29/05/2026
🦊🇯🇵 Learn Japanese with Kiko!
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Japanese counters can be tricky… but let’s start with the basics!
👦 ひとり hitori = one person
🐒 いっぴき ippiki = one small animal
🦆 いちわ ichiwa = one bird
🐂 いっとう ittou = one large animal
🖼 Ukiyo-e:
- Kunisada, “Suruga Take-suji Zaiku: Mushi-uri, Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII”, 19th century
- Yosh*toshi, Yosh*toshi musha burui, 1883
- Hiroshige, Jumantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857
- Hiroshige II, “Takanawa Coast,” from Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital, 1862