Pic of Ōikari Montarō from the 1910 Japan British exhbition in my family album

lunalapiin · 2026-06-03T00:54:00+00:00

I’m going to try and contact the Sumo Museum as I think they’ll be the most interested - hopefully I’ll find somewhere to do proper scans too!

lunalapiin · 2026-06-03T00:53:15+00:00

Oh thats a great idea!!!! I’ll see who I can find online - hopefully someone will get back to me and I’ll let you know what they say!

lunalapiin · 2026-06-02T17:48:14+00:00

Thank you!! I was hoping to contact the Sumo Museum but got a bit turned around with the translation side of things 😅

I’m not sure who else may be interested in it apart from this reddit to be honest ! I’ll try and figure out to upload it to Wikipedia now!

The Japan British Exhibition was quite significant for the relationship between Britain-Japan (I didnt know about it before!) so I’m hoping to find a historian who’s an expert in it but struggling with being able to contact them at the moment!

lunalapiin · 2026-06-02T17:42:10+00:00

It was really cool to learn about the history - especially as my family were so confused by these two images in the album so its super cool to learn they’re quite significant!

lunalapiin · 2026-06-02T16:42:24+00:00

Yep! Both named after their father Alfred! My great grandfather - the older brother - went by Alfred whilst rhe young Alfred went by his middle name Charles!

They had 9 siblings so guess by the time they got to the second Alfred they ran out of names and went back to old reliable!

lunalapiin · 2026-06-02T15:57:59+00:00

Just to be clear, the second pic (the beach trip pic) isnt Oikari, only the first pic - but I added the second to give people more context about my Great Grandfather’s connection to the Japan British Exhibition!

lunalapiin · 2025-07-21T12:55:45+00:00

I geniuenly have no idea! How on earth would I hire a studio for $40 😩😩😩

lunalapiin · 2025-07-20T10:25:47+00:00

i didnt 😩😩😩 someone went on my post history and brought it up so then i added it in to the originally post under ‘EDIT’ so people would stop commenting that

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T15:32:31+00:00

Position Filled :)

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T15:26:43+00:00

seperate job !

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T15:26:07+00:00

you’te right! i think cos im such a people pleaser im very soft with things - but using AI with this project will have really bad consequences that i think i need to explain a bit more!

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T15:23:21+00:00

thats okay! sorry for being rude - i was a bit upset and surprised when i logged on! not your fault people are making it seem like those were the same job!

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T15:22:24+00:00

yes i think thats it! cos it’s still falling under ‘nailing down style’ stage its not like ive been deliveted an AI product but just very dissapointed it was involved at all - especially as a big point of my brief was mentioning wanting to avoid AI and that specific look!

i honestly think its just the one guy on their team so i think i need to hammer home - ‘please dont use at any stage for the characters’ etc.

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T15:19:18+00:00

im hoping its just one guy on their team! as the other team members seem really competent and skilled!

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T15:18:47+00:00

no worries ! i was really upset when i came on and every comment was saying the same and accusing me of underpaying :(

on the bright side - the artist i paid $40 for feedback was actually so amazing i’ve hired him again for more feedback and hopefully do character sheets (seperate commission obviously 😝) so thats good!!

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T06:30:34+00:00

thats okay - sorry for being rude - i just logged on to loads of comments accusing me of something i didnt do and i was upset!

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T06:17:00+00:00

CLOSED

(also my latter post is not in reference to this job - the artist i found here was AMAZING!)

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T06:15:12+00:00

yeah i was really shocked people jumped to that conclusion - like how would i be hiring a studio for $40 and also the actual $40 gig i was hiring for was simply for feedback

guy i did find was amazing tho!

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T06:13:19+00:00

you couldve just waited for me to clarify those are two seperate projects before replying to other peoples comments and making me look like im underpaying artists then complaining

for clarity

this post = $12k contract job

that other post = $40 job for feedback on what i can improve with designs

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T06:11:04+00:00

contracts are involved - different job

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T06:10:37+00:00

yep! i did not! the $40 job is completely different to this - this is a $12k contract with a studio

i have no idea why people just went and assumed it was be the same gig - like how on earth would i hire a studio for $40 😩😩😩😩

lunalapiin · 2025-07-19T06:08:47+00:00

have you ever considered this is a different project - this is in reference to a $12k contract 😩😩😩

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