The Ike-no-Niwa, or “Garden of the Lake,” in the grounds of the Imperial Palace at Kioto
The Ike-no-Niwa of the Imperial Palace at Kioto.
Category: 19th Century
Dishes of late period Arita porcelain. Hizen. Japan.
Square-shaped Dish of late period Arita porcelain, boldly painted with the Japanese lion and foliage in rich blue.
Tatsu. The Dragon. Mythological Japan.
A fitting representation of power, symbolical of sovereignty, mysterious and omnipotent in its influence, is Tatsu
India. The morning breakfast in an English household.
India. The morning breakfast in the household of English colonial rulers.
Japanese dancers in posture and gestures.
The training of the dancing girl usually begins when she is about seven years of age.
Viewing the Irises at Horikiri, Japan.
The Acorus calamus, or Sweet Flag, which the Japanese call Hana-Shobu.
Ginkakuji Garden in Kyoto, Japan.
The garden of the Silver Pavilion, known as the Ginkakuji Garden, is renowned for its beauty and tranquility.
Wistaria Blossoms at Kameido, Japan.
Josiah Conder describes the beloved Wistaria as the first popular summer flower celebrated in Japanese gardens.
Japanese funeral procession.
The Japanese show great respect for the dead, and the ceremonial both at the house and grave is very impressive.
Japan. Lotus blossoms in Kamakura.
The lotus is associated with the religion of Buddha.