Recollection
When staying at Shunko-in, a subtemple at the large Myoshin-ji Rinzai Zen temple complex in Kyoto, we attended several zazen (seated meditation) sessions led by …
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03 Sep
Luckiness
Luckiness
My old camera, a Nikon D200, getting blessed by the priest at the buddhist Fudo Myoo temple in Yokohama. September 2009.
31 Aug
Tokyo farewell
Tokyo farewell
Tokyo. Hot evening. No breeze. The end of our visit in September 2009. Like poetry.
22 Aug
Kyoto Urban Landscape
Kyoto Urban Landscape
Early morning view from the place outside the gates of the Myoshinji Zen temple complex where I used to have my morning cigarette. Me and …
19 Aug
Attentive.
Attentive.
April 2010. Yokohama, japan. Cold morning walk to Horiyoshi III’s studio. The ash from an icelandic volcano had extended my stay.
18 Aug
Returning
Returning
After quite some time I finally have time to return to this blog. Work on the first book to published by our (Alex Reinke and …
02 Apr
yokohama salary man
yokohama salary man
While photographing for a book on irezumi master Horiyoshi III of Yokohama last summer, I captured this on the way to the yodobashi camera store. …
27 Feb
List of Zen Books That Passed Beneath The Eye of Horimatsu (incomplete).
List of Zen Books That Passed Beneath The Eye of Horimatsu (incomplete).
And in no particular order; Zen-Direct Pointing to Reality by Anne Bancroft. Published by Thames and Hudson. Dewdrops on a Lotusleaf-Zen Poems of Ryokan by John Stevens. …
21 Feb
The photography of Paul Hansen.
The photography of Paul Hansen.
More often than ever nowadays, it’s clear to me that Irezumi, writing and photography are not separate from one and other. After all, they’re all …
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