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Monday, March 24, 2014

Wandering around the Tokyo National Museum website on a Tuesday night in early Spring 2014

Wandering around the Tokyo National Museum website. So many fun and interesting things to see. Treasures of all kinds. Some strange ones too. Here is a page of doll's heads from the last century, so realistic and exquisitely detailed.






















How a doll of this kind looks fully clothed
Buddha image from the Tokyo National Museum

Antique embroidery from the Tokyo National Museum

Heian Period (12thC) sculpture in the Tokyo National Museum

A 19C musical instrument in the Tokyo National Museum

Some cool Edo Period shoes from the Tokyo National Museum

Sandy's CanCars

hotrod models out of beer cans

IT'S A GOOD TIME OF YEAR FOR SOME 

BIRDSONG RADIO. ALWAYS A SOURCE OF JOY.

Fortune teller stalls in Hong Kong. Huh. What an interesting way to make a living.
































Folding Electric (3 wheeled) Car from 1920s

A Japanese website, The International Library Of Children's Literature, with an online selection of vintage children's picture books
A delicate Spring treat. Cherry Blossom marshmallows

Stewarts Law RCA Secret is an exhibition and sale of original postcard-sized artworks, by internationally acclaimed artists plus up-and coming graduates from the Royal College of Art. It's your chance to get your hands on original works of art for a tiny price.

THE CLEAREST PICTURE OF MERCURY EVER TAKEN


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