The magic of tomorrow

Bird eyeing orange persimmons. By Yasa, 2026, ink and watercolour on rice paper. Once upon a time in Japan, there was a monkey and a crab. One day, the crab found a rice ball but met a sly greedy monkey. The monkey coaxed the crab to trade the rice ball for persimmons tree seeds and took off, thinking it got a good deal. The crab planted the seeds and a beautiful tree grew out of them, bearing bright orange fruit. The monkey, seeing the abundance of persimmons, climbed up the

Camellia flowers - love and passion, beauty and elegance, resilience and strength.

Bamboo images are part of the "four gentlemen" in traditional Chinese art, together with plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, and orchids.

Chrysanthemums - the flowers of the fall.

The essential tools of ink painting and calligraphy or “the four treasures of a scholar” include brush, ink, ink stone, and paper.

Spring is around the corner and Japan is busy preparing for cherry blossoms viewing or hanami 花見 in Japanese.