HIROSHIGE AND VAN GOGH

HIROSHIGE AND VAN GOGH
Read About Van Gogh's Secret Visit to Japan

WELCOME TO BLOGABOUTJAPAN

WELCOME TO BLOGABOUTJAPAN
IT WAS A SPECIAL TIME IN MY LIFETIME

APT WITH TATAMI MATS, a special time in my lifetime in Japan...

APT WITH TATAMI MATS, a special time in my lifetime in Japan...
Watercolor by R.L.Huffstutter

COMPARISONS IN ART

COMPARISONS IN ART
HIROSHIGE'S WORK ON LEFT, VAN GOGH'S ON RIGHT

YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW

YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW
Shot with my Petri in Yokohama 1962

RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962

RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962
I took this with my PETRI in Kanagawa Prefecture

Thursday, August 9, 2012

YasukuniShrine@Tokyo,Japan

YasukuniShrine@Tokyo,Japan by -sou-
YasukuniShrine@Tokyo,Japan, a photo by -sou- on Flickr.

ONE OF JAPAN'S MOST SACRED SHRINES.

YasukuniShrine@Tokyo,Japan by -sou-

(c) the essence of Japan

An oiled-paper umbrellaportrait of my Tower44+bubbles make beauty's minuteTokyo: OchanomizuTokyo after twilightGolden Bridge
Shinjuku EastChinatown, Chinese New Year's day 2008A canal of TokyoHungry?Tokyo PointsIn Jazz, You're Never Alone
Shizutani SchoolFive-storied PagodaToriiHimeji Boysjapanese writingPink cherry blossom branch in the upper Watarase River valley

(c) the essence of Japan, a gallery on Flickr.

I am anxious to return to Japan for several months to sketch, paint and shoot photos. It has been almost 50 years since I was last in Japan and it is time to return.

I am hoping to exchange some of my masterpiece paintings of Japan for 2 RT tickets to Tokyo on JAL.