#Japan autumn

[the-colors-of-tokyo]

Late Autumn in the Bamboo Forest

Small town Tokyo: Himonya

[journalducapitaine]

L'automne arrive au Japon

[mamedorilabo]

November life in Japan, Gunma

急に寒さが深まったここ、群馬県みどり市の小平です。　 展示会が終わり、制作や冬支度に忙しくしています。Recently it’s become cold in Kodaira, Midori City, Gunma Prefecture. My exhibition is over and I am busy creating artworks, grashic design work, and preparing for winter.

たまには作品についてでなく、日本の暮らしについて書いてみます。私たち家族は日本でも山間に住んでいます。とにかく広い場所で制作したくてこのうちに引っ越してきました。Sometimes I write not about my works but about life in Japan.Our family lives in the countryside near the mountains in Japan.We moved here because we wanted to create in a large place anyway.

これは私が柿渋染めに使っている柿で、写真に写っているのは食べごろの柿です。染めに使う��のはこれとは違い渋柿で、青いものを使用します。This is a persimmon I use for persimmon tannin dyeing, and the one in the photo is a ready-to-eat persimmon. The same persimmon I use for dyeing is an astringent persimmon, and I use one that has not yet ripened.

日本の冬といえば柚。The best thing to eat in winter in Japan is yuzu.It is sour like a lemon and can be processed into jam or squeezed into something to eat with its juice.

このブログを読んでくれている人は知っていると思いますが、私の作品は古い布を使っています。100年以上前のものがほとんどです。 写真はまだ着物の状態。これを解くところから作品作りは始まります。If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that my work is made of old fabrics, most of which are over 100 years old. The photo is still in kimono. The process of making my work begins with unraveling it.

左の写真は錘として使っているもの。これは組紐を作るのに使われていたもので、古道具屋で買いました。These one in the photo on the left are what I use as a weight. This was used to make kumi-himo (braided cords) and was purchased at an antique store.

ちなみに日本でストライプのことを「縞」と言います。島々＝インドネシア諸島から持ち込まれた模様だからこう呼ばれるようになったそうです。Incidentally, stripes are called "shima" in Japan. (Shima means island). It is said that it is called this because the pattern was brought from the islands = Indonesian archipelago.

それでは今日はこの辺で。また。See you all soon. Stay warm if you are in the northern hemisphere. For those of you in the southern hemisphere, enjoy the coming summer!

[shivinjapan]

Yoyogi Park is looking ✨noice ✨

[noco3n-com]

「 Classical autumn flowers 」

[uroko]

2022, Autumn // 2023, Spring

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Black summer kimono customized with hand painted higanbana (red spider lily).

Unpatterned all-black kimono are mofuku (mourning items), and pretty easy to find second hand in Japan as they are often worn only once / or are dead (ha!) stock. Seeing them repurposed for DIY projects is not unsual :)

[heaveninawildflower]

'Autumn at Oirase' (1933) by Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883–1957).

Woodblock print.

Image and text information courtesy MFA Boston.

[hisa-88]

If you want to enjoy the autumn leaves in Kyoto, you should take this train.

[spookyvaletta]

I can’t wait for the chilly, pumpkin spice smelling days!

[ur-daily-inspiration]

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Ueno Dahlia Festival Tokyo, Japan

[todayintokyo]

Autumn in Japan by Iori Takano

[oncanvas]

Lake Chuzenji at Nikko, Kawase Hasui, 1930

Woodblock print 16 x 10 �� in. (40.6 x 28 cm)

[noco3n-com]

They shine gold and burn with life.

[uroko]

西芳寺 / Saiho-ji Temple