RT @FlyPanAm: Pan Am did extensive recruiting and hiring in Japan and Hawaiāi to obtain Japanese language qualified crews. And did you knowā¦This tweet was posted on August 02, 2020.
See āJaponisme: A Passion for Japanā on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/CsNirkD88g
#Japonisme#Japan#DesignThis tweet was posted on November 28, 2022.
See āJaponisme: A Passion for Japanā on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/CsNirkUbag
#Japonisme#Japan#DesignThis tweet was posted on August 22, 2022.
Shigaraki in Japan craft a variation of #manekineko with a face more similar to a #fox or #dog with one of its hands is upright, while the other is drawn out as if expecting to receive something. #BeckoningCat#cats#caturdayThis tweet was posted on April 28, 2018.
Small utility knives, known as kozuka (å°ę), had long been highly valued craft objects in Japan where they were traditionally cast from fine metals, such as bronze. #Japonisme#knivesThis tweet was posted on October 25, 2022.
Special thank you to Mingei International Museum for their generous loan. "#ManekiNeko: Japan's #BeckoningCats" is on display post-security, in Terminal 3 This tweet was posted on February 02, 2018.
The #Kutani kilns in #Japan were established in the late 1600s, and crafted sculpture for the export market, where the cat was a favorite subject. #caticons #cats #caturday #catThis tweet was posted on October 20, 2018.
The Fender Jazzmaster displayed in #InstrumentalSurf is from a commemorative series released by Fender in 1996 and was Don Wilsonās main guitar for The Venturesā 1998 tour of Japan. This tweet was posted on January 29, 2021.
The Gorham Manufacturing Company added their own sterling silver blade designs, decorated with butterflies, fans, and geometric patterns applied to Western-style utensils. The resulting knives resemble Japanese swords with decorated handles. #Japonisme#Japan#knivesThis tweet was posted on October 25, 2022.
The Gorham Manufacturing Company, along with Tiffany & Company, was a leading manufacturer of precious metals at the height of Japonisme in the late 19th century. #Japonisme#Japan#DesignThis tweet was posted on January 18, 2023.
The early 1970s manga and TV series Kamen Rider had such a strong cultural impact in Japan, that inā¦ http://t.co/ZRkJWlHPCUThis tweet was posted on January 31, 2014.
The first toy robots were made in Japan, but the word 'robot' originated from the Czech language: http://t.co/a57d3ApMOk #JapaneseToysThis tweet was posted on April 30, 2014.
These posters from JAL (Japan Airlines) show the complex instrument panels in a Boeing 747. #AVGeekThis tweet was posted on March 20, 2016.
This exhibition features American and European decorative arts from the 1870s-90s, when Japonisme reached its peak in popularity.
See āJaponisme: A Passion for Japanā on on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/CsNirkUbag
#Japonisme#Japan#DesignThis tweet was posted on May 02, 2022.
This exhibition was made possible by a generous loan from @MingeiMuseum. "Maneki Neko: Japan's Beckoning Cat" is on display post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/yLeWIMd9Kx #ManekiNeko#BeckoningCatsThis tweet was posted on September 04, 2018.
This is your last week to see "Maneki Neko: Japan's Beckoning Cats." During the late Edo period (1615ā1868), Japanese artisans began making maneki neko or beckoning cat figurines. Have you ever encountered a #ManekiNeko? #BeckoningCatsThis tweet was posted on September 04, 2018.
This tile shows three cranes flying above waves, with a full moon and two clouds behind them. The cranes and waves are adapted from a Japanese pot that was displayed as a ājardiniĆØreā at the International Exhibition in London in 1862. #Japonisme#Japan#design#tileThis tweet was posted on February 07, 2023.
This unusual style of #beckoningcat comes from the Hanamaki kilns in northern Japan. Its head is slightly tilted and it grasps a ball in its right hand in a playful gesture. #BeckoningCats#caturdayThis tweet was posted on April 21, 2018.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 1999, we presented "Beauty and Culture: From the Collection of the POLA Research Institute of Beauty and Culture, Tokyo, Japan," which featured the history of Japanese makeup from the 1700s to the 1900s. Do you remember this exhibition? #TBTSFOMThis tweet was posted on January 30, 2020.
Tiffany & Company was Americaās most distinguished artistic goods manufacturer and one of the first to adopt Japanese-influenced decoration, which was lauded as far as Europe and Japan. #Japonisme#Japan#Design#silverThis tweet was posted on October 13, 2022.
Vinyl toys, popularized in the 1950s by Barbie and during Japan's "monster mania" of the 1960s, wereā¦ http://t.co/nWAq651HiEThis tweet was posted on April 09, 2014.
While the British Invasion rocked the United States in the mid 1960s, āVentures-maniaā swept through Japan, where The Ventures outsold The Beatles in record sales by approximately two-to-one. #InstrumentalSurfThis tweet was posted on January 29, 2021.
Who doesn't enjoy a quick, quiet cat nap? These sleeping cat figurines made in Japan in the late 19th to early 20th century look so cute and cozy. #CaticonsThis tweet was posted on February 16, 2019.
With the introduction of flight service to Japan and Asia during the postwar era, beverage service began to incorporate the traditional customs of the cultures from these lands. Have you ever had Japanese-style tea service on an aircraft? #avgeekThis tweet was posted on September 28, 2018.