The Shi chi fuku Jin (七福神 shichifukujin) or seven Patrons of Happiness.
Tag: Cultural history
India. The young civilian’s toilet. 19th c.
The morning routine in an English household in India during the heyday of English colonialism.
The garden of the Kinkakuji, Kyoto, Japan
The garden of the Kinkakuji, or Golden Pavilion, is one of the most historically interesting spots of the ancient capital, Kyoto.
Cherry Blossoms. Springflowers. The Flowers of Japan.
Cherry blossoms. The floral art of Japan by Josiah Conder
Japan. The Kin-En known as the Fukiage Garden.
Fukiage Garden. Landscape gardening in Japan by Josiah Conder
The dragon in Asian art and culture.
Decorative motives of oriental art by Katherine M. Ball. The dragon in Asian art and culture.
History of Kutani ceramic. Kaga, Japan.
All pottery made in Kaga is known in Japan as Kutani ware.
The Japanese Sword and Its Decoration
The sword of Japan may be called a key to the study of the history, folklore, and customs of the country.
Yomei-mon at Nikko, Japan.
This exquisitely beautiful structure called Yomei-mon is accounted the finest of its kind in all Japan.
Landscape gardening in Japan.
LANDSCAPE GARDENING. Flowers and Gardens of Japan by Florence Du Cane