#Omot

[grusik]

Zwei in Eins Gspiegeltes by web.werkraum

[communist-hatsunemiku]

daedawdaw

[princepsed]

My brain is occupied by an foreign object called “Love”

[tanuki-kimono]

Most formal outfits for upper ranks samurai - Sokutai and Ikan formal court dress

(as worn by upper-ranked samurai of the Edo period - great charts by Nadeshico Rin). You can find more about samurai ranks and their regulated attires under the tag "samurai kimono".

The Sokutai

束帯 Sokutai is the most formal attire worn by Edo period samurai of the 4th rank and above.

It first appeared during Heian era as a ceremonial court dress worn by 公卿 kuge (nobility/Imperial court) and 殿上人tenjôbito (courtiers/court official​s). Usage was kept well into Edo period by both the Imperial court and the Tokugawa shogunate.

The intricated garb includes:

冠 Kanmuri - hat, with distinctive 垂纓 suiei "tail" hanging in the back. Materials could include silk, lacquer or horsehair and were strickly regulated

袍 Hô - a round-necked robe with large boxy sleeves. Colors and patterns were strickly regulated.

Shown here is a pattern used by the Shôgun, the 葵に丁子唐草 Aoi ni chôji karakusa (cloves with arabesques, and hollyhock leaves - which is the Tokugawa crest)

笏 Shaku - flat ritual sceptre

平緒 Hirao - a wide flat braid wrapped around the body with ties left hanging up front. Colors and weaves were strickly regulated

(飾)太刀 (Kazari)-Tachi - (mock) long sword for ceremonial use

表袴 Ue-no-bakama (or omote-bakama) - white overpants, shorter hakama pants worn over the aka-ôkuchi

赤大口(袴) Aka-ôkuchi(bakama) - red underpants, a tad longer than the overpants

下襲(の裾) Shitagasane(no-kyo) - visible train part of an inner robe worn under the 袍 hô. During Edo period, train lenght got up to 1丈 (around 3 meters/10 feet).

襪 Shitôzu - a type of ancient socks (construction is different than tabi - they don't have a sole for ex.)

石帯 Sekitai - leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer, and decorated with stones and jewels

The Ikan

衣冠 Ikan - while still very formal and worn by Edo period samurai of the 4th rank and above, ikan looked much more simpler than sokutai.

First used for nightime duties (夜間宿直) in Heian era, it gradually came to be worm during daytime too. From Muromachi period and onwards, it had become the work uniform of the Imperial court.

Like sokutai, it uses the hô+kanmuri, and wearers were allowed to carry kazari-tachi. Yet, note how the pants differ from sokutai ones: those are large bouffant pants called 指貫 sashinuki (or 奴袴 nubakama).

You can also note that wearer here is not holding a shaku scepter: it's a folded 檜扇 hiôgi (formal folding fan made of cypress also of Heian history. Those were unpatterned as painted ones were for women).

[yaoi-reading]

Ura Omote no Koiwazurai

[dampfloks]

Dampflokomotive Yvonne von 1893 auf dem Festival Vapeur der 3-Täler Dampfeisenbahn. Leider am ersten Tag zum Teil mit sehr wechselhaften Wetter, was bei der offenen Bauart dieser hübschen Lok etwas ungemütlich ist. Aber die beiden Herren auf der Lok ließen sich nicht entmutigen und waren bester Laune. So durfte ich auch einmal auf diese wunderschöne Lokomotive, die früher Ihre Arbeit bei einer Mine in Liege verrichtet hat.

Steam locomotive Yvonne from 1893 at the Festival Vapeur of the 3-Valleys Steam Railway. Unfortunately, on the first day, the weather was partly very changeable, which is somewhat uncomfortable with the open design of this pretty locomotive. But the two gentlemen on the look were not discouraged and were in the best of moods. So I was allowed to step on this beautiful locomotive, which used to work at a mine in Liege.

[kayscarsetta]

by @petitcarreau

[mugami-jmn]

[yurioutofcontext]

Seiyuu Radio no Ura Omote - Kō Nigatsu

[waterlinkedgirl]

Musical Touken Ranbu: Gou on Stage ~ Satomi Hakkenden; New Edition english sub

At long long last I am able to present you the subtitles for the senshuuraku of Goumyu! After a very turbulent year, I'm glad to be lowkey picking up subtitling again. For this performance, though, I won't be able to do a tl notes file. If I were fair to myself, I'd allow myself to write my grievances with what Goumyu's plot does to what had been established for Kogitsunemaru and Mikazuki when those are relevant, but if I were fair to you all, I wouldn't give you a file that's 90% complaining and 10% actual notes or background.

Don't let my grievances distract from the performance though, it's still genuinely fantastic even if the theming choices may be painful to me. Especially Oodenta is fantastic. Goodness gracious.

Keep in mind that this is only the subtitle file, timed and tled to the DMM senshuuraku. The archive version will have a talk at the start, so the starting times of the subs will have to be delayed accordingly.

Download the subs for Goumyu here!

[grusik]

Großes Z-Abriss Als Bildfindung, by web.werkraum

[mojinchiimanga]

[yugiohcardsdaily]

Water Omotics

"Transform the water overflowing from a jar into attacking dragons."

[mydictionary-yume]

I am not ready for tomorrow(boyfie on stage)

[holyofdeath]

I just thought it would be pretty cool to draw Ko-Omote. I kinda have to work on the body too-

[dampfloks]

8511 Tigerli