July 7th, 2024 – contemporaneous annotations follow: Make a start: Because I’m a hermit, this kind of slipped past my […]
Field Notes: Hokusai & Hiroshige – woodblock masters exhibit in Okayama Read Post »
*Adelaide Epiphany at South Australia Maritime Museum* While I’m tempted to dive into a whole soliloquy about my time in
Museum: South Australia Maritime / Adelaide, 2015 Read Post »
For reasons which no longer seem important, during the “wander and wonder “a.k.a. “lost and found” years during the later
Field Notes: Vegas Neon Museum /boneyard Read Post »
Allen’s Estate & Archive So happy to be included in this fantastic Allen Ginsberg Project news round-up with my Kerouac
“Kerouac in Kobe” in Allen Ginsberg project round-up & Beat Museum + poets of note Read Post »
For #postboxsaturday comes 4 views of Japan pillar style at (one of several) museums for famed artist (painter, print maker,
Postbox / 4 views: Yumeji Takehisa home & atelier (for #postboxsaturday) Read Post »
In April 2021, we visited a shodo calligraphy exhibition at a saké distillery with special floral arrangements made by Ryoko’s
Exhibit: Shimizu Hian Shodo Calligraphy in Ukan, Okayama, 2021 Read Post »
Map: Japanese Memorial Gardens (on Mayne Island) Note: further reading and resources at bottom On a snowy day in Dec.
Field Notes: Mayne Island (B.C.) Japanese Memorial Garden, 2008 Read Post »
Along a travel by ship from California to Hong Kong, came a few stops in Japan including Shizuoka which led
Museum / Exhibit: Rodin Wing of Shizuoka Pref MoA / Japan, 2017 Read Post »
Blurb: On our extended skinkonryoko/honeymoon ramble, we had a stop in the city of Toyama (capital of eponymous prefecture) which
Museum: Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, 2019 (a sampler) Read Post »
Note: Fascinated with era of Japan (forgotten in between the epic Meiji Restoration and industrialization and the militaristic/imperial period leading
The Taisho Era: When modernity ruled Japan’s masses via The Japan Times Read Post »
As such, while visiting with Hongo-sensei on Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa-ken, amongst the other activities including a fishing/ whaling/Marine Museum,
Museum / Exhibit: Miwaki Ruins Jomon-era / Noto, Japan, 2019 Read Post »
And, along the way, made a top at a remarkable “scenic waystation” in Niigate-ken which commemorated a unique piece of
As such, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken (a city filled with exceptional museums – by my standards, especially small, specialized, and a little
Museum Exhibit: D. T. Suzuki Zen / Kanazawa, Japan, 2019 Read Post »
Primary aims were to visit friends, stay at all manner of accommodations and see loads of museums, especially, spontaneous, small-ish
Museum / Exhibit: Hokusai, print master / Nagano, Japan, 2019 (w/ minor notes) Read Post »
Basics about Shinse Kinenkan: This culture and folk art museum in Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken (visited on our Shinkonryoko Ramble in May/June
Museum / Exhibit: Shinse Kinenkan / Kanazawa, 2019 (feat. traditional apothecary) Read Post »
In my first era in Japan, 1992-3 in Tottori, I vaguely heard about a “western” writer who had lived in
Museum & Musings: Lafcadio Hearn (Yakumo Koizumi)’s residence etc. / Matsue, Japan, 2018 Read Post »
