Avery M
@averym.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Japanese religions
It would look like this
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It would look like this
October 1915: Employment crisis at the shrines! Families that formerly supplied their daughters to work as miko are now finding more profitable work for them as switchboard operators. Shrines have to hire amateurs with no knowledge of decorum!
October 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
October 1915: Employment crisis at the shrines! Families that formerly supplied their daughters to work as miko are now finding more profitable work for them as switchboard operators. Shrines have to hire amateurs with no knowledge of decorum!
Some terrifying monsters drawn by Lafcadio Hearn. Shinjuku Historical Museum, Tokyo
September 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Some terrifying monsters drawn by Lafcadio Hearn. Shinjuku Historical Museum, Tokyo
Reads to me like he was a man who thought always of preserving culture for posterity and never of his own career. Fascinating
September 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reads to me like he was a man who thought always of preserving culture for posterity and never of his own career. Fascinating
Well, for instance, the Chinese could have been filtered through various Korean kingdoms which each transformed the phonemes in their own ways... (Bentley, "The origin of man'yōgana" Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 64.1)
August 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Well, for instance, the Chinese could have been filtered through various Korean kingdoms which each transformed the phonemes in their own ways... (Bentley, "The origin of man'yōgana" Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 64.1)
This is kinda awesome and I hope they get it all in their bank account before someone changes their mind
August 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is kinda awesome and I hope they get it all in their bank account before someone changes their mind
I like it when Japanese publications randomly try out an L instead of an R to see how it looks. Feeling cute, might rhotacize later
July 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I like it when Japanese publications randomly try out an L instead of an R to see how it looks. Feeling cute, might rhotacize later
In the Harvard Lampoon today
April 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In the Harvard Lampoon today
No one has explained the sad humor yet, so I feel I have to. McConnell *personally* suffered from polio, so he understands that deadly diseases are bad. It's the basic Republican logic.
March 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
No one has explained the sad humor yet, so I feel I have to. McConnell *personally* suffered from polio, so he understands that deadly diseases are bad. It's the basic Republican logic.
"We often fail to acknowledge the freedom that history gives to us. Civilization reinforces that habit. But when we're on the barricades, we are aware of history. Instead of watching it like a sniper, we're watching it with a shotgun. That's post-Sartre."
-- Akuta Masahiko in debate with Mishima
-- Akuta Masahiko in debate with Mishima
March 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"We often fail to acknowledge the freedom that history gives to us. Civilization reinforces that habit. But when we're on the barricades, we are aware of history. Instead of watching it like a sniper, we're watching it with a shotgun. That's post-Sartre."
-- Akuta Masahiko in debate with Mishima
-- Akuta Masahiko in debate with Mishima
This is one of the pre-written replies they have when a customer is polite to them
February 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is one of the pre-written replies they have when a customer is polite to them
CNN did the same thing. It's incredibly revealing
January 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
CNN did the same thing. It's incredibly revealing
It's a vision of the future. From the mind behind this
January 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It's a vision of the future. From the mind behind this
This India trip report by @scholarsstage.bsky.social suggests that religious scholars investigate the BJP-guided restructuring of minority religious groups in India. Maybe worth considering. However, the same transformation happened in Japan in the 1870s, led by Shinto nationalists.
January 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This India trip report by @scholarsstage.bsky.social suggests that religious scholars investigate the BJP-guided restructuring of minority religious groups in India. Maybe worth considering. However, the same transformation happened in Japan in the 1870s, led by Shinto nationalists.
Your first sale! @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Your first sale! @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
I don't think 1871 is very "early". Here's a letter about it from 1787
September 8, 2024 at 9:35 AM
I don't think 1871 is very "early". Here's a letter about it from 1787
If I ever opened a bookstore in the United States, I would start by filling my shelves with the books that Maruzen Main Branch in Tokyo has chosen to sell in translation
May 18, 2024 at 3:38 AM
If I ever opened a bookstore in the United States, I would start by filling my shelves with the books that Maruzen Main Branch in Tokyo has chosen to sell in translation
Does Sakaguchi Ango have rizz?
May 6, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Does Sakaguchi Ango have rizz?