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Japan Rain, Snow & Art17

Late May to June is the season of iris flowers in Japan. Irises are major flowers in Japanese gardens, some big temples and shrines. Purple of the flowers and glossy green of their leaves are symbolic of natural beauty of Japanese early summer.

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Japan Rain, Snow & Art17

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  1. JAPAN Rain, Snow & Art

  2. Seasons are a main theme in the Japanese culture. Flowers are like mirrors to the seasons, reflecting the passage of time. Fittingly, flower viewing is a very popular activity in Japan as most prominently seen in the annual festivities surrounding the cherry blossoms, but not limited to them

  3. Late May to June is the season of iris flowers in Japan. Irises are major flowers in Japanese gardens, some big temples and shrines. Is now early summer but people connect the image of irises to rain rather the clear sky in Japan

  4. The end of the Spring, flowers have changed from cherry blossoms and then azalea to iris. These flowers known by the name of iris in English has several types as Ayame, Kakitsubata, and Hana-shobu, very similar but thee shape of leaf are subtly different

  5. Utagawa Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada, 1786-1865) Horikiri Shobu Hanamori Zu (Japanese Iris in Full Bloom at Horikiri) 1859, in collection of Katsushika City Museum

  6. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Spring Amusements at the Honorable Lower Palace, circa 1850 British Museum. The triptych depicts Ladies among the cherry blossoms in the garden, one of ladies in centre wearing kimono with  Iris Design (Shôbu yukata)

  7. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Spring Amusements at the Honorable Lower Palace, circa 1850 British Museum. The triptych depicts Ladies among the cherry blossoms in the garden, one of ladies in centre wearing kimono with  Iris Design (Shôbu yukata)

  8. Utagawa Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) Fireflies over water Utagawa Toyokuni - Yoshiwara street lined with iris

  9. Takahashi Shotei (1871 - 1945) Iris at Horikiri 1916 Utagawa Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) Fireflies over water (triptych)

  10. Toyohara Chikayoshi Triptych of Geisha Oiran with Iris XIX

  11. Toyohara Chikayoshi Triptych of Geisha Oiran with Iris XIX

  12. Nisaburo Ito (1910 - 1988) Iris

  13. Nishimura Hodo (active in the 1930's)

  14. Obi with Iris 1988 Metropolitan Museum of art

  15. Masao Ido (1945 - 2016) Iris in Shisen-do, Kyoto

  16. Masao Ido (1945 - 2016) Irises

  17. Morita Rieko (Japan, 1955) That's the Game 2005 Nakaya Fumiko

  18. Morita Rieko (Japan, 1955) Iris 2010

  19. Morita Rieko (Japan, 1955) Iris (set of four pieces) 2003 Iris 2012

  20. Morita Rieko (Japan, 1955) Summer irises 1999

  21. Morita Rieko (Japan, 1955) Fusuma-e (sliding door) of Hojo (main hall) and ceiling painting of Kyakuden (guest room) at Rokuonji Temple famed for Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto 2007

  22. In 2011 Morita Rieko received Kyoto Bunka-Sho Koro-sho (The award for cultural merit from Kyoto)  Morita Rieko (Japan, 1955) Irises 2012

  23. Ogata Korin (1658-1716) Album of Hundred Flowers

  24. Ogata Korin (1658-1716) Pair of six-panel folding screens; Metropolitan Museum of Art

  25. Both screens refer to an episode in The Ise Stories. Exiled from Kyoto after an affair with a high-ranking court lady, the story’s protagonist stops at Yatsuhashi, a place where a stream branches into eight channels, each with its own bridge. The sight of irises prompts him to compose a nostalgic love poem.

  26. The first syllable of each line forms the Japanese word for irises (kakitsubata). Karagoromo kitsutsu narenishi tsuma shi areba harubaru kinuru tabi o shi zo omou

  27. The English translation, though unable to convey the complex wordplay of the original, is also an acrostic:I wear robes with well-worn hems,Reminding me of my dear wifeI fondly think of always,So as my sojourn stretches on Ever farther from home,Sadness fills my thoughts. —Trans. John T. Carpenter

  28. Inarguably the most renowned iris painting in Japan, if not the world, is the glorious Kakitsubata-zu by Ogata Korin (1658-1716). This painting by Ogata Kōrin is one of the icons of Japanese painting history. The proud owner of this masterpiece, a designated National Treasure, is the Nezu Museum in Tokyo.

  29. Hariko Harada Kuzuya Seizan Ayame

  30. Nippon kinran coralene vase iris flowers Hand Painted vase iris flowers Nippon Iris Coralene Vase

  31. Handpainted Nippon Iris Decorated Vase Nippon Vase Multicolored Iris

  32. Nippon Coralene Iris Vase Hand Painted Beautiful 1890's Nippon Porcelain Moriage Iris Vase with Gold Gilt

  33. Okada Saburousuke (1869-1939) Ayame no i

  34. ? Kaoru Saito (Japan 1931) Iris - Hana Shobu - 1994

  35. Kaoru Saito (Japan 1931) Iris - Hana Shobu - detail

  36. Text & pictures: Internet All  copyrights  belong to their  respective owners Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu https://www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda https://ma-planete.com/michaelasanda 2017 Sound: Melody (Miyuki Ishikawa) - Ayumi

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