Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Mountain monks sit playing goOver the board is the bamboo’s lucent shadeNo one sees them through the glittering leavesBut now and then is heard the click of a stone.- Po Chi (772-846) link
Two men with long noses playing a game of go link           
Le Karuta

Inspiré du mot portugais Carta, le Karuta est le frère de nos cartes à jouer.

Des courtisanes jouant au Karuta.

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moji: Kagedo Japanese Art Gallery - Seattle, Washington Jimbaori Momoyama - Early Edo Period, circa 1600 - 1650
Rare Japanese Meiji Period Circular Cloisonne Tray. The pattern of a kingfisher amid lotus leaves and flowers is artistically designed on a black ground. C.1880 link
Ikebana vase.Taisho Period (1912-1926). H.: 26,3 cm, D.: 32,5 cm link
Bairei Gadan - Hydrangeaby Bairei Kono 1844-1895
Original Ide Gakusui Japanese Woodblock Print Hydrangea in Rain link
Rakuzan (Rakusan) Date: ca. 1930 Size/Format: 15.5 x 21 in. Description: High summer. Hydrangea and long-tailed doves Series: Rakuzan Kacho Gafu: Birds and Flowers of Japan Publisher: Self-printed link
A bronze vase with frog by Takahashi Ryoun (detail) The frog’s work is wonderfull. It seems to be going to begin to move. Size 25cm(h) High-res → Takahashi Ryoun, active Late Meiji - Taishō - Early Shōwa Era, early 20th century. Taishō - Early Shōwa Era, circa 1915 - 1935. More Ryoun : here and here
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