blog for people from abroad about Fukui Prefecture in Japan.
November/18/2018
Today I went to Takefu, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, to see an exhibition of Chihiro Iwasaki’s paintings and the artist’s birthplace(Chihiro’s Birthplace Memorial Museum). She was born 100 years ago.
Chihiro Iwasaki was a Japanese artist and illustrator for children. This was my first time to see her paintings at an exhibition.
November/4/2018
Tachibana Akemi (橘 曙覧) was born in 1812 in Fukui City, Fukui prefecture, Japan. He was a poet and a scholar of classical Japanese. In my opinion, the characteristics of his poems are simplicity and honesty. One hundred and fifty years have passed since his death.
Among his poems, Solitary Pleasures(独楽吟) is very popular. There are 52 verses in Solitary Pleasures, and all of them are about the pleasures he felt.