Marginalia ....

Things that interest me visually...

[theartistsmanifesto]

Heijinja by Toshi Yoshida

[huariqueje]

Osaka River   -   Konen, Uehara   1928

Japanese , 1878-1940

Woodblock print.

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平安神宮/Heianjingu shrine by luna1328

[kawa-akari]

September Wagashi by Miki Nagata (bananagranola)

[therealbohemian]

Amanemu, Shima

[thekimonogallery]

Modern Japanese architecture utilizing their traditional aesthetics.  Amanemu, Shima, Japan

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20151118-102309-DSC05545 by vbo

[dontrblgme2]

Ueno (via Yotta1000)

[vanityfair]

R.I.P. Alan Rickman. You will be remembered. Always. 

Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

[outdoormagic]

Welcome to Gyokusenji temple by Eric

[meansprout]

Sakura Matsuri

[akihmbo]

Woodblock prints of Hasui Kawase

[japaneseaesthetics]

Woodblock prints of Hasui Kawase.   Early 20th century, Japan.  

[arelativenewcomer]

Each of the rain drops has a tale to tell about the sorrows of people about the hardships living things go through about the arrival of sparrows.

Bochō Yamamura (transl. Sato Hiroaki and Burton Watson)

One of the most striking features of shin hanga artists is their ability to convey the atmosphere of intimacy in their works. Anonymous people, whose faces are usually hidden, somehow gain familiarity and become meaningful; one would love to hear the tales they had to tell. 

Todayʼs rainy set consists of (top to bottom, left to right): Sengakuji Temple at Takanawa in Tokyo, by Tsuchiya Koitsu, 1933 [source]; Yushima Tenjin Shrine in Spring Rain, by Kasamatsu Shiro, 1935 [source]; Sudden Rain, by Takahashi Hiroaki, 1927–1935 [source]; Rain at Shuzenji, by Kawase Hasui, 1933 [source]; Kiyomizu in Rain, by Kawase Hasui, 1921 [source]; Uchiyamashita in Rain, by Kawase Hasui, 1923 [source].

[digitalramen]

Artist Sakae spends months on each of her kanzashi hair ornaments.

[todayintokyo]

Shopping street in Asakusa, very early in the morning when shutters are still closed. The branches and pine leaves (top photo) are New Year’s decorations.

[yorkeantiquetextiles]

Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki).  Japanese, Edo period, 18th or 19th century.  Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki), divided diagonally, with plain gold silk on one half and, on the other, a design of linked hexagon pattern (kikkô-mon), chrysanthemums, paulownia, clouds, Chinese deities and a bridge over a river with lotus in blue, green, purple, pink, orange, brown, black and white silk embroidery and gold metallic thread couching on a gold twill-weave silk ground; lined with natural plain-weave hemp or linen with small inscription hand-painted in ink.  Provenance: William Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898.  MFA

[kamishichiken]

Geiko Umeha (source). 

[jpnys]

長谷寺 Hasedera Temple by 写真 太郎