天文古玩

In my opinion, that is no doubt a stereotype. It can also be seen in the world-first science fiction movie, A trip to the Moon.

The movie features four astronomers who clothes are no different to astrologist. However the wrong setting may answer the question (asked by the viewers) of who they are. It give the viewers a clean message: those are astronomers, though the image is far from the reality.

For drawing, this one is one of the very best I have seen.

Ota Chou, 'Women Observing the Stars' (hoshi wo miru josei), 1936, 273 x 206 cm, paper, Natl. Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. (20 cm refractor at Natl. Science Museum in Ueno)

http://home.europa.com/~telscope/otachou.jpg

太田聴雨の名作。私も大好きな作品です。
日本の天文ファンにとっては、昔、切手になったことで有名かもしれません。

ところで、この女性たちは、いったい何を観測しているのだろう？という議論を、以前どこかで読んだぞ…と思って検索したら、おなじみの「かすてん」さんの所でした。およよ。自分の記憶力のなさに愕然としました。

http://kasuten.blog81.fc2.com/blog-entry-718.html

'A trip to the Moon'については、改めて記事として取り上げたいと思います。毎度情報提供感謝！

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(Thanks again for that! I know it is not easy to write something, collecting information, typing the worlds... time consuming!)