1.0東京国立近代美術館https://www.momat.go.jp/enogawaahttps://www.momat.go.jp/en/author/ogawaarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fCfsVOrYL8"><a href="https://www.momat.go.jp/en/collection/j00035">Women Observing Stars</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.momat.go.jp/en/collection/j00035/embed#?secret=fCfsVOrYL8" width="600" height="338" title="“Women Observing Stars” — 東京国立近代美術館" data-secret="fCfsVOrYL8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.momat.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/J00035_0001.jpg600800Why are these women gathered around the telescope wearing kimono with different seasonal patterns – orchards, peonies, chrysanthemums, and maple trees? Perhaps they are intended to be symbols of the seasons and the picture is an attempt to depict the difficult to convey notion of the movement of heavenly bodies. Incidentally, the instrument the women are using is the first genuine astronomical telescope, with an eight-inch diameter, to be made in Japan. It was produced by the Japan Optical Industries Company – known today as the Nikon Corporation. It was installed in the Tokyo Science Museum (now the National Museum of Nature and Science) in 1931 and remained in use […]