Diaries of court ladies of old Japan by Annie Shepley Omori
Court Lady’s Full Dress in the Heian Period
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Python worship. Serpent worship in Afrika.
The worship of the python. Indiolali ceremony. Python god Adumu. Priests and priestesses.
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, 1314.
Thomas of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster was an English magnate and rebel.
A Hungarian aristocratic insurgent cavalry officer.
Insurgent cavalry officer. Pannonia’s inhabitants depicted in their traditional costumes
The King of Hungaria in his coronation robes. Equestrian portrait.
Pannonia’s inhabitants depicted in their traditional costumes, c. 1820.
Examples Floriated Ornament, by Augustus Pugin.
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) is considered one of the most important representatives of the Gothic Revival.
The apotheosis of Augustus.
Apotheosis was the name for a ceremony performed by the Romans to admit emperors, empresses or other mortals to the ranks of the gods or heroes.
Taira no Tadanori military commander of Japan.
Taira no Tadanori was a military commander of the Heike clan during the Heian period.
Japanese shoes. Historical shoe styles around 1900.
The variety of Japanese shoe shapes and designs is mainly tailored to the weather conditions and the wearer’s profession.
The Fire-Fly’s Lovers. Fairy tale of old Japan
The fairy tale of Princess Hotaru-himé.