Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Monday, October 20, 2014

Watering the Bamboo















                                                                                                                   

Nara





Saturday, October 11, 2014

The Sound as Void unmanifest 間


Fujiwara no Yasumasa (958-1036) was a famous musician at the Heian court. He and his brother, Kidomaru, had parted ways when Kidomaru became an outlaw rather than serve under the powerful warrior Raiko.  Playing his flute on the lonely moor of Ichihara while walking home one night, his brother snuck up on him, intent on robbing him of his elegant robe, but enchanted by Yasumasa's beautiful music, he stopped in his tracks. Kidomaru instead followed his brother home, who only then became aware of his presence and happily gave him a robe. Woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1832-1892), published 1883.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Sick of what it is called
Sick of the names
I dedicate every pore
To what’s here.
—Ikkyu

Monday, October 6, 2014