What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

Vintage lover said:

C'mon Zombie, judging can be fun sometimes...

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Nahhh, too much responsibility. Besides, there's that whole "glass houses" thing. lol

Glass houses thing..... people who live in them should change their clothes in the basement? lol

Vintage lover said:

Glass houses thing..... people who live in them should change their clothes in the basement? lol

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There's always the option of "tinted" glass.
Now You can relax in your :bathbaby: in all your glory
with no worries...:laugh:

I was looking for something with an Indiana Jones vibe, hence the headpiece to the Staff of Ra, the revolver, Tut, et al...


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V.C. Brunswick said:

I'm a WWII buff with a particular interest in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) so I use this randomly chosen image of a Japanese naval officer.

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Born in Okayama. Became a naval cadet in 1893; assigned to the crew of the Kongo, an ironclad corvette.



Tanaka served in the Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War. While in United Kingdom to supervise construction of the dreadnought battleship HIJMS Kongo, Tanaka died from a sickness.

Is it just me, or does that uniform look more European than Japanese?

Vintage lover said:

Is it just me, or does that uniform look more European than Japanese?

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My guess is the time frame being 1900s era officer's uniform.





Imperial officer's uniform-WW2 era

Vintage lover said:

Is it just me, or does that uniform look more European than Japanese?

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Yeah, it does because Japan was making a huge effort to be 'modern' at the time, which included imitating western military uniforms and imitating western imperialism.

The Japanese navy had a considerable British influence. Many of their battleships, including Admiral Togo's flagship Mikasa were British-built. And of course the influence was also reflected in their uniforms. The Japanese navy cap badge worn by officers was virtually identical to that of the Royal Navy except for a chrysanthemum instead a crown.

Admiral Yamamoto (seen here as a Lieutenant Commander) in similar uniform.



Here he is as naval attache in Washington, circa 1925.

V.C. Brunswick said:

The Japanese navy had a considerable British influence.

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Er, yeah, they were even doing 'rum, sodomy, and the lash' until 1945.

My avatar is 筑波雪子 / Tsukuba Yukiko。She is an actress from the silent film era.



A 1926 photograph, from left to right: 栗島すみ子 / Kurishima Sumiko、松井千枝子 / Matsui Chieko、川田芳子 / Kawada Yoshiko、筑波雪子 / Tsukuba Yukiko、柳さく子 / Kuroyanagi Chiyoko。

Veronica T said:

My avatar is 筑波雪子 / Tsukuba Yukiko。She is an actress from the silent film era.

A 1926 photograph, from left to right: 栗島すみ子 / Kurishima Sumiko、松井千枝子 / Matsui Chieko、川田芳子 / Kawada Yoshiko、筑波雪子 / Tsukuba Yukiko、柳さく子 / Kuroyanagi Chiyoko。

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Wow, that's a great photo. How do you know so much about silent era Japanese films?

Mine is a picture of me at the start of the 2012 London Tweed Run, taken by David Saxby, an excellent tailor. Here's my picture of him in one of his own creations:



His shop is very well worth a visit. Aside from his own range of tweed suits, waistcoats and caps, he also has an interesting selection of vintage suits, clothing and accessories (including Lock and Co hats) from some very prestigious brands and Saville Row tailors.

Veronica T said:

My avatar is 筑波雪子 / Tsukuba Yukiko。She is an actress from the silent film era.

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I must say that Ms Tsukuba was quite an interesting person.

"Japanese Actress Yukiko Tsukuba (June 10, 1906 - June 06, 1977) was star of the silent film era. Her real name was Yukiko Sato.

Yukiko Tsukuba was born in 1906 and was a major silent film star. She first appeared in Shimbashi’s geisha district but was quickly spotted by a board member of the Imperial Theatre who recommended her to Shiro Kido, president of Shochiku. She became an actress with them at the age of 16.
She left Shochiku after having an affair with co-star Tsuzuya Moroguchi but the couple’s attempt to set up their own production company failed and she returned. Her private life was always eventful: She was arrested along with other actors and actresses in 1934 when police raided illegal mah-jong clubs in Shinjuku and Shinagawa and this forced her to leave Shochiku once more.

The following year, a man called Ushijima tried to blackmail Matsuya department store by threatening to release nude pictures of Tsukuba but he was arrested by police.
It transpired that he had lived with Tsukuba for around 5 years so she was also called in for questioning on suspicion of conspiring with him.
She subsequently moved to Kyoto where she made her first talkie but left the film world in 1936 to become a geisha in Osaka and, reputedly, a heavy drinker.
She married a wealthy industrialist and kept out of the limelight until her death in 1977. "

Are you familiar with silent film actress Sunada Komako? She was my great aunt.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?5088-Vintage-Family-Photos/page145
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?5088-Vintage-Family-Photos/page146

Tsukuba-san was truly the epitome of the モダンガール / , modan gaaru / modern girl.

The modern gaaru smokes cigarettes, drinks and listens to jazz.

[video=youtube;k0trKIFic98]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0trKIFic98&list[/video]

That is very likely the first rap song ever recorded.

In contrast, 砂田駒子 / Sunada Komako was often cast in the role of 大和撫子 / Yamato nadeshiko (Yamato being an ancient name for Japan as Albion is for England). The personification of an idealized Japanese woman. The Yamato nadeshiko wears kimono and as the film progresses she is victorious and lives happily ever after while the modan gaaru rues her fate and wishes that she had not been influenced by the decadent west and lived up to the standards of the Yamato nadeshiko.

While trying to determine if I have seen Sunada-san's movies, I came across this:

In a 1925 popularity poll by キネマ旬報 / Kinema Junpo magazine, your aunt placed third. That is not as superficial as it seems.

"The magazine was founded by a group of four students, including Saburo Tanaka, at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Technical High School at the time). In that first month, it was published three times on days with a "1" in them. These first three issue were printed on art paper and had four pages each. Kinejun initially specialized in covering foreign films in part because its writers sided with the principles of the Pure Film Movement and strongly criticized Japanese cinema. It later expanded coverage to films released in Japan. While long emphasizing film criticism, it has also served as a trade journal, reporting on the film industry in Japan and announcing new films and trends." — Wikipedia.

Japan was still making silent motion pictures well into the nineteen thirties. This is because of the popularity of the live musical accompaniment, the seiyuu (voice actors) and the benshi. The benshi would serve as a narrator which was a holdover from the live theatre. Some seiyuu and benshi were as popular as the actors in the movies. This is still seen today. For example, the women who provide the voices for the cartoon band from the K-On! anime went on an arena tour. 日笠 陽子, / Hikasa Yoko who is right-handed had to learn to play a left-handed 1962 3-color sunburst Fender Jazz Bass with a tortoiseshell pickguard because that is the instrument her character 秋山 澪, / Akiyama Mio, who is left-handed, plays.

I have been to a benshi performance; it is a lot of fun.

The problem is that most silent motion pictures films which were on highly inflammable film stock perished in the cycle of earthquakes circa 1930.

Thank you very much for sharing your pictures.

Veronica T said:

My avatar is 筑波雪子 / Tsukuba Yukiko。She is an actress from the silent film era.

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1968- I was stationed in Guam. I went on R&R to Japan.
On the flight to Tokyo, I met a young Japanese girl.
We didn't speak each other's language but we communicated somehow.
She made this from paper & gave it to me.




I went on something called the "bullet train" & saw this.



I vaguely remember that some of the Japanese women wearing Kimono.
The elderly women wore subdued colors while the young wore brighter
colors.
I took the subway train during the busiest time. Got Lost.
Went to the Ginza & bought a Nikon Photomic.

This camera made it somewhat tolerable to cope with my times under
stress during the Vietnam conflict.

That song is pure cool. It reminds me of this
[video=youtube;uWu5r6_73HQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWu5r6_73HQ[/video]

Mine is just me, about 3 years ago. The only thing different is that my hair is longer, so I haven't bothered to change it.

Great thread by the way

rue said:

Mine is just me, about 3 years ago. The only thing different is that my hair is longer, so I haven't bothered to change it.

Great thread by the way

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We still need a new one anyway.