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Downtown Kyoto IV and V, Japanese Landscape Painting
by Keiko Tanabe on 8/31/2009 4:02:29 AM


Downtown Kyoto, Japan IV
What makes Kyoto unique is its traditional look, for one thing.  Numerous historic temples and shrines dotting all over the city are the core of the traditional Kyoto landscape.  There are also more buildings from a pre-war period because Kyoto escaped from heavy firebombings during WWII.

But, like anywhere else, modernization has been taking place in the city's streets.  So it is not unusual to see buildings old and new standing side by side, as in this painting.  The old architecture is the Minami-za Kabuki Theatre.  It was built on the same spot more than 400 years ago and Japan's oldest theatre.

I really hope this theatre will be here for a long time along with other old buildings.  It is somewhat disheartening that the people in Kyoto have allowed traditional architecture to be replaced with the new that is nondescript and sometimes just plain ugly.  I know they have a strong civic pride as residents of an ancient capital.  Like my grandmother who would refer to her home as Miyako, the seat of Imperial capital.  I would like to see my hometown make more efforts to restore our heritage.


Downtown Kyoto, Japan IV

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Media: Original watercolor on paper
Image Size: 8.25 x 11.5 in. (on 9 x 12 in. paper)
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  Downtown Kyoto, Japan V


Downtown Kyoto, Japan V


A larger image of this painting is available on request.

Media: Original watercolor on paper
Image Size: 11.5 x 8.25 in. (on 12 x 9 in. paper)
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Isaac Quinton
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your art is amazing. I haven't seem many watercolor paintings that express a seen as beautifully and lively as yours.
Keiko Tanabe
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Issac, thank you so much for your kind words! I hope you'll come back here to see more of my daily paintings.









 

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