Japanese folk craft 1

 






shoiko 背負子

 






Wall clock　柱時計

 

pulley 滑車

Japanese folk craft 2

 






amado 雨戸

 






hibashi ＆　gotoku 火箸と五徳

 

itomakitate 糸巻き立て　

11-headed Kannon 十一面観音

 

Batou Kannon 馬頭観音

Japanese-style house in Showa-era

 






The engawa

 





The paper shoji doors

 





The straw tatami mats and the tokonoma.

 

Japanese-style houses take off their shoes at the front door.

Thanks to the Folk Museum's permission to shoot.（Folk Museum Denshoukan）「伝承館」

Fusuma doors picture of Seven Lucky Gods of Japan

Thanks to the guide of Dr.Takekuma.
http://www.takekuma.com/

Dr.Takekuma　is famous doctor and ecologist and artist in japan.

His daughter is also a painter.She lives in Canada.Her　name is Motoko
Motoko,s art
http://www.motokoart.com/

Japanese armeror

 

Japanese armorer is watched as art or antiques in currently .These armorer are in the Kumamoto castle.

Rural landscape ofJapan

 

The rural landscape in Kyushu, Kikuchi Plain.

The city in a flower

kakine

The "kakine "is a Japanese style house fence.Home and garden scope show in the boderfence made of wood.In general ,made by bamboo many braid or planted trees.
"ikegaki"(hedges)is fence made by planted trees.

Shadow of a tree

Kendo boys

Origin of　kendo is one of the martial arts swordplay . At the end of the Meiji era, has established itself as the modern sports. In the past many the center of swordplay, use a wooden sword.
Originally swordplay is the art of killing by the samurai sword .
In the current kendo have spirit of the modern sports culture in the way.