NATIONAL BIRDS. RICE COMBINATIONS. FASHION AND GENDER IDENTITY.
revelatory (adjective) Revealing something hitherto unknown: “a revelatory experience”
Yo. My name is Duncan Brotherton. I’m a teacher at Kyoto Seika University, but in this class I don’t feel like one. There are a thousand directions a Design Specialized English class can go in, but I chose to stick with what I know, and teach not only English, but also my profession (graphic design) as well. I’m a graphic designer by trade and I also like editorial work, which is why I got these three to the right to make a magazine.
They walk into class all shy and quiet, and I ask “whaddya wanna make a magazine about?” thinking I’ll probably never find out. After a bit of umming and ahhing and some homework, we have ideas like National Birds representing their countries from Morimoto and Dohi is putting some frankly bizzare stuff on her rice while Matsumiya drags out some illustrations of men and women that make you question gender and fashion.
These guys... honestly.
You can’t judge a book by it’s cover. Let these ladies show you in their own way what Revelatory actually means.
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Hello. My name is Ryoko Dohi. I’m a second-year student in the CartoonCourse, Faculty of Manga. I’m from Kyoto city. I like to draw doodles, eat, and sleep. I love the Cookie Run game series: I always play on this app. I swear on my life that a curry bun on rice is the best combination ever. Put on your goggles and try it. It will take you to the heaven.
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Hi my name is Satomi Matsumiya. I’m a second-year student in the Oil painting course faculty of art. I often wear pink overalls (I have three pairs). I think I’m a pretty regular student. You know, the thing that I choose is not related to my major, so my explanations can be careless at times. This magazine gave me a chance to deeper my understanding of gender identity and fashion; I’ll be more diligent after this. Gender and fashion are deeply related to all human lives, including yours.
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Hi! My name is Cheena Morimoto. I’m a second-year student in the Story Manga Course, Faculty of Manga. Im from Muko city in Kyoto. I like to play sports. I belong to the badminton and table tennis clubs at Kyoto Seika University. I also like playing video games in my free time, especially Legend of Zelda and Dragon Quest. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen your own country’s national bird. Let me show you 12 national birds from all over the world.
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Hello. My name is Ryoko Dohi. I’m a student in the Cartoon Course, School of Manga, at Kyoto Seika University. I love eating. Especially I love putting things on the rice. I’m going to introduce you to some rice combinations. I’m like a food scientist. I tried rice with pudding. I regretted the combination when I swallowed. They ignored each other from the first time. It put me in awkward mood. But I received an advice, so I found sweet tasted rice combination.
I want to thank my family, teacher, and friends who gave me idea. And of course I want to thank you guys because you’re reading this page! Thank you very much!
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Egg & Natto “The egg’s mellowness blends together with the natto’s stickiness in perfect harmony. the fermented flavor of the natto matches the raw egg. Their soft songs will unfold in your mouth (and the smell will fill the room. So be careful.)”
Natto is ‘fermented soy beans’. In Japan, people eat it with Soy sauce and Karashi mustard. It is sticky but not slimy, tastes salty, and smells rotten. It is sold in supermarkets at a cheap price. But because of it’s peculiar taste, It is loved by some and hated by others.
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HOW TO 1. Break up & mix the natto with the attached seasoning. 2. Crack egg on the rice. 3. Place natto on top & mix until desired.
Hijiki & Cheese “The hijiki’s seashore aroma with the soy sauce’s saltiness are wrapped gently in a cheesy smell. This combination of land and sea will dance the waltz on your tongue.”
Hijiki is ‘short black, thin seaweed’. It is has no taste, but smell is like the seashore. Almost all of it is sold as dry food in supermarkets. It is reconstituted, and eaten as a side dish. In many cases, it has been stir fried and seasoned with soy sauce.
HOW TO 1. Reconstitue the hijiki for 20 minute to 30 minute. 2. Stir fry the hijiki and season with soy sauce. 3. Place hijiki on top of the rice and cover with cheese. 4. Warm them in the microwave.
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Flaked Mackerel, Bancha Tea & Wasabi “The mackerel’s richness surfs the spicy tea wave. The wasabi is dangerous, but excites your tongue.”
Wasabi is ‘a strong horse radishlike fragrance plant from Japan’. That root is ground into paste and seasoning, but you can eat stem, leaf, and flower. In here, it meaning for the pasted seasoning. It has sharp smell, and you will burn your tongue and your nose. Bancha is ‘coarse tea’ in Japanese. It is often drunk at home.
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HOW TO 1. Put the flaked mackerel on the rice. 2. Pour the Bancha over them. 3. Put the wasabi paste in, and mix .
Jako & Worcester Sauce “The strong taste of the Worcestershire sauce will dance energetic on the stage of your tongue. The Jako will clap politely with their firm texture that liquidly Worcester sauce don’t have.”
Jako are ‘small, dried whitebait’. They are usually eaten on rice or cooked in a side dish. Each one has a subtle flavor, but you will realize when eaten together, they have a faint sweetness and firm taste.
HOW TO 1. Sprinkle the Jako on the rice. 2. Pour Worcester sauce over them.
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Katsuobushi, Soy Sauce & Mayonnaise “The mayonnaise will wrap around your tongue like blanket. Someone puts the TV on, and the Katsuobushi and the soy sauce are starting in a comedy show. You enjoy it from the soft bedding.”
Katsuobushi is ‘Dried bonito shavings’. They are usually eaten as an ingredient in rice balls. Because of their smokey flavor, they are also used for waking soup stock. Their taste is rich, but little salty.
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HOW TO 1. Sprinkle the Katsuobushi on the rice. 2. Add the mayonnaise to taste. 3. Pour the soy sauce over them.
Curry Bun “This is my favorite combination of two staple in Japan. The bun will melt into the curry rice. It is sweet and it will mix with a spicy taste. They will act like friends who have been fated from ancient times. You will regret it if you don’t eat it.”
Curry bun is curry in the bun. It is usually called ‘curry pan’ in Japanese. Pan means ‘bread’ in Japanese. Unlikely other curry, it’s pastey, so it doesn’t spill. They are sold in supermarkets and convenience stores, at cheap prices. they are not spicy.
HOW TO 1. Warm the curry doughnut for five minutes in the oven. 2. Put it on the rice.
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Milk Porridge, Raisins & Honey “The sweet milk penetrates the rice. The raisin flowers bloom around nutrient-rich rice field. There is flavor of honey in your mouth. It feels like the bees bring honey to your mouth.”
Milk porridge isn’t famous in Japan, but it is the through out in the world. We can see from wikipedia, that it is popular for children in Spanish speaking countries.
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HOW TO 1. Sprinkle the Katsuobushi on the rice. 2. Add the mayonnaise to taste. 3. Pour the soy sauce over them.
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Why I chose this theme is because when I go to bookstores, the nook for fashion only contains magazines for either males or females. There’s no place for neutral people who don’t to fit into a straight sexual line. Recently, with the internet being everywhere all the time, publishers rush to sell their magazines. For example, they’re always checking up on new color eyeshadows and searching the likability ratings for actors and models so they can report their story. Magazines for teenagers are especially place emphasis on mote (モテ) (which is popularity or likeability in Japanese). Maybe this is why most young people don’t go on dates. My pages are for people who want to escape from imposed sexual stereotypes.
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Her name comes from the chemical element Radium (the glowing green in her eyes) and Xenon (also because it glows). I first drew her when I was a junior high school student. Originally, I never pictured her in clothes. But for this illustration, I chose some clothes I thought would suit her. She has a loose-fitting hoodie from BALMUNG with comfortable, long jeans and sneakers. She wears either big garments, or ones that fit snugly, and nothing between. She dosen’t care about sexual identity. That dosen’t exist in her world.
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Tungsten’s name comes from the chemical element. I first drew him when I was a junior high school student. Originally, he wasn’t wearing a top. Because I went through the bother of choosing his clothes, maybe he would take them off it in the middle of his job (he is a machinist). Originally he is a cisgender and a heterosexual. But he doesn’t care about sexual identity. It dosen’t exist in his world.
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This is Argon Meither, Junk Resistance No.324. I originally drew him a long time ago, and this is the only image that remains. You may wonder what the numbers mean: this is an identification number. Someone who wanted to perform certain experiments brought them together in one place as human guinea pigs. They are all helpless orphans.
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Hi, I’m Cheena Morimoto. I’m majoring in story manga at Kyoto Seika University. I want to introduce you to national birds. The reason why I chose to research about them is because I love birds very much. I especially like their round eyes, beautiful feather colors and their twitters.
Do you know what national birds are? They’re symbols of difference countries. The Japanese national bird is the “Kiji”, or ‘pheasant’ in English. It was enacted in April 1947 as the Japanese national bird, because they’re indigenous to Japan. Almost all people think that the crane is the Japanese national bird, however they’re migratory bird, unlike the pheasant. So we can see the Kiji through out the year and they’re popular among Japanese people.
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National birds are generally enacted by organs of the state or academic organizations of birds. In case of Japan, the pheasant was enacted by the Ornithological Society of Japan. However, did you know there are also national animals? They include birds, butterflies and fish. Can you guess the Japanese national butterfly and fish? They’re the “Oomurasaki” or ‘great purple emperors’ in English and the “Nishikigoi “or ‘varicolored carps’ in English.
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Currently a lot of national birds are on the verge of extinction from overhunting, deforestation, pesticide pollution and the list goes on. There are ever extinct national birds. The dodo, which is the national bird of Republic of Mauritius became extinct in 1681. From my research, I realized again that we have to reconsider how to coexist with animals and nature.
In the following pages, I will show you 12 national birds I have researched from all over the world. Once you see them, you won’t be able to forget them. Let me show you two birds from each continents.
Asia Japan
Kiji (Japanese Pheasant) Length: males 81cm, females 58cm
They’re not good at flying, but they can run very fast. We can see them in arable land, mountains regions and riverbed. Their feather markings are very beautiful and I like their gallant faces.
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Asia Singapore
Sunbird (Crimson Sunbird) Length: males 12~15cm, females 9~10cm
They have awesome red feathers on their chest and yellow feathers around their legs. They eat mainly invertebrates and nectar. I like their big round eyes and I can’t forget their very beautiful feathers after seeing. But many Singaporeans think cranes are Singapore national bird because they can see cranes at buildings everywhere and every times.
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Oceania Kiribati
Eitei (Frigatebird) Length: 70~110cm
They’re good at flying for long time. The males have a big dewlap, which is the skin on a bird throat. They inflate it like balloon to court female frigatebirds. Their vivid red dewlap is so lovely. I’d like to see a frigatebird inflating it’s dewlap.
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Oseania New Zealand
Brown Kiwi Length: 50cm
They can’t fly. They were named by the Maori because of their bodies look like kiwi fruits and their call sounds like “kiwi”. I like their round bodies and whisker-like feathers. When I studied abroad in New Zealand, I wasn’t able see wild kiwis. I will absolutely try to see them next time.
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South America Paraguay
Pájaro con Garganta Desnuda (Bare-throated Bellbird) Length: 28cm
They don’t have any feathers around their eyes and down their throats, and their call sounds like metal being clanged with a hammer: “ding”. That’s why they are called ‘Bare-throated Bellbird’. I like their stupid faces and their calls are interesting but actually annoying. In fact, you can keep them as a pet in your house. I recommend you keep one as an alarm clock like a rooster.
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South America Peru
Tunki (Andean cock-of-the-rock) Length: 30cm
They have very unique crests. Female’s crests are smaller and their feathers are duller than males. Males dance floors called ‘Recks’ from sticks and dance there to court female Tunki. When I saw their faces at first, I laughed. Their face from the front are funnier: their head looks like a triangle.
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Europe Romania
Pelicani Albi (White Pelican) Length: 160cm
Their feathers are usually white, but in breeding seasons, their whole bodies became pink. They can keep 10liters of water in their dewlaps. I’m really interested in their name because the English name is White Pelican but the Japanese name is Momoiro Pelican. Momoiro means pink. The different points of view are interesting.
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Europe Belgium
Torenvalk (Common Kestrel) Length: 30~35cm
They have very cute faces. But they’re a kind of falcon, so they mainly eat small birds, insects, frogs and earthworms in contrast to their cute appearances. You can keep them as a pet in your house but it’s very hard to take care of them. I like their feather markings on their wings and the color. I can’t take my eyes off them.
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Central America Guatemala
Quetzal (Resplendent Quetzal) Length: 35cm
Quetzal is the currency used in Guatemala. They are called the most beautiful bird in the world by many people. The Hinotori drawn by Osamu Tezuka, was based on this bird. I’m fascinated their very beautiful jade green color. I think they’re just like a living jewel.
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Central America Nicaragua
PĂĄjaro Bobo (Turquoise-browed Motmot) Length: 34cm
They dig a hole and build a nest in it. They eat mainly insects and small reptiles but they catch mice and snakes, then they take them back to their nests. Finally, they nail them to branch and eat them. When I read about this the first time, I couldn’t believe it because they have such cute faces.
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Africa
Papagiao-cinzento (Gray Parrot) Length: 33cm
They’re the most intelligent of the all the parakeets. It is said that they can speak words like child at five years old. In 2016 they were prohibited from international trade by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). So it became to get them. I’d love to communication with one and feel relaxed sometime.
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Africa Namibia
Crimson-breasted Shrike Length22~23cm
Namibia used to be a Germany territory and their black and vivid red feathers are reminiscent of Germany’s national flag, so they were chosen as national bird of Namibia. They’re not so big, but I guess they’re very impressive in the wild because their color is so strong.
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Revelatory Specialized English Manga and Oil Painting Courses Kyoto Seika University October 2017 - January 2018
RICE COMBINATIONS Ryoko Dohi
EGG & NATTO HIJIKI & CHEESE FLAKED MACKEREL, BANCHA TEA & WASABI JAKO & WORCESTER SAUCE KATSUOBUSHI, SOY SAUCE & MAYONNAISE CURRY BUN MILK PORRIDGE, RAISINS & HONEY
FASHION AND GENDER IDENTITY Satomi Matsumiya
LAZIE XENONNE TUNGSTEN WOLFRAM ASTLIA BERKELEY CALCITE ARGON MEITHER
NATIONAL BIRDS Cheena Morimoto KIJI SUNBIRD EITEI BROWN KIWI PÁJARO CON GARGANTA DESNUDA TUNKI PELICANI ALBI TORENVALK QUETZAL PÁJARO BOBO PAPAGIAO-CINZENTO CRIMSON-BREASTED SHRIKE
All text and images written and illustrated by students. Compiled by Duncan Brotherton (course instructor). Published in February, 2018 Published by THIRD EYE PRESS Facebook: THIRD EYE PRESS