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Basara Talk
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Selene. She/her. Fan account of Yumi Tamura's BASARA. No copyright infringements intended. Shares stuff & opinions. I still use machine translators.
Jul 14, 2022 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
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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 A circle with rumi motif an...Charger with rumi motif and... 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 Difference between the Rumi...
Jul 9, 2022 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
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Illustration from Yumi Tamura's BASARA manga. Patterns behind Shuri, Tatara & Ageha are based on Seljuk Empire's 13th century tiles: star & cross shapes with vegetal, dogs, peacocks, two birds & the Tree of Life motifs. Collection of Karatay Madrasa,Turkey (Cont) Characters from Yumi Tamura...A part of the thirteenth ce... Short #Thread
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(From Yumi Tamura's BASARA illustration)
1. A dog (greyhound?) in an 8 point star. This is one of the patterns of 13th century Seljuk era tiles found in Kubadabad Palace, Turkey.
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Jun 18, 2022 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
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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 ImageImage (Contd - Yumi Tamura's BASARA)

Comparison of the hilt (Sarasa's dagger hilt vs The Topkapi Dagger / Jambiya hilt)

The topkapi dagger has a hilt adorned with 3 cabochon-cut emerald and is made of gold.

(cont) #田村由美 #BASARA #Thread

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Jun 13, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
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Detail of an illustration for the cover (vol.19) of Yumi Tamura's BASARA manga. Princess Ginko (The White King) is holding 2 Hina dolls: the empress (in red junihitoe, holding a fan) & the emperor (in blue-white sokutai, holding a scepter). The dolls... (Cont) Image (Contd)
(From Yumi Tamura's BASARA manga)

The dolls were probably made during the Edo period, as seen from the elaborate phoenix crown of the Empress doll. This crown model is probably copied from a real ancient crown of a Japan Empress' (Cont). #Thread

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