Yoshitaka Amano(Japanese, b.1952) is an illustrator and animator best known for his work on comic books and video games. Born in Shizuoka, Japan, he developed an interest in art at an early age. After taking a job at Tatsunoko Productions in 1967, he discovered the world of anime. He worked on a number of different anime shows and movies for the company, including Speed Racer, Gatchaman, and Honeybee Hutch. Amano often drew inspiration from Western art, including the Art Nouveau and Pop Art.
Nobody told the flowers to come up nobody Will ask them to leave when spring’s gone
(Ikkyū Sōjun [1394–1481], Japanese Zen master and poet; transl. S. Berg)
Bursting with colour and scent, the flowers bloom every year; and every year they wilt and fade yielding to unshakable order. And who knows, maybe it is their very acquiescence that produces the most brilliant act of defiance when, oblivious of the impermanence of things, they shamelessly display a profusion of colour, completely unasked for?
Top to bottom, left to right: Kawase Hasui,
View of an Azalea Garden and Mt. Fuji, 1935 [source]; Kawase Hasui,
Two Young Women Strolling in an Azalea Garden, 1935 [source]; Kawase Hasui, View of an Azalea Garden from a Verandah, 1935 [source]; Toshi Yoshida, Silver Pavilion, Kyoto, 1951 [source]; Toshi Yoshida, A Friendly Garden: Plum Tree, Bamboo, Pine, 1980 [source].
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The last time I reblogged something like this, I landed a job AND got $600 loaned to me to tide me over until my first paycheck. I don’t believe in stuff like this, but I do find it funny that the coincidence happened.
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