Shibata Zeshin 柴田是眞

Mouse,19th century/Edo Period

Sannenzaka - Kyoto, Japan

Edo era Sashiko-Embroidered Hanten

Blue eye samurai

Evening on the Sumida River, by Kobayashi Eijiro (1910).

A nature study turned into Blue Eye Samurai fan art...

Harmonia Rosales @honeiee

"A small portion of a larger painting. This is Olokun, the god of the primordial waters. Angered that Obatala created the lands without her consent, Olokun sought to reclaim her dominion with a great flood. To stop the floods Obatala chains her to the bottom of the ocean…this is the very moment before she is imprisoned within her own kingdom. She stands as a symbol of the chaos that bubbles beneath our calm surface, a profound reminder of the lesser-known parts of ourselves we often retreat from."

Kuniyoshi Utagawa - The Sailor Tokuso And The Sea Monster (1845)

Covered basket. Edo period (?), 1615–1868 / Japanese / Blackened bamboo   x

Edo chief, Nigeria, by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher

Sky Voyager,

Designed by Embraer Design Operations (EDO) in collaboration with Boeing Business Jets (BBJ),

Lynxeye / Edo / Packaging / 2023

THE ANCIENT GREAT BENIN EMPIRE

The Benin Kingdom was a flourishing ancient city situated in modern day Nigeria. During pre colonial era, Benin was one of the many highly developed cultures in Africa. This kingdom got its start up around 900 CE when Edo people settled in the tropical rainforest of West Africa.

The walls of Benin City and its surrounding kingdom was the world’s largest earthworks carried out prior to the mechanical era, and was featured in the Genius Book Of Word Record. Benin City was also one of the first cities to have a semblance of street lighting. Huge metal lamps, many feet high, were built and placed around the city, especially near the king’s palace. Fuelled by palm oil, their burning wicks were lit at night to provide illumination for traffic to and from the palace. When the Portuguese first visited the city in 1485, they were stunned to find this vast kingdom made of hundreds of interlocked cities and villages, calling it "Great city of Benin".

Blue Eye Samurai styled Inuyasha 😌💕

Botanical designs from One Hundred Newly Selected Designs by Kōrin (Kōrin shinsen hyakuzu), 1864.

Tanada rice fields inspired by Blue Eye Samurai art style