The serenely inviting presence of fresh green tea, fallen cherry blossoms, red cherry musk, bamboo, sandalwood, and shaded moss.
In the cherry blossom’s shade
there’s no such thing
as a stranger.
-Kobayashi Issa, 1819
Art: Shinge and Yoshisawa by the Violet Well by Evelyn Paul, 1912
The serenely inviting presence of fresh green tea, fallen cherry blossoms, red cherry musk, bamboo, sandalwood, and shaded moss.
In the cherry blossom’s shade
there’s no such thing
as a stranger.
-Kobayashi Issa, 1819
Art: Shinge and Yoshisawa by the Violet Well by Evelyn Paul, 1912