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An exhibition of Japanese girl (shojo) culture in Australia

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  • With rings on their fingers and bells on their toes
    Scattered troughout the exhibition are rings from the collection of Megan Rose. These oversized pieces sparkle as the light hits them. There is a profusion of… Continue Reading →
  • Shojo Bibliotheca
    At the center of our work is the figure of the reading girl. For the UTAS version of our exhibition, we were able to take advantage… Continue Reading →
  • Tea dressed as Barbara from Genshin, by Kitkat Photography: Photoshoot in Fryer Library
    Tea (Instagram @te.a.cos) dressed as Barabara from Genshin, by Kitkat Photography (Instagram @ kitkat_photog) As part of the closing events of the physical exhibition in 2021, we… Continue Reading →
  • Book of early translations of Japanse fairy tales, by Kitkat Photography
    As part of the closing events of the physical exhibition in 2021, we invited cosplayers and lovers of Japanese fashion cultures, as well as photographers, to… Continue Reading →
  • Tea dressed as Barbara from Genshin, by Kitkat Photography: Photoshoot in Fryer Library
    Tea (Instagram @te.a.cos) dressed as Barabara from Genshin, by Kitkat Photography (Instagram @ kitkat_photog) As part of the closing events of the physical exhibition in 2021,… Continue Reading →
  • Blythe
    Blythe doll ‘Gillian’s Dream’ 2018Collection of Megan Rose In my dreams, I find myself in Ginza. The swan boats, the beautiful restaurants, the glittering lights as… Continue Reading →
  • looking at the gothic shojo
    excerpt from “Girls in Lace Dresses: the Intersections of Gothic in Japanese Youth Fiction and Fashion” by Emerald L King, Lucy Fraser in New Directions in… Continue Reading →
  • Like a teatray in the sky
    The walls of the University of Queensland version of Maidens Sans Frontiers were papered with a collection of postcards, fliers, and photocopies that I have collected… Continue Reading →
  • What is shojo? 箪笥 장화, 홍련 
    In one of our exit survey responses (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2TWK6S9 we will pass your feedback on to our sponsors – The Japan Foundation Sydney, The University of Queensland… Continue Reading →
  • Karrie wearing Mary Magdalene, by Kitkat Photography: Photoshoot in Fryer Library
    Karrie (Instagram @ tangled.larper) in Lolita fashion brand Mary Magdalene, by Kitkat Photography (Instagram @ kitkat_photog) As part of the closing events of the physical exhibition… Continue Reading →
  • Karrie wearing Mary Magdalene, by Kitkat Photography: Photoshoot in Fryer Library
    Karrie (Instagram @ tangled.larper) in Lolita fashion brand Mary Magdalene, by Kitkat Photography (Instagram @ kitkat_photog) As part of the closing events of the physical exhibition… Continue Reading →
  • Karrie wearing Mary Magdalene, by Kitkat Photography: Photoshoot in Fryer Library
    Karrie (Instagram @ tangled.larper) in Lolita fashion brand Mary Magdalene, by Kitkat Photography (Instagram @ kitkat_photog) As part of the closing events of the physical exhibition… Continue Reading →
  • Oscar’s Dress
    Some of you may be familiar with Ikeda Riyoko’s Rose of Versailles and it’s cross dressing, swash buckling hero,  Oscar François de Jarjayes. Oscar is the… Continue Reading →
  • Queenie Chan’s Borderless Shojo
    Queenie Chan is a Hong Kong-born Australian comic artist. Her trilogy, The Dreaming, published by TOKYOPOP (2005) is held in the Fryer Library at UQ. It… Continue Reading →
  • Takehisa Yumeji Bookplate
    Bookplate featuring art by Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934), whose paintings influenced shōjo (girls’) art and manga styles. This was found in the UQ Fryer library, part of… Continue Reading →
  • Collectible tin featuring Tezuka Osamu’s Princess Knight / 手塚治虫「リボンの騎士」(Emily Wakeling)
    Collectible tin featuring Tezuka Osamu’s Princess Knight / 手塚治虫「リボンの騎士」
    Collectible tin featuring Tezuka Osamu’s Princess Knight / 手塚治虫「リボンの騎士」(Emily Wakeling)
  • Kiki from Kiki’s Delivery Service by Tessu. Photography by Nadia. Cosplay images are displayed onscreen at the UQ Central Library exhibition.
    Kiki from Kiki’s Delivery Service by Nadia
    Kiki from Kiki’s Delivery Service by Nadia. Photography by Tessu. Cosplay images are displayed onscreen at the UQ Central Library exhibition. This image of Nadia was taken at… Continue Reading →

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