Another etegami from my fox series, this time with a quote
from The Ainu And The Fox, an Ainu folk tale rewritten for children by
Kayano Shigeru and translated into English by me. To learn more about
this book, read this post on my Project Uepeker blog.
The blog is currently discontinued, but I changed the setting so that you should now be able to access the old posts. You won't be able to post comments, and I won't be able to reply to any questions you have about the content. I hope you enjoy reading the posts!
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.
Hi! I would love to visit your post in Rpoject Uepeker, but the access in denied :/
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