Archives de catégorie : Japan
Kamakura – Oribe
October 2006, Kamakura, Japan. French version In the workshop in Kamakura there are no machine, the bowls are turned by hand. I was taught to first dig the interior of the clay ball with both thumbs and then to start working inside and … Continuer la lecture
The workshop of Kamakura
August 2006, Kamakura, Japan. French version Located by the sea, not far from Tokyo, in the Shonan area, today city of artists and writers, birthplace of Zen Buddhism at the time of the Shoguns, Kamakura has been the capital of … Continuer la lecture
Uji – Asahiyaki and new green tea
April 2007, Uji, Japan. French version Uji is a small town south of Kyoto. The city is crossed by a river that flows through a very wide bed before it disappears from our eyes amidst the surrounding mountains. In Srping time … Continuer la lecture
The hermitage of the fallen persimmons
November, Kyoto Arashiyama, Japan. French version Originally coming from East Asia, China, Japan and Korea, the khaki is the fruit of the persimmon. In autumn the persimmon comes as a gift and in Japan there are many ways to … Continuer la lecture
The tea bowl of the Zen monk Ryokan
September 2008, Izumozaki, Japan. French version On my way back from Sado island, before getting onto the fast train to Tokyo, at Niigata station, I decide to make a detour to Izumozaki, the city of Ryokan, the monk who is famous for his travels and calligraphies. … Continuer la lecture
Hagiyaki – first encounter
September 2003, Hagi, Japan. French version I visited Hagi for the first time travelling with a group of musicians I had followed fromTokyo for a Koto concert in the provence of Yamaguchi. It was the season of the cosmos and the higanbana, the equinox … Continuer la lecture
First bowl
August 2006, Karatsu, Japan. French version Squeezed between sea and mountains, Karatsu is a small city on the northern part of the Kyushu Island in the prefecture of Saga. Karatsu is one of these places, as many in Japan, where time … Continuer la lecture
A Karatsu landscape
August 2010, Karatsu, Japan Version en Français Another way to travel. How to capture all these landscapes that wander inside my head, just an idea to share them maybe? ? The landscape comes to lay down … Continuer la lecture
Kamakura – Oribe
Octobre 2006, Kamakura, Japon. English version Dans l’atelier de Kamakura, pas de machine, les bols sont tournés à la main. On m’a appris à creuser d’abord l’intérieur de la terre avec les pouces des deux mains et ensuite à travailler intérieur … Continuer la lecture
L’ermitage aux Kakis tombés
Novembre, Kyoto Arashiyama, Japon. English version Le kaki est le fruit du plaqueminier du Japon, originaire de l’Asie de l’Est, Chine, Japon et Corée, il en existe aujourd’hui de nombreuses variétés et de plus en plus souvent on en trouve … Continuer la lecture