Enjoy various scenes around Arashiyama, the area of Kyōto with the most nature and traditional Japanese architecture: 1) The legendary Moon-Crossing Bridge (渡月橋), 2) Yaezakura (八重桜), a late-blossoming type of sakura with many petals, 3) Traditional architecture deep in a mountain canyon, and 4) The little-known lookout over the river and gorgeous gorge.
A light rain falls on a spring day in Ueno Park. A pair of visitors to the park carry bamboo umbrellas as they walk beneath cherry trees in full bloom. To their left, a row of stone lanterns lines the path, and beyond, the five-story pagoda that was once part of Kaneji Temple stands tall.
Sezon kwitnienia wiśni dobiega końca 🌸 Ostatni moment, by wyjść na spacer i nacieszyć się sakurą! Zobacz niezwykły drzeworyt Utagawy Kuniyoshiego z 1853 roku — pełen koloru, wiosennego uroku i japońskiej subtelności 🌿 #sakura#sztukajapońska#UtagawaKuniyoshi
A view of Benkeibashi on a spring evening. On the far side of the bridge, cherry trees in full bloom are lit from beneath by lanterns; beaneath the bridge, the waters of the Benkeibori are calm, while the sky above is dark and starless.
Digital illustration: Resting on the branches of a tree covered in cherry blossoms, a white snake admires the full moon, shining bright in the night sky. More trees are visible in the background, several lanterns attached to them, providing a secondary source of warm light, contrasting with the cold moonlight.
Takenaka-jinja (竹中稲荷神社) is a small but beautiful sub-shrine of Yoshida-jinja (吉田神社). Standing on the western summit of Yoshida-yama, the forlorn grounds betray the shrine's vibrant history of dashing poets, civil disorder and butterfly dances.
Most of the shrine records have been lost, but in other works there is mention of a vast, snaking tunnel of shrine gates leading from mountain base to the worship hall.
Known originally as Kaguraoka Inari-jinja (神楽岡稲荷神社), it's recorded that as early as 824 various shrine structures existed on the mountain top.
Kagura-oka (神楽岡) was the early name for Yoshida-yama (吉田山).
The renowned poet Ariwara-no-Narihira (在原業平 825-80) had a villa on the mountain and mentions that Kaguraoka Inari-jinja (神楽岡稲荷神社) stood close to his garden.
I tried to recreate Sarahml24's landscape paintings and this is how mine turned out:) I want to do more looks like this! I absolutely love landscape paintings!