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Showing posts with label hirata. Show all posts
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Sunday, September 22, 2024

The Garden at Kokokuji Temple

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  The top ranked garden in Japan, according to the Journal of Japanese Gardening, is consistently the Adachi Museum Gardens in Shimane. Othe...
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Monday, November 23, 2020

A Daimyo Garden at Hirata Honjin

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  Honjin were a kind of lodgings used by daimyo, feudal lords, as they travelled around their domain. They were usyually the homes of wealth...
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Some topical Isshiki Kazari

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The first prize winner at this years Isshiki Kazari competition in Hirata near Izumo was a tableau representing the Horanenya festival i...
Thursday, August 1, 2019

Izumo No Okuni: 2nd Prize 2019 Isshiki Kazari

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Izumo no Okuni was the legendary creator of Kabuki. Originally from Izumo, no-one knows for sure when or where she died. A temple in Kyo...
Monday, July 22, 2019

Isshiki Kazari Komainu

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Isshiki Kazari is a unique form of folk art that origjnated in Hirata up in Izumo. The essence of the art is that sculptures are made ou...
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