The Kimono Gallery

神々の巨樹. Kyoju of the Gods. Ancient tree in Japan.  Photography by Yoshida Shigeru on Ganref

Night View at Kamogaiso Beach by nki-Photography on Flickr.

Mon side: silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave (shioze); appliquéd with paper covered wood forms; embroidered with silk, laid threads couched along form edges; lined with silk, plain weave (heiken); sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase) 73 x 66 cm (28 3/4 x 26 in.) Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, 2001.217.  Art Institute of Chicago.

Photography by Stephane Barbery on Flickr

This village is that “World Heritage” nominated one, “Gsasho-zikuri- Gokayama”. There still very attractive and interesting festival remain unchanged for many years—-.  Toyama, Japan. Text and photography by Takero Kawabata on Trekearth.com

Preparatory drawing (hanshita-e) for an illustrated book, mounted on card. Fumei Choja and a fox spirit.  Ink on paper. Painted by: Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎), 1829 © The Trustees of the British Museum.

Komachi festival, Akita, Japan.  Ono no Komachi (c. 825 – c. 900) was a famous Japanese waka poet, one of the Rokkasen—the Six best Waka poets of the early Heian period. She was noted as a rare beauty; Komachi is a symbol of a beautiful woman in Japan. She also figures among the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.   Text and photography by Takero Kawabata on Trekearth.com

Kimika, maiko of Miyagawa-cho. 2004, Japan

Paul Caponigro, Temple, Hiei-San, Kyoto, Japan, 1976

歌川広重作「冨士三十六景 甲斐大月の原」

Japanese Noh costume, Meiji era (19th century). MFA.  Via Pinterest

Traditional interior scene.  Japan.  Photography by Stephane Barbery on Flickr

Artist: Kawase Hasui Title: Iris (Ayame) Date: 1929 Medium: Color woodblock print Credit Line: Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.

Model photo session in 1956, including a passing girl 

Photography by Yuki Hamacho

From Asahi Camera magazine, 1938, taken during spring in the Tokyo suburbs.