The Teahouse of the August Moon by goodoleboy
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Captured back on 12/20/09, at the beautiful Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, located on the north campus of beautiful California State University Long Beach, in Long Beach, California.
Just how Spartan can you get? No chairs, no tables, et al. A far cry from what Denise and I have been posting recently with our Japanese Garden photos.
Sayonara.
Comments (7)
durleybeachbum
The original minimalist room.
claude19
this japanese garden is splendid and seems very big !!! cool shot !
MrsRatbag
Lovely clean lines and peaceful atmosphere in this teahouse, Harry; I don't think my knees would take the motion of kneeling at tea, but maybe if I'd been bred to it from birth it might be another story. This is a beautiful shot! I haven't seen the interior of the tea house in our Japanese garden because of the way it's situated, but I'm sure it's very similar to this one.
johndoop
Wonderful shot!!!!!!!!
Cyve
Fantastic capture !!!
debbielove
Now, this reminds me of a movie called 'The Last Samurai'.. Lovely shot mate, beautiful place. Rob Am getting no e-bots at the moment, so slow getting to all comments, sorry.. Have to Rendo but.... Nothing yet! Rob
anahata.c
A moody, open shot, and showing (yes) the sparse and "clean" lines of that style. In the west, we didn't come to this sparse style till the 20th C. But the Japanese did it centuries before. A Buddhist influence, with clarity of space supposedly bringing on clarity of mind, meditation, etc. And, like your minimalist photographs, they arranged things on walls to get beauty out of the smallest number of elements. (In the back, you'll see a painting on a hanging scroll: That kind of scroll-making is a 12 to 15 year apprenticeship. It involved layers of silk and the finest papers and glues. They were to be shown occasionally, then rolled up and stored to preserve them. So the backing had to be strong yet flexible enough for rolling.) But I digress: Your shot has a sweet moody light to it, the flare (very subtle) gives it a mood, and brings out the quiet of the interior. If this is used only for tea, it shows how they revered the simple act of taking tea. (The "tea ceremony" done slowly and to perfection.) Very sweet photo, and so different from all your other shots of this garden. Nice to look into a dwelling. Your shot shows the "sanctuary" feeling of these small enclaves.