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CHARACTERS TRIVIA
🎉 Birthdays 🎊
SARASA Aug 15
SHURI Aug 6
ASAGI May 13
NACHI Dec 2
HIJIRI Dec 19
NAKIJIN July 1
HAYATO Apr 1
KIKUNE Nov 7
ICHI July 22
MURATAKE Dec 25
SHIMA Dec 12
CHACHA Mar 9
ZAKI Oct 26
TARO Feb 11
SENJU Sep 1
TAMON Oct 10
SHIDO Nov 1
#BASARA #YumiTamura
🎉 Birthdays 🎊
SARASA Aug 15
SHURI Aug 6
ASAGI May 13
NACHI Dec 2
HIJIRI Dec 19
NAKIJIN July 1
HAYATO Apr 1
KIKUNE Nov 7
ICHI July 22
MURATAKE Dec 25
SHIMA Dec 12
CHACHA Mar 9
ZAKI Oct 26
TARO Feb 11
SENJU Sep 1
TAMON Oct 10
SHIDO Nov 1
#BASARA #YumiTamura
(Contd)
AGEHA, NAGI and YUNA's birthdays are not listed. Ageha because he was enslaved as a child. Nagi because he hid his real identity as a Prince. No explanation given for Yuna.
AGEHA, NAGI and YUNA's birthdays are not listed. Ageha because he was enslaved as a child. Nagi because he hid his real identity as a Prince. No explanation given for Yuna.
(Contd-2)
Also Tamura sensei listed the birthdays for SAKAKI, KAKU JII, KAZAN, HIIRAGI, HOZUMI and BASHO ...maybe I'll list them later.
Also Tamura sensei listed the birthdays for SAKAKI, KAKU JII, KAZAN, HIIRAGI, HOZUMI and BASHO ...maybe I'll list them later.
Short #Thread
1. Iconography in Vol 1 of Yumi Tamura's BASARA (under the word Vajra). From an Iznik charger by Baba Nakkaş, an Ottoman ceramic artist (1480). This pattern is called "Rumi-Hatayi". Collection of Musée National de Céramique de Sèvres, France. (Cont) #shojo #manga
1. Iconography in Vol 1 of Yumi Tamura's BASARA (under the word Vajra). From an Iznik charger by Baba Nakkaş, an Ottoman ceramic artist (1480). This pattern is called "Rumi-Hatayi". Collection of Musée National de Céramique de Sèvres, France. (Cont) #shojo #manga
2. (Contd) #Thread
The Rumi-Hatayi pattern comes from 2 different cultures, Seljuk (Rumi) & Chinese (Hatayi). It's a combo of vegetal (plants) & zoomorphic (wings or beaks of animals). It symbolizes divine power, heroism & the struggle between good & evil.
#BASARA #shojo
The Rumi-Hatayi pattern comes from 2 different cultures, Seljuk (Rumi) & Chinese (Hatayi). It's a combo of vegetal (plants) & zoomorphic (wings or beaks of animals). It symbolizes divine power, heroism & the struggle between good & evil.
#BASARA #shojo
3. (Contd-2) #Thread
Imho by putting the pattern under the explanations for the etymology of Vajra and BASARA, the iconography serves its function well (the meaning of the pattern fits the story). #YumiTamura #Shojo
Imho by putting the pattern under the explanations for the etymology of Vajra and BASARA, the iconography serves its function well (the meaning of the pattern fits the story). #YumiTamura #Shojo
TIL
(Yumi Tamura's BASARA)
Ageha met Asagi for the first time when he found Asagi lying injured in a deserted area. Asagi was attacked by stray dogs. Ageha told him off when Asagi said that he wanted to die but also wanted to live.
Source: the gaiden SARADA
(Yumi Tamura's BASARA)
Ageha met Asagi for the first time when he found Asagi lying injured in a deserted area. Asagi was attacked by stray dogs. Ageha told him off when Asagi said that he wanted to die but also wanted to live.
Source: the gaiden SARADA
Source:
Contd
Asagi was just a kid (maybe preteen or in his early teens) back then so he called Ageha "onii-san" (brother) & Ageha called him "gaki" (kiddo). Ageha was angry because Asagi initially let himself bleed profusely without doing anything. #BASARA
Asagi was just a kid (maybe preteen or in his early teens) back then so he called Ageha "onii-san" (brother) & Ageha called him "gaki" (kiddo). Ageha was angry because Asagi initially let himself bleed profusely without doing anything. #BASARA
No idea whether this was intentional, but in that illustration Shuri is placed next to the peacock tile ("royalty"), Sarasa next to the greyhound tile ("intelligence & patience") & Ageha the Tree of Life tile ("eternal life & soul"). These fit the characters well. #BASARA
(Contd) I know that Ageha is...well his fate being what it was, but the Tree of Life and two birds in Seljuk art is a depiction that probably came from Hinduism's Upanishad? A.k.a this means "the human soul that reaches towards the "beyond" realm of God" So there you go. #BASARA
(Contd 2) Shuri was of course a royalty so his being placed next to a majestic bird like a peacock fits. And Sarasa as Tatara was patient, clever and (almost) never gave up... greyhounds symbolize this because they helped the Seljuk to hunt. #BASARA
Detail of an illustration in Yumi Tamura's BASARA manga cover (vol 5 of the 27 vols edition). Raizo's armor.
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Italian armor. 16th century. Belonging to Cosimo I de' Medici. Collection of The Uffizi Galleries, Italy.
#BASARA #田村由美 #shojo #manga #illustration
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Italian armor. 16th century. Belonging to Cosimo I de' Medici. Collection of The Uffizi Galleries, Italy.
#BASARA #田村由美 #shojo #manga #illustration
Source
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*belonged
TMI Trivia
(Yumi Tamura's BASARA manga)
Tamura-sensei explains that Shido's last thought "I hope that my death will be told to her gently" is actually a line spoken by the Gulf War soldiers before they went to war.
Source: BASARA Artbook 2
#田村由美
(Yumi Tamura's BASARA manga)
Tamura-sensei explains that Shido's last thought "I hope that my death will be told to her gently" is actually a line spoken by the Gulf War soldiers before they went to war.
Source: BASARA Artbook 2
#田村由美
(Contd)
Tamura-sensei doesn't elaborate where/when she heard about/watched that line (about the Gulf War soldiers). She thinks that no matter how a soldier's death was told, the family will still hurt the same. 😭😭😭😭😭 #BASARA #Manga #shojo #tmi
Source: BASARA Artbook 2
Tamura-sensei doesn't elaborate where/when she heard about/watched that line (about the Gulf War soldiers). She thinks that no matter how a soldier's death was told, the family will still hurt the same. 😭😭😭😭😭 #BASARA #Manga #shojo #tmi
Source: BASARA Artbook 2
*is told
Detail from an illustration in bunko edition of Yumi Tamura's BASARA manga. Princess Senju's hairstyle.
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12th century hairstyle of noblewomen (Western Europe). Braids with ribbons (minus hair buns). From Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1874)'s book. #BASARA #田村由美
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12th century hairstyle of noblewomen (Western Europe). Braids with ribbons (minus hair buns). From Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1874)'s book. #BASARA #田村由美
Source:
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archive.org/details/dictio…
Detail of an illustration from Yumi Tamura's BASARA manga (Princess Senju's headdress).
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Kokoshnik, traditional Russian headdress, as worn in the 19th century. From the painting "Boyars' Wife" by Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky (1880s)
#BASARA #田村由美 #illustration #manga
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Kokoshnik, traditional Russian headdress, as worn in the 19th century. From the painting "Boyars' Wife" by Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky (1880s)
#BASARA #田村由美 #illustration #manga
Source:
meisterdrucke.ie/fine-art-print…
meisterdrucke.ie/fine-art-print…
(From Yumi Tamura's BASARA manga)
Other view of Princess Senju's headdress
vs Russian Kokoshnik headdress. As worn in the 19th century. This time from a painting by Alexei Ivanovich Korzukhin.
#BASARA #田村由美 #shojo #illustration
Other view of Princess Senju's headdress
vs Russian Kokoshnik headdress. As worn in the 19th century. This time from a painting by Alexei Ivanovich Korzukhin.
#BASARA #田村由美 #shojo #illustration
Short #Thread
Correction of a tweet.
Detail of an illustration from Yumi Tamura's BASARA (Sarasa's emerald(?) dagger).
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Topkapi Dagger. A gift from Ottoman's Sultan Mahmud I to Shah of Iran, mid 18th c. Collection of Topkapi Museum Palace, Turkey.
(cont) #田村由美 #BASARA
Correction of a tweet.
Detail of an illustration from Yumi Tamura's BASARA (Sarasa's emerald(?) dagger).
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Topkapi Dagger. A gift from Ottoman's Sultan Mahmud I to Shah of Iran, mid 18th c. Collection of Topkapi Museum Palace, Turkey.
(cont) #田村由美 #BASARA
Detail of an illustration from Yumi Tamura's BASARA manga (Ageha's lunula/ crescent headdress)
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Meretdol, the headdress of Ersari-Olam Turkmen, c.1901-1925(?) collections of: 1) Linda Pastorino and 2) Art Museum Moritzburg Halle, Germany #BASARA #田村由美 #shojo #illustration
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Meretdol, the headdress of Ersari-Olam Turkmen, c.1901-1925(?) collections of: 1) Linda Pastorino and 2) Art Museum Moritzburg Halle, Germany #BASARA #田村由美 #shojo #illustration
Detail of an illustration from Yumi Tamura's BASARA manga (Princess Ginko / The White King's golden phoenix hairpin w/ ruby)
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Crown Princess Uimin's phoenix hairpin. Korea (made in 1922). Collection of National Palace Museum Korea
#BASARA #田村由美 #shojo #illustration
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Crown Princess Uimin's phoenix hairpin. Korea (made in 1922). Collection of National Palace Museum Korea
#BASARA #田村由美 #shojo #illustration
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