Friday, August 29, 2025

(3461) Ginzan interlude ΙΙ: Art and pearls

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At the main store of Mikimoto in Tokyo (inventor of cultured pearls etc.): Hokusai's Great Wave made in the style of the paper decorations in the floats of the Nebuta (ねぶた) festival in Aomori. 

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And in the center, Hokusai himself as surfer. 

(For a bigger version of these pictures both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore 2" set on Flickr).

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