Looking at Snow Country by Kawabata Yasunari

It may help readers to better understand the story of Snow Country by Kawabata Yasunari. The novel tells the tale of a love interest that occurs at a remote hot springs onsen in Yuzawa, though the author doesn’t actually ever give the town a name in the book itself. Men traveling to the town […]

By |May 17th, 2014|Art, Japanese Culture|0 Comments
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Shofu Yoshimoto Makes Calligraphy Art Tempered by Litearture

Calligraphy is an art form that’s somewhere between writing and painting, which makes it all the more lovely. It combines aspects of the expressive power that comes with words as well as the extreme impact that’s made by a piece of visual art. Shofu Yoshimoto-sensei’s art is both feminine and bold.

It’s delicate and yet […]

By |May 9th, 2014|Art, Exhibition Paris|0 Comments
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