Bill W. ([info]wrascalism) wrote in [info]vintage_ads,
2010-11-24 16:35:00
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Nun Shall Pass!

This poster advises passengers not to rush on to the train at the last moment.

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Tokyo Subway System 1979

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[info]atheistkathleen

November 25 2010, 00:43:15 UTC 1 year ago

...cause you might accidentally crush a tiny nun lol

[info]misstiajournal

November 25 2010, 00:47:33 UTC 1 year ago Edited:  November 25 2010, 00:47:57 UTC

that's like a giant trying to get on the subway....is that nun gonna realize later that that guy was like 6 stories tall and was trying to get tree fiddy from her?

[info]luke_russell

November 25 2010, 01:07:50 UTC 1 year ago

That nun looks oddly Islamic. How strange, as if all religions have been morphed into a single look.

[info]keristars

November 25 2010, 01:16:51 UTC 1 year ago

It's like a combination of Catholic imagery and miko imagery. The Catholic wimple with a black kimono, I think? it looks like there's black hakama though you can't really see pleating at the bottom and the way it's all black makes it difficult to discern the individual pieces. Or maybe miko wear headwraps like that, too. It's just that I'd normally associate miko with red and white, and Catholics nuns with black and white, so.

[info]wrascalism

November 25 2010, 01:52:30 UTC 1 year ago

I thought the outfit had a much more Shinto look to it.

[info]keristars

November 25 2010, 02:13:41 UTC 1 year ago

Maybe that's it, then! I'm only vaguely aware of Japanese religious imagery. I know the miko because they kept showing up on Wikipedia when I was reading about kimono and stuff, and also they're kind of iconic, but that's about it. I guess Shinto is the next course in my Wikipedia degree program.

[info]lilacsigil

November 25 2010, 05:50:21 UTC 1 year ago

You're right that miko wear red and white, but she's not a miko (a young shrine attendant), she's a Buddhist nun, or ama. There are Catholic nuns in Japan, too, but they look like Catholic nuns everywhere else, some in habits and some in casual clothes.

[info]keristars

November 25 2010, 05:53:11 UTC 1 year ago

Thanks for the information! Like I said in reply to [info]wrascalism, I know about miko because they're sort of iconic, and besides which they kept showing up when I was reading Wikipedia articles about kimono and other Japanese traditional clothing, but I don't really know much about Japanese religious traditions. So I guess that'll be my next course at Wikipedia school. ;)

I like learning about that kind of thing anyway, so it's good that I now know of a gap in my knowledge that needs filling. :D

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[info]hootie_mcboobs

November 25 2010, 01:16:49 UTC 1 year ago

Socks and sandals, tsk tsk. That would drive me crazy.

"Nun shall pass," ha!

[info]petalbentdevil

November 25 2010, 01:22:56 UTC 1 year ago

"Nun shall pass," ha!

BRB, laughing hysterically.

[info]hootie_mcboobs

November 25 2010, 01:27:24 UTC 1 year ago

I know, right? The more I look at it, the funnier it gets. I think we need a "Best Post Title" contest.

[info]wrascalism

November 25 2010, 01:51:49 UTC 1 year ago

I pun, therefore I am.

[info]petalbentdevil

November 25 2010, 02:06:22 UTC 1 year ago

IA.

[info]weelisa

November 25 2010, 02:42:35 UTC 1 year ago

I think the socks are adapted to sandals - they wouldn't be as uncomfortable or "pully" as a pair of our socks.

[info]hootie_mcboobs

November 25 2010, 02:58:49 UTC 1 year ago

Or perhaps she just picked up a pair of these:

http://www.flipflopsocks.com/

I hate wearing flip flops on a good day. Adding socks to the equations gives me the willies.

[info]adrienneee

November 25 2010, 04:21:34 UTC 1 year ago

Aren't these basically just tabi socks? You know, like ninjas wear?

[info]bernthewitch

November 25 2010, 06:44:04 UTC 1 year ago

Yeah, they are *actually* tabi socks :/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabi

And I think they're damned cute (but then I think all Japanese anything is damned cute and amazing)

[info]franklanguage

1 year ago

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[info]bernthewitch

November 25 2010, 06:42:22 UTC 1 year ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *dies*

[info]bougieman

November 25 2010, 02:18:25 UTC 1 year ago

HAHAHA! He's huge! The only way he's gonna get on that train is if he rides it to work like a skateboard! ^_^

[info]weelisa

November 25 2010, 02:43:10 UTC 1 year ago

This ad makes the assumption that stepping on a nun is a ~bad~ thing... ;p

[info]charlotterhys

November 25 2010, 05:04:24 UTC 1 year ago

That is my background picture now.

[info]antifrenzy

November 25 2010, 05:10:34 UTC 1 year ago

I really want this as a poster. I think it's gorgeous, but I am also a total sucker for Japanese graphic arts and advertisements.

[info]keristars

November 25 2010, 05:54:37 UTC 1 year ago

I just discovered pinktentacle.com this evening, which seems to be a site dedicated to Japanese design and graphic arts! Do you know of it? If not, you might like to spend a few hours going through the archives. :P

[info]antifrenzy

December 1 2010, 14:43:22 UTC 1 year ago

Oooh, thanks for the tip! :)

[info]bernthewitch

November 25 2010, 06:44:45 UTC 1 year ago

This is AWESOME. Great find.
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