Tag Archives: William Ash
Signs of the Times, 2020
Click on the image for a larger view.Farewell to Kansas City
We are moving from Kansas City. Please continue to join us on our adventure in the new year.
Christmas 2020
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
Winter in Moonlight
The winter forest in moonlight. Click on the image for a larger view.
Snow Day
Our forest in Maine on a snow day. The beech tree is remarkable in that it does not lose its foliage until the next spring with the growth of the new. Click on the image for a larger view.
Sacred Spaces, Part 3
Kabuto Jinja under the Shuto Expressway, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. This shrine faces the Tokyo Stock Exchange. From the book Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Emptiness: Tokyo Landscape. Click on the image for a larger view.
Sacred Spaces, Part 2
The entrance to Atago Jinja, founded in 1603, marked by the shinto Tori gate or Torii. Built on one of the highest points in Edo overlooking the bay (26 m, 85 ft.), the shrine was famous for its views. Today, that view is obscured by buildings. The fire god Homusubi-no-mikoto is the main deity, reflecting how deadly and feared fires were to the Edo population. From the book Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Emptiness: Tokyo Landscapes. Click on the image for a larger view.
Sacred Spaces, Part 1
Shusse Inari Jinja, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. The shrine was founded in 1620 by Lady Kasuga, a powerful woman in the Tokugawa Shogunate. The sound that periodically sweeps through the shrine is a cross between wind and thunder—the noise of the Thunder Dolphin roller coaster, the structure in the background, as the cars pass the gap between the buildings. From the book Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Emptiness: Tokyo Landscapes. Click on the image for a larger view.
Alamo Cinema
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