Friday, April 22, 2011

The Eye of the Spotted Leopard

obvious bamboo unparalleled aesthetic beauty
A hybrid nobekan Hochiku-Jiari?























gold-lined ivory myoan utaguchi

hanko

Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb. et Zucc. f. lacrima-deae Keng f.et Wen




phyllostachys bambusoides f. Lacrima-deae

dizi made from mottled madake (Keng strain)

.から紙のもようになるや蠅の屎


karakami no moyô ni naru ya hae no kuso

the sliding door's

decorative pattern...

fly shit

--Issa 1823

Monday, April 11, 2011

Tomimori Kyozan 35th Passing Memorial May 22, 2011







































Tomimori Kyozan born 1899-died 1975.














































Sunday, April 10, 2011

On Your Journey
















     with the rooted sounds of shakuhachi.

Friday, April 1, 2011

The Blind Flute Player

With his wife and child--playing shakuhachi for alms in old Japan circa 1915-1923