Okinawa Soba (Rob)
UNTRANSPOSED 3-D PROOF -- Another Squatting Geisha and Her Friends in Old HIKONE PARK
Somehow, using the words SQUAT and SQUATTING in a photo title takes away the soft romance of the willow world of gentle feminine dreams..... ;-)
SQUATTING RULES :
www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/3943115223/
A ca.1898 image by T. Enami.
For a broad range of Enami images from Old Japan, please see this flickr collection :
www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/collections/7215761388...
For mor about the photographer himself, see : www.t-enami.org/
".....Genkyu-en Garden (玄宮園). Hikone's number two attraction is the garden at the foot of the castle. The park contains a sprawling villa built in the Chinese Tang Dynasty style in 1677 for Naooki Ii, the fourth lord of Hikone. The best thing to do here is to pause at the teahouse for a cup of matcha (ceremonial green tea), a Japanese sweet and some quiet contemplation for ¥500...."
UNTRANSPOSED 3-D PROOF -- Another Squatting Geisha and Her Friends in Old HIKONE PARK
Somehow, using the words SQUAT and SQUATTING in a photo title takes away the soft romance of the willow world of gentle feminine dreams..... ;-)
SQUATTING RULES :
www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/3943115223/
A ca.1898 image by T. Enami.
For a broad range of Enami images from Old Japan, please see this flickr collection :
www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/collections/7215761388...
For mor about the photographer himself, see : www.t-enami.org/
".....Genkyu-en Garden (玄宮園). Hikone's number two attraction is the garden at the foot of the castle. The park contains a sprawling villa built in the Chinese Tang Dynasty style in 1677 for Naooki Ii, the fourth lord of Hikone. The best thing to do here is to pause at the teahouse for a cup of matcha (ceremonial green tea), a Japanese sweet and some quiet contemplation for ¥500...."