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An Unnervingly Life-Like Japanese Doll from the 1800s
- csours 10y agoIs atlas obscura a HN company?
- et-al 10y agoIt used to be a oddities and curiosities blog much in the realm of the Mütter Museum in Philly, or the Museum of Jurassic Technology in LA, but apparently David Plotz from Slate joined as CEO two years ago [0]. And according to Crunchbase, they raised $2 million last year [1] for the reboot we see now. I am surprised to see how often it's linked here, but I guess they're doing a good job of broadening their focus and turning "Atlas Obscura into a National Geographic of the 21st century." [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/10/09/former-slate-editor-david-plotz-takes-job-atop-atlas-obscura/?utm_term=.ea149d515326 https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/10/... [1] https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/f16958850037f69cbb15bb95c0223953 https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/f16958850037f69cbb1...
- mkoryak 10y agoInteresting, But why don't they have any pictures of it that are more recent?
- ChoGGi 10y agoThey wanted to show older ones I'd imagine? https://www.google.com/search?q=Hananuma+Masakichi https://www.google.com/search?q=Hananuma+Masakichi
- verytrivial 10y agoAnyone else seeing a bunch of drive-by Android app install attempts at that URL?
- tomcam 10y agoDon't know why they keep calling it a doll. I regard it as one of the most stunning sculptures in the world. It is magnificent and I can never understand how it was made. Each piece had to be perfect.
- _0ffh 10y agoWhy do I always land at the very end of the page when clicking atlas obscura links?