These three are part of my on-going daruma (dharma)doll series that began with this post, which itself was part of my earthquake/tsunami series: http://etegamibydosankodebbie.blogspot.jp/2011/03/humanizing-quake-gunma.html
Ah, thank you for the link to the background. What a thoughtful post. And I had never come across daruma before, but love the idea of fall seven times, rise again eight.
Thank you, Tiberius, for visiting, and I hope to "see" you again. I already have two options on the right-hand sidebar for you to subscribe to this blog. The "Follow" button and the "subscribe" button. But I'll see what else I can add.
Dear Debbie, Very nice!! I enjoyed the post so much and realized that you're living in between Japanese and English world. I always wonder how a wife call husband "Father(not "Honey)" in Japaneseʚ(ˆ◡ˆ)ɞ. Cheers,wink,wink, Sadami
Sadamiさん、考え過ぎですよ。(笑)I don't call my husband "father" and I don't call him "honey." I call him by his name. But he is a father to my children. A good father. This is the first year I have made him a Father's Day card.
Etegami (e= "picture"; tegami= "letter/message") are simple drawings accompanied by a few apt words. They are usually done on postcards so that they can be easily mailed off to one's friends. Though etegami has few hard-and-fast rules, traditional tools and materials include writing brushes, sumi ink, blocks of water-soluble, mineral-based pigments called gansai, and washi postcards that have varying degrees of "bleed." They often depict some ordinary item from everyday life, especially items that bring a particular season to mind.
These are wonderful...put me in mind of Bodhidharma! Happy father's day indeed to your husband, father & father in law!!
ReplyDeleteThese three are part of my on-going daruma (dharma)doll series that began with this post, which itself was part of my earthquake/tsunami series: http://etegamibydosankodebbie.blogspot.jp/2011/03/humanizing-quake-gunma.html
DeleteAh, thank you for the link to the background. What a thoughtful post. And I had never come across daruma before, but love the idea of fall seven times, rise again eight.
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ReplyDeleteI just found out about etegami. Really interesting!
Please include subscription tools on your blog because I would like to subscribe (like rss buttons or even simpler tools).
Thank you very much!
I wish you all the best and I'll be revisiting soon!
Tiberius
Thank you, Tiberius, for visiting, and I hope to "see" you again. I already have two options on the right-hand sidebar for you to subscribe to this blog. The "Follow" button and the "subscribe" button. But I'll see what else I can add.
DeleteThank you very much Mrs. Dosanko!
DeleteIt's the "subscribe by email" thing that is most handy (sorry if it was there and I missed it!)
Best wishes!
Tiberius
How nice of you to honor all three.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree, fathers are irreplaceable. What a lovely tribute. I also really love your "secret" post. Beautiful, and the poem really speaks to me.
ReplyDeleteDear Debbie,
ReplyDeleteVery nice!! I enjoyed the post so much and realized that you're living in between Japanese and English world. I always wonder how a wife call husband "Father(not "Honey)" in Japaneseʚ(ˆ◡ˆ)ɞ.
Cheers,wink,wink, Sadami
Sadamiさん、考え過ぎですよ。(笑)I don't call my husband "father" and I don't call him "honey." I call him by his name. But he is a father to my children. A good father. This is the first year I have made him a Father's Day card.
Deletedebora sannhe
ReplyDeleteデボラさんのは、いつも、じーーーーんときます。
心あったかね。
So true. I just lost mine last Fall. That is a nice tribute.
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