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When things just fall into place
September 16, 2026 at 3:39 AM
When things just fall into place
#QPBibNote
日本古燈器大観 (Nihon Kotoki Taikan)
[Grand Overview of Ancient #Japanese #Lighting Devices]
Ed. 石川 芳次郎 (Yoshijiro Ishikawa)
Originally pub. 1931 as 608 loose plates.
1975 Reprint supervised by the Illuminating Engineering Society (500 copies) in book form
Published by つかさ書房 (Tsukasa Shobo)
日本古燈器大観 (Nihon Kotoki Taikan)
[Grand Overview of Ancient #Japanese #Lighting Devices]
Ed. 石川 芳次郎 (Yoshijiro Ishikawa)
Originally pub. 1931 as 608 loose plates.
1975 Reprint supervised by the Illuminating Engineering Society (500 copies) in book form
Published by つかさ書房 (Tsukasa Shobo)
September 13, 2026 at 1:06 PM
#QPBibNote
日本古燈器大観 (Nihon Kotoki Taikan)
[Grand Overview of Ancient #Japanese #Lighting Devices]
Ed. 石川 芳次郎 (Yoshijiro Ishikawa)
Originally pub. 1931 as 608 loose plates.
1975 Reprint supervised by the Illuminating Engineering Society (500 copies) in book form
Published by つかさ書房 (Tsukasa Shobo)
日本古燈器大観 (Nihon Kotoki Taikan)
[Grand Overview of Ancient #Japanese #Lighting Devices]
Ed. 石川 芳次郎 (Yoshijiro Ishikawa)
Originally pub. 1931 as 608 loose plates.
1975 Reprint supervised by the Illuminating Engineering Society (500 copies) in book form
Published by つかさ書房 (Tsukasa Shobo)
#QPBibNote another inaugural issue from Hong Kong
Lee's Clansmen Miscellany
Hong Kong December 28, 1971
again
🙋♂️reach out if you need some pp. scanned
⤵️ Prelims [cover, ToC/back of cover]
Cover: Portrait of Laozi: Brushed by Tang Daozi
Lee's Clansmen Miscellany
Hong Kong December 28, 1971
again
🙋♂️reach out if you need some pp. scanned
⤵️ Prelims [cover, ToC/back of cover]
Cover: Portrait of Laozi: Brushed by Tang Daozi
September 13, 2026 at 7:23 AM
#QPBibNote another inaugural issue from Hong Kong
Lee's Clansmen Miscellany
Hong Kong December 28, 1971
again
🙋♂️reach out if you need some pp. scanned
⤵️ Prelims [cover, ToC/back of cover]
Cover: Portrait of Laozi: Brushed by Tang Daozi
Lee's Clansmen Miscellany
Hong Kong December 28, 1971
again
🙋♂️reach out if you need some pp. scanned
⤵️ Prelims [cover, ToC/back of cover]
Cover: Portrait of Laozi: Brushed by Tang Daozi
#QPBibNote
Hong Kong #IChing Study Institute
經世易學院有限公司創刊會刊 (Inaugural Journal of the Ching Shih I-Ching Institute Limited) 1970
🙋♂️reach out if you need some pp. scanned
⤵️ Prelims [cover, title pages, ToC]
Hong Kong #IChing Study Institute
經世易學院有限公司創刊會刊 (Inaugural Journal of the Ching Shih I-Ching Institute Limited) 1970
🙋♂️reach out if you need some pp. scanned
⤵️ Prelims [cover, title pages, ToC]
September 13, 2026 at 6:49 AM
#QPBibNote
Hong Kong #IChing Study Institute
經世易學院有限公司創刊會刊 (Inaugural Journal of the Ching Shih I-Ching Institute Limited) 1970
🙋♂️reach out if you need some pp. scanned
⤵️ Prelims [cover, title pages, ToC]
Hong Kong #IChing Study Institute
經世易學院有限公司創刊會刊 (Inaugural Journal of the Ching Shih I-Ching Institute Limited) 1970
🙋♂️reach out if you need some pp. scanned
⤵️ Prelims [cover, title pages, ToC]
Whilst the nectarine is the first [northern hemisphere import] to blossom 🌸
September 8, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Whilst the nectarine is the first [northern hemisphere import] to blossom 🌸
The middle birch is always the first one to bud
September 8, 2026 at 6:47 AM
The middle birch is always the first one to bud
I still believe that Cioran and Satie are the best of post-humorous friends... i hear them giggling at night !
September 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
I still believe that Cioran and Satie are the best of post-humorous friends... i hear them giggling at night !
I know there are at least 16 strings pulling at my heart...
Every time I rearrange my shelves, i need go around the house herding books to put back in their pens...
Every time I rearrange my shelves, i need go around the house herding books to put back in their pens...
September 7, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I know there are at least 16 strings pulling at my heart...
Every time I rearrange my shelves, i need go around the house herding books to put back in their pens...
Every time I rearrange my shelves, i need go around the house herding books to put back in their pens...
To the northern hemisphere today it's Bái lù 白露 White dew
For our free download :
Chart of the Twenty-four Breaths and Seventy-two Pentads of the Year.
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Chart of the Twenty-four Breaths and Seventy-two Pentads of the Year.
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September 7, 2026 at 7:10 AM
To the northern hemisphere today it's Bái lù 白露 White dew
For our free download :
Chart of the Twenty-four Breaths and Seventy-two Pentads of the Year.
Head over to our Ko-fi page:
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For our free download :
Chart of the Twenty-four Breaths and Seventy-two Pentads of the Year.
Head over to our Ko-fi page:
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Suggestion for @pleco.com : ever thought of adding the #Mathews' to Add-ons?
A: It would give interesting translations... midway between classical and modern [especially with sub-entries]
B: It would add a wade-giles search that oft baffles younger students when reading pre 1980 sources...
A: It would give interesting translations... midway between classical and modern [especially with sub-entries]
B: It would add a wade-giles search that oft baffles younger students when reading pre 1980 sources...
September 6, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Suggestion for @pleco.com : ever thought of adding the #Mathews' to Add-ons?
A: It would give interesting translations... midway between classical and modern [especially with sub-entries]
B: It would add a wade-giles search that oft baffles younger students when reading pre 1980 sources...
A: It would give interesting translations... midway between classical and modern [especially with sub-entries]
B: It would add a wade-giles search that oft baffles younger students when reading pre 1980 sources...
Then there are those books that you think...
That looks really interesting... I must set some quality time aside and give it a deep reading.
.... then 10 years pass you by
Apologies to Prof. Allen and how many others ... Alas my reading couch is overflowing with books... not an inch to recline on
That looks really interesting... I must set some quality time aside and give it a deep reading.
.... then 10 years pass you by
Apologies to Prof. Allen and how many others ... Alas my reading couch is overflowing with books... not an inch to recline on
September 4, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Then there are those books that you think...
That looks really interesting... I must set some quality time aside and give it a deep reading.
.... then 10 years pass you by
Apologies to Prof. Allen and how many others ... Alas my reading couch is overflowing with books... not an inch to recline on
That looks really interesting... I must set some quality time aside and give it a deep reading.
.... then 10 years pass you by
Apologies to Prof. Allen and how many others ... Alas my reading couch is overflowing with books... not an inch to recline on
1/3
Exploring a nice JP header seal
or 引首印 inshu-in aka 関防印 kanbō-in
that is used to introduce the theme as it were or 📌marks the opening. It is stamped on the right shoulder of a work [top right corner where calligraphy begins.]
'pologies lack of pix quality, must update
it reads 光明臧 Kōmyō Zō
…
Exploring a nice JP header seal
or 引首印 inshu-in aka 関防印 kanbō-in
that is used to introduce the theme as it were or 📌marks the opening. It is stamped on the right shoulder of a work [top right corner where calligraphy begins.]
'pologies lack of pix quality, must update
it reads 光明臧 Kōmyō Zō
…
September 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
1/3
Exploring a nice JP header seal
or 引首印 inshu-in aka 関防印 kanbō-in
that is used to introduce the theme as it were or 📌marks the opening. It is stamped on the right shoulder of a work [top right corner where calligraphy begins.]
'pologies lack of pix quality, must update
it reads 光明臧 Kōmyō Zō
…
Exploring a nice JP header seal
or 引首印 inshu-in aka 関防印 kanbō-in
that is used to introduce the theme as it were or 📌marks the opening. It is stamped on the right shoulder of a work [top right corner where calligraphy begins.]
'pologies lack of pix quality, must update
it reads 光明臧 Kōmyō Zō
…
Sneak Cover preview for all ye SkyBlue-Eyed
[due out very end of 2026, or early 2027]
hanzi are from a mid 19th C rubbings from the 20 Stone Inscriptions of the Longmen Caves in QPArchive
(I was hoping to find both glyphs from a Tang source, and I did !)
[due out very end of 2026, or early 2027]
hanzi are from a mid 19th C rubbings from the 20 Stone Inscriptions of the Longmen Caves in QPArchive
(I was hoping to find both glyphs from a Tang source, and I did !)
September 2, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Sneak Cover preview for all ye SkyBlue-Eyed
[due out very end of 2026, or early 2027]
hanzi are from a mid 19th C rubbings from the 20 Stone Inscriptions of the Longmen Caves in QPArchive
(I was hoping to find both glyphs from a Tang source, and I did !)
[due out very end of 2026, or early 2027]
hanzi are from a mid 19th C rubbings from the 20 Stone Inscriptions of the Longmen Caves in QPArchive
(I was hoping to find both glyphs from a Tang source, and I did !)
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She remembered it was August and they say August brings bad luck.
But September would arrive one day like an exit. And September was for some reason a lighter and more transparent month.
Clarice Lispector (trans. Katrina Dodson)
#everynightapoem #september as ever, for my favorite month
But September would arrive one day like an exit. And September was for some reason a lighter and more transparent month.
Clarice Lispector (trans. Katrina Dodson)
#everynightapoem #september as ever, for my favorite month
September 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM
She remembered it was August and they say August brings bad luck.
But September would arrive one day like an exit. And September was for some reason a lighter and more transparent month.
Clarice Lispector (trans. Katrina Dodson)
#everynightapoem #september as ever, for my favorite month
But September would arrive one day like an exit. And September was for some reason a lighter and more transparent month.
Clarice Lispector (trans. Katrina Dodson)
#everynightapoem #september as ever, for my favorite month
#QPArchive a JP #tanzaku 短冊, ¿ late Edo piece with gold fleck decorations:
The bitter-sweet thing about only having a semi-working knowledge of JP:
One is both elated to figure out a snippet here and there…
And crestfallen that so much is left a mystery
The theme/title of this poems is … ⤵️
The bitter-sweet thing about only having a semi-working knowledge of JP:
One is both elated to figure out a snippet here and there…
And crestfallen that so much is left a mystery
The theme/title of this poems is … ⤵️
September 1, 2026 at 1:28 PM
#QPArchive a JP #tanzaku 短冊, ¿ late Edo piece with gold fleck decorations:
The bitter-sweet thing about only having a semi-working knowledge of JP:
One is both elated to figure out a snippet here and there…
And crestfallen that so much is left a mystery
The theme/title of this poems is … ⤵️
The bitter-sweet thing about only having a semi-working knowledge of JP:
One is both elated to figure out a snippet here and there…
And crestfallen that so much is left a mystery
The theme/title of this poems is … ⤵️
How can small (micro) independent publishers help ...
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Russian strikes destroy 12 million books in Ukraine ahead of new school year
Ukraine says Russia is deliberately attacking its culture, after strikes on publishers and churches.
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August 31, 2026 at 10:25 AM
How can small (micro) independent publishers help ...
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August 29, 2026 at 1:17 PM
#QPArchive An odd header seal on a JP scroll, but possibly by a CN studying in JP in the early 1920
日羊艸堂 translates to "The Hall of the Sun, Sheep/Goat, and Grass" or
"Thatched Hut of the Sun Sheep"
"Nichiyō Sōdō" in JP ??? Please 🙏 correct
日羊艸堂 translates to "The Hall of the Sun, Sheep/Goat, and Grass" or
"Thatched Hut of the Sun Sheep"
"Nichiyō Sōdō" in JP ??? Please 🙏 correct
August 28, 2026 at 12:20 AM
#QPArchive An odd header seal on a JP scroll, but possibly by a CN studying in JP in the early 1920
日羊艸堂 translates to "The Hall of the Sun, Sheep/Goat, and Grass" or
"Thatched Hut of the Sun Sheep"
"Nichiyō Sōdō" in JP ??? Please 🙏 correct
日羊艸堂 translates to "The Hall of the Sun, Sheep/Goat, and Grass" or
"Thatched Hut of the Sun Sheep"
"Nichiyō Sōdō" in JP ??? Please 🙏 correct
Anne Cheng in:
"Histoire de la pensée chinoise"
[which we are Tr. as:
❝Chinese Thought: A Historical Overview❞]
gives Xie He's famous 畫… 氣韻生動是也 an interesting twist:
«en peinture, il s’agit d’animer les souffles harmoniques»
Our Tr
"painting… is about giving vitality to the #qi氣 harmonies"
💬⁉️
"Histoire de la pensée chinoise"
[which we are Tr. as:
❝Chinese Thought: A Historical Overview❞]
gives Xie He's famous 畫… 氣韻生動是也 an interesting twist:
«en peinture, il s’agit d’animer les souffles harmoniques»
Our Tr
"painting… is about giving vitality to the #qi氣 harmonies"
💬⁉️
August 27, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Anne Cheng in:
"Histoire de la pensée chinoise"
[which we are Tr. as:
❝Chinese Thought: A Historical Overview❞]
gives Xie He's famous 畫… 氣韻生動是也 an interesting twist:
«en peinture, il s’agit d’animer les souffles harmoniques»
Our Tr
"painting… is about giving vitality to the #qi氣 harmonies"
💬⁉️
"Histoire de la pensée chinoise"
[which we are Tr. as:
❝Chinese Thought: A Historical Overview❞]
gives Xie He's famous 畫… 氣韻生動是也 an interesting twist:
«en peinture, il s’agit d’animer les souffles harmoniques»
Our Tr
"painting… is about giving vitality to the #qi氣 harmonies"
💬⁉️
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Also out in September with @ucpress.bsky.social, A HISTORY OF TIMELESSNESS by Jordan Sand, which explores the ritual construction and reconstruction of the Ise Shrines and its objects in #Japan from the early to contemporary period
www.ucpress.edu/books/a-hist...
www.ucpress.edu/books/a-hist...
August 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Also out in September with @ucpress.bsky.social, A HISTORY OF TIMELESSNESS by Jordan Sand, which explores the ritual construction and reconstruction of the Ise Shrines and its objects in #Japan from the early to contemporary period
www.ucpress.edu/books/a-hist...
www.ucpress.edu/books/a-hist...
Reposted by Quirin Press
2/ My first book, “Territorial Natures: Imperial Japan and the Mongolian Question,” is coming out with @uchicagopress.bsky.social this August 2026.
You can find it here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
You can find it here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Territorial Natures
A critical account of the Japanese occupation in Inner Mongolia. Early in the twentieth century, the steppe borderlands between China and Mongolia erupted in violence. As imperial Japan expanded int...
press.uchicago.edu
February 18, 2026 at 3:25 AM
2/ My first book, “Territorial Natures: Imperial Japan and the Mongolian Question,” is coming out with @uchicagopress.bsky.social this August 2026.
You can find it here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
You can find it here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Waste not Want not!
For scouring the inside of delicate Japanese pottery sake bottles 🍶
Inner membrane removed !
I wonder what I could use those for... 🤔
For scouring the inside of delicate Japanese pottery sake bottles 🍶
Inner membrane removed !
I wonder what I could use those for... 🤔
August 25, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Waste not Want not!
For scouring the inside of delicate Japanese pottery sake bottles 🍶
Inner membrane removed !
I wonder what I could use those for... 🤔
For scouring the inside of delicate Japanese pottery sake bottles 🍶
Inner membrane removed !
I wonder what I could use those for... 🤔
Hibachi / ひばち JP for a small (portable/personal) heating brazier
I baci (IT for "the kisses")
Near homophones to this ear 😎👂
Hense "What keeps you warm in Japan and gives you pleasure in Italy !"Bravo, bravo 👏👏
I baci (IT for "the kisses")
Near homophones to this ear 😎👂
Hense "What keeps you warm in Japan and gives you pleasure in Italy !"Bravo, bravo 👏👏
Multilingual rebus :
What keeps you warm in Japan
And gives you pleasure in Italy ?
What keeps you warm in Japan
And gives you pleasure in Italy ?
August 25, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Hibachi / ひばち JP for a small (portable/personal) heating brazier
I baci (IT for "the kisses")
Near homophones to this ear 😎👂
Hense "What keeps you warm in Japan and gives you pleasure in Italy !"Bravo, bravo 👏👏
I baci (IT for "the kisses")
Near homophones to this ear 😎👂
Hense "What keeps you warm in Japan and gives you pleasure in Italy !"Bravo, bravo 👏👏