Ichijoji
Sumi-e, strategy and swordsmanship - inspired by the arts of Miyamoto Musashi
Friday, 31 December 2010
Year of the Usagi
›
Helmet with large hare's ear crest, probably made of lacquered linen or paper Happy New Year! Perhaps confusingly, Japan starts th...
1 comment:
Sunday, 26 December 2010
The Beautiful Women of Uemura Shoen
›
Exhibition flyer showing the famous work, 'Start of the Dance' 1938 The recent exhibition of Uemura Shoen’s (1875-1949) wor...
Monday, 20 December 2010
The Symbolism of Yagyu Tsuba
›
Suigetsu Marunami General remarks This is just a rather general introduction to the symbolism of ...
4 comments:
Sunday, 12 December 2010
The Samurai Mind - in my bookstore now
›
I had a nice surprise today as I was browsing through the local English language bookstore - it was seeing this on the shelf. If you check t...
3 comments:
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Yagyu Renyasai and the Yagyu Tsuba
›
Miyamoto Musashi might be the best known, but he was not the only bugeisha who was intimately connected with the visual arts: Yagyu Renyasai...
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Bird and Flower Painting in Nara
›
Kano Motonobu 1555 I was lucky enough to get to make a quick trip down to Nara a couple of weeks ago to pop in to the Nara Prefectural M...
3 comments:
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
The Death of Saigo
›
A degree of doubt also surrounds the death of Saigo Takamori, a one-time confederate of Ryoma's, but arguably more important in histori...
5 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version
