Ichijoji
Sumi-e, strategy and swordsmanship - inspired by the arts of Miyamoto Musashi
Friday, 3 February 2023
The Nanten Staff - Take that!
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One of the distinctive sights of winter in Japan, and particularly in Kyoto, are the bright red berries of the nanten bush (Nandina). They...
Saturday, 31 December 2022
Happy New Year 2023 – Year of the Hare (or rabbit, if you prefer)
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Edo period netsuke: Hare with Loquats © The Trustees of the British Museum For those used to the Chinese Lunar New Year (which begins some...
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Mikatagahara, Masayoshi Son and Ieyasu’s counterfactual portrait
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Masayoshi Son apologises for stock losses August 2022 It's not often that a billionaire CEO references a work of art in an important spe...
Friday, 23 September 2022
The Autumn equinox - and the flowers of Heaven or Hell
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Higanbana on the edges of the fields - photo courtesy of Japundit Autumn is here already and I feel I have been sadly neglecting this blog -...
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Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Tiger Paintings - a martial dimension
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Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795) If you were to make a list of typical ‘oriental’ motifs associated with the martial arts, tigers might come so...
Friday, 31 December 2021
Happy New Year 2022 - Year of the Tiger
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A rather friendly looking tiger from the Kano school A Happy New Year to all my readers! 2021 has been a far less productive year than I had...
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