Hirosaki Castle - Canvas Hakubunkan a row of traditional warehouses

a row of traditional warehouses and the silhouette of distant hills bask under streaks of rose-tinted clouds

declares a life free from desire beneath the temple hall

Through tall pines

reflects the refinement and quiet power of ukiyo-e portraiture

This refined woodblock print depicts a flowering plum branch set against a luminous full moon

Hirosaki Castle - Canvas Hakubunkan a row of traditional warehousesby Yoshida Hiroshi The castle does not announce itself. It emerges slowly through a curtain of weeping cherry branches, pale walls and dark rooflines glimpsed between cascading blossoms: present but partially withheld, as if the season itself has chosen what to reveal. Hirosaki Castle in Aomori prefecture is one of Japan's few remaining original castle structures, and one of the country's most celebrated hanami sites. The weeping cherry trees that