Wednesday, April 18, 2007
大仏 Daibutsu, Giant Buddha, 1919
In an almost dreamlike set of nostalgic Japan's photos, circa the time my great grandpa was there, I like the ones showing Dai Butsu the most.
The way the sunlight gently falls on Daibutsu is really special. I simply do not have words proper enough to describe it.
I wonder whether the weather would look fine like this, too, the day my great-grandpa went to Kamakura in his days. I'm sure he must have been there more than once because he spent around 20 years altogether in Japan!
The way the sunlight gently falls on Daibutsu is really special. I simply do not have words proper enough to describe it.
I wonder whether the weather would look fine like this, too, the day my great-grandpa went to Kamakura in his days. I'm sure he must have been there more than once because he spent around 20 years altogether in Japan!
Shinsengumi, The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps
I've just located another book I'd like to read.....in Flickr!
See, this is the beauty of Flickr, you'll never know what you're going to find.
I know I'm a visually-stimulated person a.k.a. I learn by seeing. And if I need to get intellectualy stimulated, I need to look at something that stirs up my imagination.
So I boldly type "Tokugawa Samurai" in the Flickr Search box!
And look what I found! Voila! A book!
Well, like it or not, I HAVE to read it. Because if I'm going to do a study on Bushido literature from the Tokugawa era, this fits right in.
Unless I'd like to narrow my study on the early Tokugawa years, that's another issue. hmm.....
We'll see.
Meanwhile, I do update more regularly (daily, that is) on my dissertation blog at http://nash-final.blogspot.com but don't get confused or laugh yourself crazy when you see the title of my daily thesis update na. I decide to call it according to my life's two passion--mindfulness meditation and samurai sword practice---Final Cut - - ตัด "ใจ"!
Please do not hesitate to drop by to give me advice or share your thoughts! If you're a Japanese, I do understand some nihongo also. Doozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu!
Jaa, mata!
See, this is the beauty of Flickr, you'll never know what you're going to find.
I know I'm a visually-stimulated person a.k.a. I learn by seeing. And if I need to get intellectualy stimulated, I need to look at something that stirs up my imagination.
So I boldly type "Tokugawa Samurai" in the Flickr Search box!
And look what I found! Voila! A book!
Well, like it or not, I HAVE to read it. Because if I'm going to do a study on Bushido literature from the Tokugawa era, this fits right in.
Unless I'd like to narrow my study on the early Tokugawa years, that's another issue. hmm.....
We'll see.
Meanwhile, I do update more regularly (daily, that is) on my dissertation blog at http://nash-final.blogspot.com but don't get confused or laugh yourself crazy when you see the title of my daily thesis update na. I decide to call it according to my life's two passion--mindfulness meditation and samurai sword practice---Final Cut - - ตัด "ใจ"!
Please do not hesitate to drop by to give me advice or share your thoughts! If you're a Japanese, I do understand some nihongo also. Doozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu!
Jaa, mata!
