Kamakura, 5 December, 2024

 

A photo I took; Great Buddha at Kamakura, Japan; 5 December, 2024. The moon and Venus appeared behind stacks of fulgent clouds; crows flew and rasped in mystery, about the evocative statue. 

In Kyoto Station, September 2023

 

Dreams and visions, Kyoto Station, September 2023 (from photos I took, on a recent voyage) -JF 

Twilight (poem), December 1995

Ann Erickson, of Guerneville, California, published this poem in the poetry magazine tight, Volume 6, Number 4, January, 1996.

Apophasis (Poem)

I wrote the poem around 1989, 90, 91. I'm not clear how the title related to the poem, but hey...  Photo by JF, Nandaimon Gate, Nara, Japan, 1995.     

Season's Greetings

 

A pop-up Christmas card, which a former Japanese correspondent sent me years back. Note the Shinkansen traveling before Mount Fuji on the card's front. 

Hirohito's Speech of Surrender

The Treaty of Kanagawa

1854-2004

Marker commemorating 150 years of USA-Japan relations, Portland State University Campus, Portland, Oregon. Well, the black ships showed up of their own accord in 1853, and I understand that not all 150 of the years following the Treaty of Kanagawa went smoothly.

Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara, Japan

 

 

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasuga-taisha

 

 

A spell has passed since I walked about this "shrien," which is "decored" with many lanterns.

 

 

Native Boats at the Bridge of Yokohama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not certain if the back of the card is referring to the style of boat involved when "China" is brought up.  I believe Yokohama is in Japan at last check.