Josiah Conder describes the beloved Wistaria as the first popular summer flower celebrated in Japanese gardens.
Wistaria Blossoms at Kameido, Japan.
Category: Japan
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.
Bottle of old Arita porcelain, Hizen. Imari ware, Japan.
Triple gourd-shaped bottle of Arita porcelain, Japan. In the Royal Keramic Collection, Dresden.
Sacred Shinkyo Bridge at Nikko, Japan.
The Shinkyo Bridge (神橋, Shinkyō, “sacred bridge”) to Nikkō Futarasan Shrine.
The Inari Temple at Kyōto, Japan.
The Fushimi Inari-Taisha is a Shintō shrine in the Fushimi district of Kyōto city.
Japan. Purple Iris by Ogata Kōrin.
From paintings in colours on a gold-paper ground, mounted as a pair of six-leaf screens.
Hanabusa Itchō. One of the Four Refined Amusements. Japan.
Hanabusa Itchō was a Japanese painter and artist of the middle Edo period (Genroku period).
Kiku. The Chrysanthemum. Mythological Japan.
The chrysanthemum is the flower of autumn and is sometimes referred to as the national flower of Japan
About the blossoms of the plum tree in spring
The flowers and gardens of Japan by Florence and Ella Du Cane.