The horizontal shadow

The surface of the sea seemed to be frozen on that day.
Time without the sound has passed there...

I might run to the horizon. So, to the far away silhouette.



The island floated there as left behind from the world.
Maybe... it might have wanted to become alone.

Nature is a great painter, isn't it?

The shadow is Iki island, Nagasaki Prefecture.

"Kakemono" Japanese lifestyle

Kakemono "hanging", more commonly referred to as a kakejiku "hung scroll", is a Japanese scroll painting or calligraphy mounted usually with silk fabric edges on a flexible backing, so that it can be rolled for storage.



Often the kakemono used for calligraphy of a Zen phrase in the hand of a distinguished Zen master.



The kakemono was introduced to Japan during the Heian period, primarily for displaying Buddhist images for religious veneration, or as a vehicle to display calligraphy or poetry.



I cannot make a hanging scroll. The making of them depends on specialized craftsmen.

They are different by threads, materials, designs, etc of the decoration.

The thing hanging from under a hanging scroll says a decorative weight "fū chinn". This last one is made "Kutani ware".

A natural mirror

Nature sometimes shows a mysterious view to me.




Nature seems to always watch themselves.




It may be one of the most difficult things for a human being.

" Tokonoma " Japanese lifestyle

　　　 Tokonoma, also referred to simply as toko, is a Japanese term generally referring to a built-in recessed space in a Japanese style reception room, in which items for artistic appreciation are displayed. In English, tokonoma is usually called alcove.

　　　One big pillar takes tokonoma. This is called daikoku-bashira. It is a meaning called a pillar supporting a house.

　　　 The items usually displayed in a tokonoma are calligraphic and/or pictorial scrolls and an arrangement of flowers.

　　　It costs expense to make a show window, a big pillar. Therefore there become few houses having tokonoma.

Season of the mellowness in the Far East Ⅰ

　　　　　　

In the haiku and the waka, the colored leaves are often symbols of the mountains.

　　　「色付くや 　　豆腐に落ちて 　薄紅葉」 　　松尾芭蕉 (haiku)

　　　iro zuku ya　toufu ni ochite　usu momiji　Matsuo Bashō

　　"Decline in tofu as soon as turn red and yellow, and lightly turn it red"

　　　「このたびは　 幣（ぬさ）も取りあへず手向山　紅葉（もみじ）の錦　神のまにまに」 (waka)

　　　konotabi ha 　nusa mo toriahezu tamuke yama 　 momidi no nishiki 　kami no mani mani

　　　菅原 道真（すがわらのみちざね） 古今集
　　　Sugawara no Michizane 　Kokin Wakashū

　　　"This trip was not able to prepare "nusa" to give to a travelers' guardian deity in a sudden thing.

　　　Because I give the autumn colors of this mountain, I resemble it as a heart God, and please receive it."