Painting The Sumida Hokusai Museum in Tokyo #3
Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849) was born in what is know Sumida Ward in Tokyo. It is said that he began to draw and paint...
Painting 
Painting The Sumida Hokusai Museum in Tokyo #2
Ukiyo-e paints by Hokusai Katsushika gave big impact in Europe especially in France in the 19th century.
The Front Cove...
Painting The Sumida Hokusai Museum in Tokyo #1
Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849) is an internationally renowned ukiyo-e artist. He was born in what is know Sumida Ward in...
Japanese Shrines Togakushi-jinja Shrine in Nagano Prefecture #4
This is the final blog of Togakushi-jinja Shrine.
After you worship at Chu-sha Shrine and continue to climb up Mt. Toga...
Japanese Shrines Togakushi-jinja Shrine in Nagano Prefecture #3
After you go back to Kanmichi and go further up, you can find the stone monument on which name of Chu-sha Shrine curved....
Japanese Shrines Togakushi-jinja Shrine in Nagano Prefecture #2
After you worshipped at Houko-sha Shrine, you may find two portable shrines (Mikoshi) in a storehouse in Houko-sha Shrin...
Japanese Shrines Togakushi-jinja Shrine in Nagano Prefecture #1
Togakushi-jinja Shrine consists of 5 shrines, Oku-sha Shrine, Chu-sha Shrine, Houko-sha Shrine, Kuzuryu-sha Shrine and H...
Japanese Traditional Culture Hokusai Museum in Obuse, Nagano Prefecture – 2
As I mentioned in my previous blog, a wealthy farmer and merchant in Obuse, Kozan Takai invited Hokusai Katsushika to Ob...
Japanese Traditional Culture Hokusai Museum in Obuse, Nagano Prefecture – 1
Hokusai Katsushika who is a famous ukiyo-e artist left colored woodblock print works, art manuals and original drawings ...
Japanese Temples Phoenix Ceiling Paint by Hokusai Katsushika at Gansho-in Temple in Nagano Prefecture
Hokusai Katsushika is an internationally renowned ukiyo-e artist born in Tokyo in 1760 in the Edo period. In 1842, when ...