Magic Tricks and Magicians | Kawanishi Hide, 1935
Kawanishi Hide, Kijutsu majutsu (Magic tricks and magicians), 1935 Kawanishi Hide, Magic Tricks and Magicians, 1935 Kawanishi Hide, Magic Tricks and Magicians, 1935...
Japan
Moon | A poem by Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)
Donato Creti, Astronomical observations, The moon, 1711 . "My heart cannot embrace the fullness of the world yet I find myself gazing...
On [:] Morality | Kakuzō Okakura, 1906
Peter Doig, Target, 2000 . “Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society...
Japanese Graphic Design, 1920s-1930s
Reijin sheet music cover, 1930 Poster design by Shujiro...
Flick Review < Hiroshima, Mon Amour | Alain Resnais, 1959
Elle: I have time. I beg you. Devour me. Deform me, make me ugly. Why not you? Why not you,...
Daily Life in Japan in The Late 19th Century
A Dining Room, 1890 Illustration from the the booklet Au Japon, Types, Costumes & Moeurs, (Paris, 1890) 'La Kago, Transport...
Wandering | Illustrations by Tatsuro Kiuchi
Illustrations by Tatsuro Kiuchi Tatsuro Kiuchi was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1966. Tatsuro is the owner of studio 'Pen...
Book//mark – Naomi | Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, 1924
痴人の愛 / Chijin no Ai / Naomi, 1947 Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, 1913...
Persons [ ] Life / Purity / Decay / Chaos / Possession | Yukio Mishima, 1925-70
Yukio Mishima “Beauty is something that burns the hand when you touch it.” - “Nobody even imagines how well one...
Spring Will Come / 8 Haikus | Matsuo Bashō, 1644-94
Paul Klee, Pink Spring in deep Winter “Between our two lives there is also the life of the cherry blossom.”...