Japan Rain, Snow & Art12

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JAPAN
Rain, Snow Art
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A furisode is a robe with long, fluttering
sleeves worn by young, unmarried women. The
white satin of this furisode is dyed beige around
the hem, collar-line (eri), and lower sections of
the sleeves. Delicate cherry blossoms, symbols
of spring, and blue hydrangeas, which usually
bloom in June, are painted on the beige
ground Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Kô Sûkoku Bird and Flowers 18th century Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston
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Matazo Kayama Rain 1998
A hydrangea, called Ajisai is the symbolic
flower of the rainy season, reminding the
Japanese of a sense of mild compassion by its
pastel colors Hydrangea usually blooms from
mid-Jun to early July after tsuyu, the long rainy
season. Therefore, when the long period of tsuyu
comes to an end, one of the most important events
of Japanese people is to enjoy the beauty of
Hydrangea
Matazo Kayama (1927-2004) Hydrangea
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Keinen Imao (1845-1924)
Kazuyuki Hirose (active late 1900s)
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Kobayashi Kokei (18831957) Hydrangea 1937
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Masahiko Honjo (1963-)
Kobayashi Kokei (18831957)
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Keiko Minami (1911-2004)
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Keisai Eisen (17901848) Hydrangea
Kigyoku Nakano (active early 1900s)
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Minka Gafu (Ming School Picture Album) published
in 1881
Masayoshi Kitao (1764-1824)
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Koga Iijima (1829-1900)
Kunio Katayama (born1952)
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Hydrangea (Ajisai in Japanese) is the sign of
the rainy season in Japan. The flower is adored
and honored by most of the Japanese like they do
for ume, sakura and irises. Hydrangea themed
accessories found in Japan are quite famous. It
appears as a popular decorative motif such as in
Kimono, woodblock prints, paintings, tableware,
jewelry, and other home décor accessories
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Origami (from ori meaning "folding", and kami
meaning "paper is the art of paper folding,
which is often associated with Japanese culture
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Ajisai Soft Ice Cream (this one actually not
ajisai flavor but a mixture of purple sweet
potatoes and matcha flavor)
Origami - Mini pot of Hydrangea
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Tenugui (Japanese cotton towels) Hydrangea and
summer rain
Vintage Hydrangea Print
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Japanese Tenugui Cotton Fabric
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Hydrangea No-Bake Jelly Cheesecake
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Matcha and Uncasual Pâtisserie Ajisai The
Japanese always like to make things that have a
nature or season themed - haiku poems about
nature, chiyogami origami paper and even kimono
prints with nature backgrounds, kaiseki-ryouri
meals use local ingredients according to the
seasons, hell, they even start their formal
letters with references to the seasons, and
so wagashi is no different  
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Wagashi (traditional Japanese confections that
are often served with tea)
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Nagata Yuji (Japanese, acive 171136) Lacquered
wood with gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, and
mother-of-pearl and pewter inlay Metropolitan
Museum of Art
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Naomi Kikuchi
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Kazuyuki Ohtsu (Japan, 1935) Japanese Woodblock
Prints
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Kazuyuki Ohtsu (Japan, 1935)
Kazuyuki Ohtsu Bamboo in
the Summer Hydrangea at Meigetsu-in, Kamakura
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Kazuyuki Ohtsu (Japan, 1935) Hydrangea at Tokei
Temple, in Kamakura
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Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)
Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997)
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Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) June Kamakura
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Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) Neko, rain
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Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) June Kamakura
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Kiyoshi Takizawa (active late 1800s)
? The rainy season
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Koho Ouchi (1941-)
Minoru Yamamoto (1943-)
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Morikazu Kumagai (1880-1977) for 30 years, did
not go outside the grounds of the home.
He declined acceptance of Japanese Order of
Culture, based upon modesty
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? (1948-) Silkscreen
Masahiko Saga (active early 2000s)
Mikiko Noji (Miki Noga) Fun of the rainy season
2007
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Watercolor
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Watercolor
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Watercolor
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Watercolor
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illustration Children and umbrellas and hydrangeas
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Sanda Foisoreanu
2017
Sound Shigeru Umebayashi - Lovers
(Flower Garden) Gone with Leaves