#hikeshi

[sailornoob2]

Here are some photos that Kal took when we went to Mia and saw an exhibit on Japanese textiles. They had a whole section about hikeshi. During the Edo period, there were a lot of ukiyoe prints that featured fire fighters and fire. In the first print shown here, you can see a hikeshi holding a matoi or the flag-like item that was used to notify people of a fire. In the second and third photos, you can see what the hikeshi wore. If you click on the second photo, you can see some of the deer skin haten that they wore for parades. The second ukiyoe print is a depiction of a fire in a Kabuki play. I believe that the character pictured is preparing to commit seppuku because the fire has spread too far.

#sailormoon #hikeshi #ukiyoe #mia #japan #japanese history #japanesetextiles #japanese culture

[deductivisms]

sin with different kinds of flags

#sin kiske #guilty gear #ggst #guilty gear strive #doodle #2024 #march 2024 #i want hikeshi sin to be rea l..

[arthistoryanimalia]

Another fave from The Met's #KimonoStyle show for #FrockFriday + bonus #FroggyFriday:

Fireman's Jacket (Hikeshi-banten) w/ Shogun Taro Yoshikado Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century Quilted cotton with tube-drawn paste-resist dyeing (tsutsugaki) with hand-painted details John C. Weber Collection

“[The jacket] features a scene popular in Kabuki & based on a print by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) in which the warrior Yoshikado asks a frog sage for magical powers to avenge the murder of his father.” This is that print:

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865) "Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Shōgun Tarō Yoshikado" 1862, 12th lunar month Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzō Dimensions: 14 9/16 × 9 3/4 in. (36.99 × 24.77 cm) (image, vertical ōban) Print (ukiyo-e / yakusha-e); Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper Portfolio: From Toyokuni's Drawings: A Magic Contest (Toyokuni kigō: Kijutsu kurabe 豊国揮毫　奇術競) Minneapolis Institute of Art 2016.137.2

BTW that “frog sage” is Gama Sennin, the Toad Immortal; here is another woodblock print (actually a triptych) by the same artist of the same legend:

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865) “Gama Sennin Instructing Yoshikado and Takiyasha," 1845 ôban triptych (38 x 77.5 cm)

“Gama Sennin is the toad immortal, and here they appear almost like an old woman, with their long hair fashioned from a toad-faced pelt and appearing in a toad-like body. Here the magician demonstrates their magic, causing the image of a young woman to materialize on their breath. Gama Sennin, the Toad Immortal, is based upon the Chinese Immortal Liu Hai, the Sage with the Toad on his back, a benign sage with great magical powers. Kuniyoshi has outdone himself with the cave of Gama Sennin, as all the rocklike outcroppings are comprised of frogs, and a giant frog spectre hovers over the magician. In the center panel, Yoshikado has been consulting a scroll of some sort, and looks up in surprise, his hands in the ‘astonished’ gesture that Kuniyoshi favored. The motivation of the two young people is of course vengeance for a murdered loved one. A scarce design.”

image & info via https://egenolfgallery.com/products/kuniyoshi-gama-sennin-and-frog-magic

#frog #toad #amphibians #Japanese art #East Asian art #19th century art #historical costume #textiles #garment #Hikeshi-banten #Utagawa Kunisada #Taro Yoshikado #Kabuki #Gama Sennin #frog sage #toad sage #Toad Immortal #Japanese mythology #Japanese folklore #John C Weber Collection #Metropolitan Museum of Art New York #Kimono Style #exhibition #museum visit #Frock Friday #Froggy Friday #animals in art

[dndcreaturesinfo]

Hikeshi Baba by Critical Crafting

#critical crafting #hikeshi baba #CR3 #fey #yokai #asian #spirits #witchy #ghosts #mages

[matoitech]

When i first got into promare i decided to see what galo was so obsessed with (old Japanese firefighting history) and like. I wish Galo were real i wanna hear his take on the way it operated on a very classist basis, i know he has some Opinions

I feel like tis fun to talk about flaws n be critical in ur special interest, i kmow i do all the time for mine. Maybe he would be same

this is the best ask ever i want to know galos extensive opinions regarding matoi and hikeshi too but seeing like history from the 1600s referred to as being flawed and needing criticism is extremely funny to me 

#I WANT TO HEAR HIM TALK IN DEPTH ABT HIKESHI TOO BUT JUST THE CONCEPT OF LIKE GALO ARR YOU CRITICAL OF UR SPECIAL INTEREST #IS MAKING ME LOSE IT A LITTLE #goomymegpoid #asks #i would give anything 2 get to see galos hikeshi powerpoint presentation tho

[yorkeantiquetextiles]

Fireman's jacket (hikeshi-banten) with Shogun Tarō Yoshikado. Edo period (1615–1868), mid-19th century. Quilted cotton with tube-drawn paste-resist dyeing (tsutsugaki) with hand-painted details. 36 x 49 in. ( 91.4 x 124.5 cm). John C. Weber Collection. MET

[fivekrystalpetals]

this may be quite obvious to everyone, but I had a sudden realization that the flaming matois were sent into the sky after Benimaru was not only to celebrate him fighting, increasing his accumulated fire power (if he needs it that is, he probably doesn't)...

...but also, because he is "putting to rest" the demon infernal and the asakusa hikeshi are complying to the rituals of their festival for the demon too.

just like they did for Kantaro.

however, instead of destroying the houses, since in both cases of the demons' appearance, Benimaru took the demon up into the sky to avoid destruction of the town with the amount of fire he might have to use up, his men sent the flaming matois into the sky.

to say, this is less about celebrating Benimaru but more about celebrating the life of the soul they are putting to rest, be it a demon or an infernal.

#fire force #en en no shobotai #benimaru shinmon #shinmon benimaru #asakusa arc #fire force benimaru #manga spoilers #may-reads-ff

[feelingstoo]

Fireman’s Jacket (Hikeshi-Banten), Japan, mid-19th century

At the Metropolitain Museum

#japanese fashion #fashion history #sashiko #Historical japan #japan #museum collections #mid 19th century #costume history #costumeporn

[elibean]

So Splatoon tends to have a lot of fun references and easter eggs and whatnot, but I am loving the thing that appears after you secure the ultra signal! Excuse the bad picture, it’s taken from here— https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Sprinkler_of_Doom

In English this is called the Sprinkler of Doom, which I’ll get into why that’s a fantastic translation in a second. The Japanese is just マトイ. Here’s the explanation from Wikipedia— A matoi (纏/まとい) was a flag used in Edo period Japan by firemen (火消し, hikeshi) to notify people of a fire near or within a building. It was taken up on a roof near the burning building by the matoi holder (纏持, matoimochi) and waved to draw the attention of other groups of firefighters, who would then hurry to the site of the fire to assist. Each different group of firemen in the Edo period had their own matoi to identify themselves.

Here’s a picture of a matoi!

(If any of you have seen the anime Fire Force, you’ll also recognize it as what Benri uses in the Asakusa fight…which is how I recognized it at all lol)

So what’s fun about this is the localization of “Sprinkler of Doom”— because of course you can’t just call this “matoi” in English, no one will know why it’s called that or what it means. “Sprinkler of Doom” is campy and silly, but so is the rest of Splatoon, so why the hell not, right? Splatoon’s translations are so funny sometimes, it makes me curious what other choices have been made in localization…

#text post #splatoon #jp stuff #like i assure you ‘booyah’ is not ‘booyah’ in jp but i have no idea what it could be lol #and i wonder what deep cut’s schtick is in jp too #the whole ‘you lip-synch’ thing #tho that ones a little stiff i prefer the loc for stay fresh and whatever pearl and marina’s was

[drspooksly]

Hikeshi, demon protector guy

#my art #demon #oc #ghost

[fotiathymos]

And more Promare clothes! From Hikeshi Spirit!

Hikeshi Spirit really does good comfy long lasting clothes just an fyi from experience lol

#promare #merch #i kinda want this but i cannot afford rn lol

[ofhope-a]

Galo has Japanese heritage; in the third anniversary stream, it's said that Galo got “fascinated” in Japan / Japanese culture after seeing a “Zen Question” on a candy wrapper. So, because he became “interested” in Japan, I'm willing to bet he was born elsewhere--thus, that idea is going to be the basis for my upcoming... whatever this is. AHEM.

I think that Galo and his family initially lived elsewhere. Where, I don't know, but not long before the house fire that, unfortunately, resulted in his parents' passing, they all had moved to Japan to be closer to one of his parents' roots, and maybe to establish themselves elsewhere after Galo having questioned a few things. The “grandfather” mentioned in Inferno, Galo's theme, is hinted at having been a hikeshi, and with the direct lyric being “I will follow my grandfather's journey” sounds like a way to honor him (outside of his general interest toward being a firefighter / the history behind it). I think Galo, very, very briefly, knew his grandfather as a child and was told these stories, and with that and the wrapper incident, Galo's intrigue in where one of his parents' once lived grew and grew.

What I'm, trying poorly, to say is: I feel like Galo has family somewhere else, but because of his family members, the ones that lived in Japan before Galo and his family, had all but passed (evident by nobody housing him as a child), and his other relatives were so far away, maybe not even having heard of the incident, he was unable to see if there were any other Thymos's outside of himself. However, I do think that there is, and I'm wanting to say that was one of his grandmother's -- and with the technology having advanced so far, she hadn't any means of contacting him, and Galo hadn't looked because of how sore that memory was.

#If Promare ever **did** get a continuation [and I pray continually that it won't]; I could see Galo; in the background behind #fixing Promepolis and falling in love with Lio and all of that... Galo starting to wonder about his origins. #Especially since he no longer has Kray. #I DON'T KNOW I'LL PROBABLY DELETE THIS BUT SHHHHHHHHHHH #ooc.

[deductivisms]

new naruto oc and my 9012334th oc with hikeshi motif

#matoi #naruto oc #doodle #2023 #november 2023

[siamurai]

Retro Kakishibu Dyed Tenugui Patchwork Fireman's Hikeshi Tiger Sukajan Padded Jacket & Retro Kakishibu Dyed Nobori Patchwork Tiger Sukajan Padded Jacket #wabisabi #artpiece #vintagefashion #visvim #Kakishibu #Persimmon #Kapital #japaneseclothes #boroboro #comfypants #downtownsquamish #Vancouver #oneofakind #indigoblue #patchwork #japaneseboro #japanesetextile #sashiko #costume #naturedyed #streetwear #cosplay #ootd #vintageclothing #fashionweek #rustic #handmade #retro #porterclassic #mukashinoboro (at Squamish, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2Zx5iPqNp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#wabisabi #artpiece #vintagefashion #visvim #kakishibu #persimmon #kapital #japaneseclothes #boroboro #comfypants #downtownsquamish #vancouver #oneofakind #indigoblue #patchwork #japaneseboro #japanesetextile #sashiko #costume #naturedyed #streetwear #cosplay #ootd #vintageclothing #fashionweek #rustic #handmade #retro #porterclassic #mukashinoboro

[matoitech]

ppl talking abt lio n leather is easy tho yes very fun, one of the things i think is also fun that ive not seen anyone bring up is that they gave galo the masc wrist bands and the arm strap (that is meant to resemble a katakana character that references a famous hikeshi group) is aslo like remniscent to me of like a type of leather harness that goes around one arm. let it be known tho i think this is more coming from trigger talking abt looking in2 gay leather biker culture in america -> fashion styles that were/are common w gay men thru that, and probably seeing stuff like that on mascs and putting it on galo idk how like self aware it was or anything,  tho yeah they were very explicit abt lio being in leather for a reason. they knew what they were doing w some of it i just always found this stuff w galo as funny like whether it was super conscious or not it was noticeable 2 me

#ppl get it wrong w galo cuz they see a masculine gay dude n think either a) hes not actually masculine he cant be masculine bcuz hes gay #or b) hes masculine but in like a cishet or usually shitty way and thats just not the case #hes masc in a gay way duh #if i had more followers there would b someone in my inbox like SO UR SAYING GAY MEN OWN WRIST BANDS? #promare

[sfl]

19th century Japanese Firemen’s Coats Each firefighter in a given brigade was outfitted with a special reversible coat (hikeshi banten), plain but for the name of the brigade on one side and decorated with richly symbolic imagery on the other. Made of several layers of quilted cotton fabric, using a process called the sashiko technique, and resist-dyed using the tsutsugaki method, these coats would be worn plain-side out and thoroughly soaked in water before the firefighters entered the scene of the blaze. 

1. The wizard Jiraiya turning into a giant toad 2. A scene famous from prints and Kabuki plays - the samurai Sato Tadanobu, ambushed by enemies while playing the game Go, is unable to reach his weapons so defends himself with the game's heavy wooden table, scattering the black and white stone game pieces 3. Interlocking circles, Chinese characters (Kanji) and ginkgo leaves 4. A spider hovering over an abandoned Go board 5. A tiger and dragon motif 6. A dragon motif 

#vintage fashion #vintage workwear #japanese history #japanese fashion #japanese art