![]() It’s also available in a round version in copper for $82. For a DIY hand mirror inspired by this design, go to The Merry Thought.Ībove: Berlin multimedia artist Sarah Illenger’s Ping Pong mirror is made of wood and acrylic glass €120 ($144.82).Ībove: Another standing design, the BoConcept Hand Mirror has a maple handle and is 13 1/2 inches tall $29 from BoConcept.Ībove: A clean-lined classic, Brook Farm General Store’s 9.5-inch-tall Hand Mirror is made in Germany of waxed beechwood $35.Ībove: The aluminum Mirror Mirror by Danish design studio Hay is $82 from Finnish Design Shop. It’s 14 inches tall and available for $325 in the materials shown from A+R Store. Available in five colors, they’re $50 each.Ībove: The Reflection Hand Mirror is rimmed in matte black metal and has a sheesham wood handle $19.95 from CB2.Ībove: The freestanding Maru Hand Mirror by Ladies & Gentlemen Studio of Seattle is backed in brass and mounted on a handle made of brass (shown), copper, or aluminum with a wood core. These eight are perfect for start-of-the year self scrutiny.Ībove: New York design studio Good Thing makes its Utility Mirror by polishing stainless steel to a mirror sheen and dipping it in industrial rubber for a colorful grip. But for those who like to sit and reflect í la fairy-tale stepmothers and mermaids, hand mirrors are starting to make a comeback in a sleek new guise. Once the essential vanity topper, hand mirrors have become almost obsolete–quaint relics to prop on a dresser or cluster on a wall. Icon - Check Mark A check mark for checkbox buttons. Icon - Twitter Twitters brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Pinterest Pinterests brand mark for use in social sharing icons. flipboard Icon - Instagram Instagrams brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Facebook Facebooks brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Email Used to indicate an emai action. Icon - Search Used to indicate a search action. Icon - Zoom In Used to indicate a zoom in action on a map. Icon - Zoom Out Used to indicate a zoom out action on a map. Icon - Location Pin Used to showcase a location on a map. ![]() Icon - Dropdown Arrow Used to indicate a dropdown. Icon - Close Used to indicate a close action. Icon - Down Chevron Used to indicate a dropdown. Icon - Message The icon we use to represent an email action. Icon - External Link An icon we use to indicate a button link is external. Icon - Arrow Right An icon we use to indicate a leftwards action. 70 also Index-'Mirror.8 Favorites: Modern Hand Mirrors - Remodelista Icon - Arrow Left An icon we use to indicate a rightwards action. " Before this the two Gods Ama-terasu no Oho-kami and In the same passage Uzume calls it "a deity more illustrious than thine (the Sun-Goddess's) augustness." When the Sun-Goddess and Musubi sent down Ninigi to rule the earth they gave him the yatakagami, saying: "Regard this mirror exactly as our mitama, and reverence it as if reverencing us." The Nihongi adds: "Let it be with thee on thy couch and in thy hall, and let it be to thee a holy mirror." The yatakagami is frequently spoken of as if it were the Sun-Goddess herself, and is even called " the Great God of Ise." Another sun-mirror received an independent worship at Kumano. It is mentioned in the Kojiki among the offerings made to the Sun-Goddess to propitiate her after her retirement to the Rock-cave of Heaven. The mythical notices of the yatakagami represent it in various aspects. ![]() Ama no hihoko is stated to have brought a sun-mirror from that country in B.C. It appears from the Nihongi that similar mirrors were honoured in Korea. It is also called the hi-kagami (sun-mirror) or hi-gata no kagami (sun-form-mirror). Yatakagami.-The shintai of the Sun-Goddess is a mirror, sometimes called the yatakagami, or eight-hand-mirror, probably because it had a number of leaves or projections round it. Much to Motoöri's indignation, they say bluntly that she was a mortal empress who reigned in a locality on earth called Takama no hara (the Plain of High Heaven). Yet I have before me a 'History of the Empire of Japan,' compiled by doctors of the Imperial University, and published in 1893 by order of the Japanese Government, which speaks of the principles of rice-culture and the arts of weaving, mining, and of making swords, hats, and pantaloons being known in the reign of Ama-terasu. The "Deity of the Sun," would have escaped the temerarious touch of the Euhemerist.
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