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: Japan
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
The Great Bell at Chio-In temple, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto.
Chion-in (monastery of Gratitude), in Higashiyama-ku, is the principal Buddhist monastery of the Jōdo sect.
Benten, Goddess of Matrimony, of Music, of the Sea.
Benten, or Benzaiten, is one of the Seven Divinities of Good Fortune. Patron of the family and of the sea.
Stone lanterns and their use in Japanese gardens.
Garden Lanterns may be broadly divided into two classes, namely,—the Standard class, and the Legged class
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.
Japan. Buddhist Priests
Buddhism. The existence of a supreme God is ignored, and life is regarded as an evil.
Ginkakuji Garden in Kyoto, Japan.
The garden of the Silver Pavilion, known as the Ginkakuji Garden, is renowned for its beauty and tranquility.