舞台（お神楽）
Originally uploaded by nofrills
The new year music was about to start. But we didn't stay after we made our prayers as it was pretty cold and my mom was not very well.
At my local Shinto shrine.
1 January, 2012
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Showing posts with label traditional. Show all posts
1 January 2012
舞台（お神楽）
舞台（お神楽）
Originally uploaded by nofrills
19 August 2007
すだれと朝顔
すだれと朝顔
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
すだれ is barred lattice of bamboo, according to Eijiro dictionary. It blocks sunshine and let the wind through. We hung it outside of the window, not inside, just during summer. The owner of this house have planted some morning glory too, so it's double glaze for summer.
What's the story?
What's the story?
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Morning glory is very often seen in Japan in summer. When I was six or seven years old, my school gave us the seed for each of us to plant at our houses, in order to see how the plant grows. It's part of elementary scientific education.
Morning glory is called 朝顔 ("asa gao") in Japan, which literally means "morning face". Two or three centuries ago, it was like tulips in Europe -- everybody was so keen on the plant and there was a huge craze.
The owner of this house in this picture seems to be keeping a very traditional (and reasonable) way. If you plant some morning glory and let it grow on the wall, the leaves will block sunshine and make the house cooler.
12 May 2005
sorry this is blurred
sorry this is blurred
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A pattern (somewhat "traditional") on a zabuton (cushion) at the restaurant.
23 April 2005
plum branch
plum branch
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
picture taken on 08 April 2005.
A big branch of a plum tree and some cherry blossoms in the background.
Prunus mume, or ume in Japanese, is plum. They bloom a few weeks earlier than cherries (sakura). This tree had almost finished its blossom season.
The most famous image of ume is, I believe, the one by a painter/designer Ogata Korin. I searched of an image or two and found this and this.
I am always amazed by how Korin captured the strength of this tree, especially the solid branches.
And I tried to capture the Korin-ish image with my compact camera, and didn't do very well.
3 April 2005
stone-and-concrete wall
stone-and-concrete wall
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
this style of wall used to be very common - when I was 6 years old or so - but rapidly disappearing.
somewhere in Tokyo, Japan.
24 December 2004
the exhibition was this
the exhibition was this
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
ART OF THE JAPANESE POSTCARD.
held in Tokyo until 12 December ...
Sadly enough, these beautiful cards are not in Japan now, but in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA.
another poster on site 2
another poster on site 2
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
left: a female student
middle: a dog (by Sugiura Hisui)
you see a distinct influence from art-noubeau on the left one. In the middle is a work of Sugiura Hisui, one of the top designer at the time (about a hundred years ago).
another poster on site
another poster on site
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
printed on fabric.
left: a snob (about a hundred years ago)
right: beach, by Sugiura Hisui
poster on the pillar
poster on the pillar
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
at the National Postal Museum (Tei-park). The poster is for this special exhibition.
27 November 2004
19 October 2004
historical showcase
bookstore 8
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
This store has a stockpile of historical maps and printings. Not an ordinary used book store but a collectable-lovers friendly one.
big lanturn
big lanturn
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
It reads "Yasukuni-dori shoten-gai rengo-kai," which means "Commercial Shops Coalition along Yasukuni Street."
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