In Japan or Korea, 1908, by Arnold Genthe, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Tag: Japan
Vintage landscape: woodland teahouse
“Tea house in a woodland, Itsuku-Shima, Japan,” between 1890 and 1923, photographer unknown, via the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The garden may be on Itsukushima Island (now called Miyajima).
I’m sorry there was no Sunday porch two days ago; there was also no weekend internet service in our house.
What carols, like the blazon of a king,
Fill all the dawn with wonder?
Oh, hush,
It is the thrush,
In the deep and woody glen!— Edwin Markham, from “A Lyric of the Dawn“
Vintage landscape: Tokyo
Akasaka, Tokyo, ca. 1890s, photographer unknown. The image is part of “The Album of Photographs of Japan,” via The New York Public Library* Commons on flickr.
Cherry blossoms (sakura) in Tokyo are expected to open on March 30 this year, with the peak bloom being about April 6 to 15.
In Washington, D.C., The National Cherry Blossom Festival will begin on Thursday, March 20, and continue through April 13. Click here and here for more information on events and local accommodations.
The Washington Post has predicted this year’s peak bloom to be about April 9.
*Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.
Vintage landscape: garden at Nikko
Dainichido Garden at Nikko, Japan, by Kimbei Kusakabe, late 1800s, from the photography collection of The New York Public Library, via The Commons, flickr.
Have a very merry Christmas!
enclos*ure 