Comments on: Monsters in mid-1870s news prints http://pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:05:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: test 2 « Menske's Press http://pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-491203 test 2 « Menske's Press Sun, 16 May 2010 09:03:39 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-491203 [...] For a brief period in the mid-1870s, artistic woodblock prints known as “newspaper nishiki-e” were a popular form of mass entertainment in Japan. These colorful prints fed the public’s enormous appetite for sensationalism by retelling shocking stories culled from the major newspapers of the day. The Meiji government swiftly cracked down on the publishers of these “unofficial” sources of information, causing them to disappear as quickly as they had appeared, but not before hundreds of issues had been published and circulated around Japan. While newspaper nishiki-e most often retold stories of scandalous or heinous crimes, they occasionally presented accounts of monsters, ghosts and mysterious happenings, such as the ones included here: pinktentacle.com [...] [...] For a brief period in the mid-1870s, artistic woodblock prints known as “newspaper nishiki-e” were a popular form of mass entertainment in Japan. These colorful prints fed the public’s enormous appetite for sensationalism by retelling shocking stories culled from the major newspapers of the day. The Meiji government swiftly cracked down on the publishers of these “unofficial” sources of information, causing them to disappear as quickly as they had appeared, but not before hundreds of issues had been published and circulated around Japan. While newspaper nishiki-e most often retold stories of scandalous or heinous crimes, they occasionally presented accounts of monsters, ghosts and mysterious happenings, such as the ones included here: pinktentacle.com [...]

]]> By: Hello Kitty Test of Courage Yokai Cell Phone Charms | Kowai Japan! http://pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-428081 Hello Kitty Test of Courage Yokai Cell Phone Charms | Kowai Japan! Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:17:02 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-428081 [...] of a three-eyed monk (secretly a tanuki in disguise) who is generally up to no good as detailed in this Pink Tentacle post (second from the [...] [...] of a three-eyed monk (secretly a tanuki in disguise) who is generally up to no good as detailed in this Pink Tentacle post (second from the [...]

]]> By: Simon http://pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-320126 Simon Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:33:24 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-320126 Thank you for posting these; although, I now feel I must obsessively search for more and learn Japanese so I'll know the horrible tales illustrated. :-) What's the significance of using Western angels, or putti, as depicted in many prints? They seem sort of anomalous. Thank you for posting these; although, I now feel I must obsessively search for more and learn Japanese so I'll know the horrible tales illustrated. :-)

What's the significance of using Western angels, or putti, as depicted in many prints? They seem sort of anomalous.

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]]> By: SheWalksSoftly http://pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-303682 SheWalksSoftly Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:14:48 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-303682 Wonderful post...It's a very nice break from all of the American monsters and ghosts found this time of year! I sent readers over here from my own blog to view these lovely pieces. Wonderful post...It's a very nice break from all of the American monsters and ghosts found this time of year! I sent readers over here from my own blog to view these lovely pieces.

]]> By: Monsters in mid-1870s news prints | Mirabilis.ca http://pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-301144 Monsters in mid-1870s news prints | Mirabilis.ca Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:46:37 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-301144 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Beth Cullom http://pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-293571 Beth Cullom Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:22:47 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-293571 Found you via c-monster. V. cool show. I wish I could find such great prints. Found you via c-monster. V. cool show. I wish I could find such great prints.

]]> By: The Digest. 10.15.08. at C-MONSTER.net http://pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-293301 The Digest. 10.15.08. at C-MONSTER.net Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:31:25 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-293301 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Monstros em antigos jornais japoneses « O Blog do Dod http://pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-293180 Monstros em antigos jornais japoneses « O Blog do Dod Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:32:31 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/10/monsters-in-mid-1870s-news-prints/#comment-293180 [...] Pink Tentacle reuniu uma coleo de vrias das tais criaturas [...]

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