For Love of a Konbini Idol, I Fought a Cult
Chapter 70 Released
Kumomaru’s Sleeves (雲丸の袖)

By Nara Moore
Art Mai-sensei

On the road again along a cursed path. At the end is a tatarigami (cursed kami).

Join Ume & her family as their relationships develop. In a creepy world where “love” never dies
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At: https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025

Artist: https://bsky.app/profile/maisart.bsky.social

Tags: #KonbiniIdol #LGBTQ #LightNovel #Romance #LGBTQIA #Yuri #Queer #Fantasy #Heian #SappficRomance #Supernatural #SapphicBooks

If I hadn't had helpers with umbrellas I would have been stuck in the nearby lean-to reading a book about Kitsune legends of Japan -- here I am reading before the event took place, unfortunately the images of the lean-to I took got corrupted but I'll be back!

Eleven-faced #Kannon Seated Statue, Yakuno-dera, Shiga Prefecture, #Japan, early #Heian period. One of the largest hidden #Buddha statues in #Japan, with a height of 312 cm. A single wooden structure. She holds a vase of flowers in her left hand and a rosary in her right hand on her lap. A massive statue from the early #Heian period, also known as the '#Kannon'. The doors are opened several times each year.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

"Gion Matsuri and Japanese Festivals": Cerritos College (Los Angeles) Study Abroad in Kyōto, July 15, 2025

This might be the most gorgeous slideshow you ever see, informative as well about the Gion festival and Kyōto. Japanese festivals are above all presented as Shintō rituals. The Gion Matsuri began in 869 to ward off epidemics, but was ironically canceled during the recent pandemic. Longtime research and insider experiences in Japanese, with guidance by a Gion festival leader, culminate in fascinating information and annotated photos.

View the slideshow
on ResearchGate: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.13203.80162
on Academia Edu: https://www.academia.edu/130493544
Japanese government's ResearchMap 祇園祭と日本の祭り (Japanese annotations - 日本語による説明):
https://researchmap.jp/waoe/presentations/50603456?lang=ja

#religion #mythology #Japan #Shinto #ritual #religions #StudyAbroad #festival #festivals #cosplay #clothing #shrine #Kyoto #Heian #Japanese #travel #sightseeing #photography #presentation #slideshow #Gion

@religion @mythology

#Seitaka #Dôji, 1401, one of the two boy attendants of #FudoMyoō. Sculptural triads of these figures exist from the late #Heian period (794–1185). In these triads, Seitaka Doji has a troll-like appearance, which contrasts with the placid features of his fellow attendant, #Kongara #Doji.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Eleven-Faced Thousand-Armed #Kannon #Bodhisattva (十一面千手観音菩薩) at Juhō-ji (寿宝寺) in Kyotanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, #Japan, dating to the #Heian period (794-1185).
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Statue of the #Buddhist guardian deity #Zōchōten (増長天) dating to the mid to late #Heian period at Jōruri-ji (浄瑠璃寺) in Kizugawa (木津川市), #Kyoto Prefecture, #Japan.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Fudō Myōō (#FudōMyōō), Yuzan-ji, Okayama Prefecture, #Japan, #Heian period.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Kōmokuten (広目天), one of the Four Heavenly Kings (四天王) guarding the four cardinal directions of the #cosmos, dating to the #Heian period (794-1185) at Rokuharamitsu-ji (六波羅蜜寺) in Kyoto, #Japan.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Seated statue of #Jizo Bosatsu enshrined in the repository of Rakuya-ji in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, #Japan. It was created in the third year of the late #Heian period (1187) and is designated as an important cultural property.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Nio statue, Shuzen-ji, #Japan, #Heian period.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

For Love of a Konbini Idol, I Searched for the Kudan
Chapter 60 Released
Hall of the Kudan (件の殿堂)

By Nara Moore
Art Mai-sensei

What did Shishi dream, and how twisted will Yakkai Yogen message be?

Join Ume & her family as their relationships develop. In a creepy world where “love” never dies
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At: https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025

Artist: https://bsky.app/profile/maisart.bsky.social

Tags: #KonbiniIdol #LGBTQ #LightNovel #QueerFiction #Romance #Sapphic #SapphicRomance #Yuri #Queer #Yokai #Heian #Idol #JIdol

Seated Statue of Seikannon, Joroku-ji, Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, #Japan, late #Heian period.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

A painted image of the ruling guardian deity Taishakuten (帝釈天) dating to the #Heian period (794-1185), once at Tōji Temple (東寺) in #Kyoto, #Japan.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Statue of Shaka Nyorai in the Kondo Hall of Muro-ji, #Japan, #Heian period.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Dainichi Nyorai Statue, Enjo-ji, #Japan. The earliest work of the #Buddhist sculptor Unkei. Unkei's style is characterized by strong, masculine facial expressions, but because the main image was created when he was 20 years old, his facial expressions are not fully original. This work gives us a glimpse of the conflict between following the traditional style of the #Heian period or pursuing an original path.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Seated statue of Yakushi Nyorai, the principal image enshrined in the main hall of Sorin-ji in Higashiyama, #Kyoto, #Japan. It is a work of the #Heian period, which is said to be made by Denkyo Daishi, and is designated as an important cultural property.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism