IMAGES click on the image thumbnails to get a larger copy in a new window. Kenrokuen. Photo: Robert Cheetham Kenrokuen. Photo: Robert Cheetham Kenrokuen. Photo: Robert Cheetham Kenrokuen Photo: Robert Cheetham Kenrokuen Lantern Photo: Robert Cheetham Kenrokuen Photo: Robert Cheetham

The rippling wisteria That I planted by my house As a momento Of thee whom I love Is at length in blossom.   Manyôshuû   trans. by W.G. Aston, 1899