Creating without idling is rare and praiseworthy. - Do not give up!This letter is about fish and poetry, about gratitude and sorrow. Ishikawa Jozan was a prominent Samurai recluse, garden designer, and...
Birds, Boats, and Cherry BlossomKarsumaru Mitsuhiro was a distinguished poet and a major figure in the inner circles of Emperor Go-Mizunoo. Karasumaru Mitsuhiro,...
Beyond Failure or SuccessKodojin - the Old Taoist - was both a poet and a painter. And he is remembered as being one of the last in a long line of literati...
Monumental FragilityAn ambiguous tea bowl. It is monumental and in the same time it is shy, reclusive, and fragile. Rengetsu delicately finger-pinched the...