Tagged: intercultural perspectives
In my two previous articles on the Japanese mon I have introduced the topic as such. In the first article, I have claimed that there are some similarities between the Japanese mon and European coats of arms. The second article has shown that although mon appear very different from coats of arms at first sight, comparing both in their forms and contents in detail uncovers some fascinating similarities, especially...
In a previous blog post, I have established that there are several similarities between the Japanese mon and the coats of arms of Europe. But before aspects and perspectives of cultural history can be taken into account, this post aims to focus on the fundamentals, i.e. the mon itself, the images it displays and its blazon. The Japanese mon has a special structure, displaying its content in a unique...
Im British Museum wird eine Gruppe von bunt bemalten Glasgefäßen aus dem späten 13. und frühen 14. Jahrhundert aufbewahrt. [1] Hierzu gehört auch ein gut erhaltenes Trinkglas, das um das Jahr 1330 von einem venezianischen Meister gefertigt wurde und im Zentrum der folgenden Betrachtungen stehen soll. Die Emaillierung des Glases zeigt drei Wappen. Während die Wappen eindeutig südwestdeutschen Geschlechtern zugeordnet werden können, gehören die sie umrankenden Blumen- und Pflanzendarstellungen...
The Japanese have been aiming to capture the perfect moment of the sakura (cherry-) blossom for hundreds of years now. Yet this aim is very difficult to achieve and in their eyes almost impossible. For that reason, they seek to find it every spring anew. But it is not just the sakura that the Japanese aim perfection for; their whole culture comprises such an aim, especially when it comes...
