local temples and shrines across Japan. Which one do you like the best? #ndldigital https://t.co/Mf5LkAl8Fr https://t.co/6rRYpiJ9wj