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Hishi Setsuki

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VTuber, Edo period enthusiast. Trying out this social media thing. Designer/modeler: @edosama.bsky.social twitch.tv/hishisetsuki

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Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 19d

Hi! I'm Hishi Setsuki, VTuber and Edo period enthusiast! I'll be discussing topics in Japan's Edo era. Yapping (especially about Japan-related stuff) and gaming also on tap.

Streaming on: twitch.tv/hishisetsuki

Designer/modeler: edosama.bsky.social

An image of VTuber Hishi Setsuki. A waist-up illustration with three additional facial expressions.

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Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 9h

Before the descendants of Saito Hajime released that photograph in the 2010s, the internet had to settle for a zoomed in picture of a Meiji-era police troop who might have been him. It was the best that could be done.
#japanesehistory

A cropped image of a Meiji-era police officer reputed to be Saito Hajime.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 12h

While you wait for my Shinsengumi series on #FridayNightHistory to resume, here's a thread of interesting facts about that unit.

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · Nov 12

Okay, interesting Shinsengumi anecdotes, by request from @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social --

1. Todo Heisuke was (we think!) the illegitimate son of the daimyo of Tsu. I imagine this got awkward around Toba-Fushimi.
2. There's circumstantial evidence that Harada survived the Battle of Ueno.

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edo-sama @edosama.bsky.social · 1d

It's #PortfolioDay !
I'm edo, a fulltime freelance anime artist and a father of an amazing and diverse vtuber family!
I love drawing OCs and fanarts in aesthetics that speak to my soul 🎀💙

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Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 1d

So if Yoshimune is playing kemari, is it bun or bu?
#japanesehistory

NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 1d

Have you ever played kemari 蹴鞠? Today is Sports Day #スポーツの日 in Japan! So take a peek at an 1875 print depicting this classical game, Asukai Masanori Teaching Tokugawa Yoshimune to Play Kemari! By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and held by LACMA: collections.lacma.org/node/191507

Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 2d

Hey, a reason to visit Takanawa Gateway!

Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 2d

Tokyo has a truly impressive new book cafe. Whether you're a reader or just want a place to relax for several hours (or even all day), the Bunkitsu Tokyo, recently opened as part of NeWoman Takanawa, is a must-stop on the famed Yamanote Line.

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Bunkitsu Tokyo: New, Sprawling Bookstore Cafe Is a Wonderland of Relaxation - Unseen Japan

The massive new bookstore, with over 100,000 books, offers three cafes where you can choose to hang out for an hour - or even all day.

unseen-japan.com

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Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social · 5d

“Very few people here in America have the balls to do what anime does,” a veteran Hollywood animation director told me.

blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/why-hollyw...

Why Hollywood stars are saying “F*** anime”

And why they’re right to be scared

blog.pureinventionbook.com

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Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 5d

Ieyasu waited 422 years for this.

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 5d

Ieyasu-kun, the mascot of Hamamatsu City, is modelled on Tokugawa Ieyasu, a shogun who once lived there. He has piano keys on his hakama skirt (Hamamatsu is home to keyboard manufacturers Yamaha, Kawai, and Roland).

A round-headed mascot with a helmet and a hakama with piano keys decorating it stands on a stage.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · Jun 26

noted Bakumatsu figure Swagamoto Ryoma

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Out of Touch Thursdays Deluxe!! @ootthursday1.bsky.social · 6d

KaguraThurschi!

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Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 6d

It looks like Kitami used to be known for mint production, and there's also a big sports training camp that includes rugby. I think Ki-tan's makers might not have been able to get exact stock imagery.

Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 6d

FINALLY

Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 6d

Now we just need Mousse's mousse!

After 38 Years of Ranma 1/2, We Can Finally Buy Shampoo's Shampoo

Now we just need Mousse's mousse

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 10d

[X] the Ancient Japanese Art of [Y]: The Mobilization of #Japanese Metalinguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Literature

Recording of a lecture I gave at JSAA2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TElW...

X the Ancient Japanese Art of Y: The Mobilization of Linguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Books

YouTube video by Scripting Japan

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 8d

Did you know that the National Museum of Asian Art participates in the Japan Art Catalog project to make rare & hard-to-find art catalogs available to researchers? As of 2022 they hold 10.5k+ volumes! 🖼️😮📚 Learn more about the JAC and accessing these materials at: guides.nccjapan.org/japanartcata...

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Jowol | Marionette VTuber @porcelainmaid.gg · 9d

Divorced vibes are real, unfortunately.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 9d

Today at @wpafw.bsky.social day 3 I reprised my long running coffee panel and demonstrated the Tokugawa Shogunate coffee recipe from the 1850s, which we explored in #FridayNightHistory Season 2.

And people LIKED it!

riverside-wings.com/2023/08/25/f...

Friday Night History 64 (S2E31)- Coast Defense and Coffee

Support this podcast and help me keep the lights on! Become a patron at buy merch and send a donation via Of course, we come back to coffee. So the thing about Hokkaido is that it gets …

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iroai.jp @iroai.bsky.social · 11d

Katazome Sample Books (Japanese Stencil-Dyeing Sample Books) – Part 3 of 4

www.instagram.com/p/DPWKhc3jxW...

In the Edo period, sample books were created by pasting pieces of stenciled washi (Japanese paper) to serve as references for katazome (stencil-dyeing) designs.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 13d

Of all the stories to come out of the Osaka Campaign of 1614-15, my favorite might be the one related in Tokugawa Munefusa's "Tokugawa 400nen no Naishobanashi," where Satsuma domain some decades later wrote the Shogunate asking:

"sooo, if we had Toyotomi Hideyori in our care, would you uh, be mad?"

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Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 13d

It's spooky month! Is 「必死切鬼」 sufficiently spooky?

Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 13d

Down-thread mentions how Tokyo got its water from Tama. The Tama River and the multiple systems it fed were instrumental in allowing Edo to grow to its peak of a million during the Tokugawa period. www.jstor.org/stable/204726

Urban Sanitation in Preindustrial Japan on JSTOR

Susan B. Hanley, Urban Sanitation in Preindustrial Japan, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Summer, 1987), pp. 1-26

www.jstor.org

Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 13d

I know the special 23 wards of Tokyo (the part where most tourists go) are quite different from the rest, but I never knew how that came to be.

mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 14d

Yomiuri has a piece on why the Tama region is part of Tokyo, how it used to be part of Kanagawa, and the local movement calling for a separate Tama prefecture. There's actually good English material on this topic. www.yomiuri.co.jp/pluralphoto/...

多摩が東京府に移管される前後の地域の変遷 : 当初神奈川県だった多摩地域、なんで東京都に？…「多摩県」構想復活の動き　弱点は「２３区への強い憧れ」：写真

【読売新聞】　「都内へ行ってきます」。同僚は２３区内に取材に出かけるとき、そう言って出かける。立川も都内なのに……。立川支局に着任して数か月になるが、多摩３０市町村と２３区には大きな隔たりがあると感じる。そもそも、なんで多摩は、東京

www.yomiuri.co.jp

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 13d

Yabusame takes years of practice to perfect, but it is a highly coveted art that emphasizes the samurai spirit and the unspoken language between rider and horse, known as kyuba no michi (弓馬の道) (きゅばのみち), or “the way of the bow and horse.”

Yabusame: The Art and Ritual of Japanese Horseback Archery - Unseen Japan

Ancient. Colorful. Hard as hell. Meet Yabusame, and learn how the samurai's "way of the bow and horse" evolved into a beautiful art form.

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 14d

Did you come to Japan to admire the natural beauty, only to find yourself surrounded by ugly power lines? Why ARE Japanese skies so wiry, anyway? We take a look at how cable and power lines came to blanket the urban Japanese landscape.

What’s With the Chaos of Japanese Power Lines? - Unseen Japan

Look up in a Japanese city, and you're likely to see a sky view partly obscured by power lines. Why Japan's utility lines are more visible than those in other advanced economies.

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Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 15d

Also! If you're a college or university alumni, your alumni association may have provided you with access to JSTOR, as well as Project MUSE, another large journal repository. muse.jhu.edu

Project MUSE

muse.jhu.edu

Hishi Setsuki @hishisetsuki.com · 15d

As mentioned elsewhere on Bluesky, folks who want access to JSTOR (a repository of *many* scholarly journals, including those important for Japanese studies) are able to open up a personal account and view 100 articles/month for free! support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/art...

How to Register & Get Free Access to Content

On this page: What is a personal account? Who uses a personal account? How do I register for a personal account? What can I do with a personal account? What is a personal account? A registered p...

support.jstor.org

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 17d

Soon approaching her 50th anniversary as a manga artist, Rumiko Takahashi has introduced generations to manga and anime through her stories.

My First Rumiko Takahashi Series

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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