The Kimono Gallery

She was one of seven “Komachi” girls, who take the flower of “Rhododendron” that is very famous and main source around this area.  Komachi festival, Akita, Japan.  Text and photography by Takero Kawabata on Trekearth.com

The Lonely Winter by jasohill 

The decorations on this tsuba were placed within two holes on either side of the central opening. On the right side is a tiger. On the left is a small stand of bamboo. Tigers are signs of strength and bamboo represents longevity.  18th to first half 19th century, Japan.  The WaltersArt Museum

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.