Dave BowmanFeb 27

I’ve been photographing for over forty years now, and it’s still the smaller details that hold my attention.

Most people walk through Pontocho without ever looking up at this lamp.

The bird motif isn’t decorative. It has a very specific meaning tied to the district’s history 🇯🇵

#Kyoto #Japan #Pontocho #JapaneseCulture #JapaneseHistory #CulturalHeritage #ArtPhotography #TravelJapan

Zach Nocturnal ArtistFeb 18
A fountain pen drawing, an art pencil drawing, an art pencil medium drawing, a pencil drawing, and a watercolor painting of a Japanese geisha/geiko/geigi woman walking in the Pontocho Alley in Pontocho, Kyoto, Japan. Source image of Pontocho Alley and the lantern from Google Images
#Pontocho #PontochoAlley #Geiko
Zach Nocturnal ArtistJan 24, 2025
Daler Rowney charcoal sticks drawing of a Japanese geisha/geiko/geigi woman walking in the Pontocho Alley in Pontocho, Kyoto, Japan, in my Soucolor sketchbook
#dalerrowney #charcoal #Soucolor #Pontocho #Pontochoalley #geiko #geigi #geisha #Japanese #Japan #charcoal #charcoalgeisha #charcoalstick #charcoaldrawing #Kyoto
ThuHJul 26, 2024

The Chaya
a vertical tea house
by Shin Takamatsu
Ponto-cho, Kyoto
1982

https://takamatsu.co.jp/en/project/yoshida-house/

#architecture #fensterfreitag #Japanese #teahouse #ShinTakamatsu #pontocho #kyoto #1980s #postmodernism #anthropomorphic
#futuristic

The Chaya on ponto-cho | Project | Shin Takamatsu Architect and Associates

Although a typology of architecture unique to Kyoto dedicated to hospitality was developed over hundreds of years, it is simply called the “tea house (ochaya).” However, this four-story building that...

Shin Takamatsu Architect and Associates
Zach Nocturnal ArtistJun 26, 2024
An one-point perspective, watercolor painting, watercolor painting, and a charcoal pencil drawing of a Japanese geisha/geiko/geigi woman walking in the Pontocho Alley, Pontocho, Kyoto, Japan, in Infinite Painter video
#infinitepainter #Japanese #Japanese #watercolor #watercolorgeisha #watercolorpainting #charcoal #charcoaldrawing #charcoalpencil #Pontocho #pontochoalley #Kyoto #gion #mixedmedia #onepointperspective
Zach Nocturnal ArtistJun 26, 2024
An one-point perspective, watercolor painting, watercolor painting, and a charcoal pencil drawing of a Japanese geisha/geiko/geigi woman walking in the Pontocho Alley, Pontocho, Kyoto, Japan, in Infinite Painter
#infinitepainter #Japanese #Japanese #watercolor #watercolorgeisha #watercolorpainting #charcoal #charcoaldrawing #charcoalpencil #Pontocho #pontochoalley #Kyoto #gion #mixedmedia #onepointperspective
Zach Nocturnal ArtistJun 13, 2024
An one-point perspective, manga inker pen drawing, and a watercolor painting of a Japanese geisha/geiko/geigi woman walking in the Pontocho Alley in Pontocho, Kyoto, Japan, in Infinite Painter video
#infinitepainter #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorgeisha #Pontocho #pontochoalley #Kyoto #Japanese #Japan #infinitepainter #onepointperspective #mixedmedia
Zach Nocturnal ArtistJun 13, 2024
An one-point perspective, manga inker pen drawing, and a watercolor painting of a Japanese geisha/geiko/geigi woman walking in the Pontocho Alley in Pontocho, Kyoto, Japan, in Infinite Painter
#infinitepainter #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorgeisha #Pontocho #pontochoalley #Kyoto #Japanese #Japan #infinitepainter #onepointperspective #mixedmedia
Show threadZach Nocturnal ArtistMay 5, 2024
#acrylicpainting #acrylic #acrylicgeisha #Japanese #Japan #Gion #Pontocho #pontochoalley #Kyoto #watercolor #watercolorpainting #geisha #geiko #geigi #geishaart #mixedmedia
Zach Nocturnal ArtistMar 17, 2024
A one-point perspective manga inker pen drawing and watercolor painting of a Japanese geisha/geiko/geigi woman walking in the Pontocho Alley, Pontocho, Kyoto, Japan, in Infinite Painter
#infinitepainter #mixedmedia #Japanese #Japan #geisha #geiko #geigi #Pontocho #pontochoalley #geishaart #watercolor #watercolorgeisha #watercolorpainting #Kyoto