{"id":108,"date":"2005-12-05T19:20:08","date_gmt":"2005-12-05T10:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2005-12-05\/108"},"modified":"2007-06-30T20:31:56","modified_gmt":"2007-06-30T11:31:56","slug":"the-photography-of-katunori-shimada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2005-12-05\/108","title":{"rendered":"The Photography of Katsunori Shimada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class='ic' style='margin-top:5px'>\n<big>At the Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto Japan<\/big>\n<br\/>\n<a href=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_09:26.50__280007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_09:26.50__280007__2.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\"\nalt=\"All these photos are by Katsunori Shimada\"\nid=\"i2005_11_28_09_26_50__280007__2\"\nstyle=\"margin-top:5px\"\ntitle=\"Autumn colors at the Nanzenji Temple, Kyoto Japan, by Katsunori Shimada\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/>\n<small>All these photos are by Katsunori Shimada<\/small>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\n\nI've known Katsunori Shimada <span class='nobr'>(\u5cf6\u7530\u52dd\u529f)<\/span> for many years, but didn't know how\ngood <span class='nobr'>a photographer<\/span> he was until recently. Last week, Shimada-san, <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.planetkyoto.com\/nils\/\">Nils Ferry<\/a>, my mother-in-law, and <span class='nobr'>I all<\/span> walked to and hiked up Mt. Daimonji\nin eastern Kyoto. <span class='nobr'>It's the mountain<\/span> on which that the huge &#8220;\u5927&#8221; character\nappears in flames during the\n    Daimonji Festival each year in August.\n\n\n<\/p><p> <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.planetkyoto.com\/nils\/archives\/001111.html\">Nils<\/a> has\nposted some shots, as will <span class='nobr'>I later.<\/span> <span class='nobr'>In this post<\/span> I'll feature some of the\nphotos that Shimada-san took during that trip. Many would make spectacular\ndesktop backgrounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class='ic'>\n<big>Under the main gate at the Nanzen Temple<\/big>\n<br\/>\n<a href=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_09:24.24__280006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_09:24.24__280006__2.jpg\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\"\nalt=\"Under the main gate at the Nanzen Temple, Kyoto Japan. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\nid=\"i2005_11_28_09_24_24__280006__2\"\nstyle=\"margin-top:5px\"\ntitle=\"Under the main gate at the Nanzen Temple, Kyoto Japan. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr align=\"center\" width=\"5%\" size=\"1\"\/>\n\n<div class='ic'><big><span class='nobr'>A lawn<\/span> in front of <span class='nobr'>a temple<\/span> in Eastern Kyoto<\/big>\n<br\/>\n<a href=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_09:33.45__280008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_09:33.45__280008__2.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\"\nalt=\"Temple lawn, Kyoto Japan. Photo by Katunori Shimada\"\nid=\"i2005_11_28_09_33_45__280008__2\"\nstyle=\"margin-top:5px\"\ntitle=\"Temple lawn, Kyoto Japan. Photo by Katunori Shimada\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"border: solid 1px gray; padding: 5px\"><center>\n<table width=\"100%\" border='0' cellpadding=\"10\"><tr valign=\"baseline\">\n<td align=\"center\">\n\n<a href=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_09:52.02__280012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_09:52.02__280012__4.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"248\"\nalt=\"A temple storehouse in Eastern Kyoto. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\nid=\"i2005_11_28_09_52_02__280012__4\"\ntitle=\"A temple storehouse in Eastern Kyoto. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\/><\/a>\n\n<br\/>A temple storehouse<\/td>\n\n\n<td align=\"center\">\n\n\n<a href=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_12:49.40__280049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_12:49.40__280049__4.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"248\"\nalt=\"Jeffrey Friedl on Mt. Daimonji, Kyoto Japan. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\nid=\"i2005_11_28_12_49_40__280049__4\"\ntitle=\"Jeffrey Friedl on Mt. Daimonji, Kyoto Japan. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\/><\/a>\n\n<br\/>A not-too-bad shot of the stunningly unphotogenic me<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/center><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><big>Purple Berries (foreground) and Autumn Colors (background)<\/big>\n<br\/>\n<a href=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_10:14.49__280015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_10:14.49__280015__2.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\"\nalt=\"Fall colors and purple berries in Kyoto, Japan. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\nid=\"i2005_11_28_10_14_49__280015__2\"\nstyle=\"margin-top:5px\"\ntitle=\"Fall colors and purple berries in Kyoto, Japan. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr align=\"center\" width=\"5%\" size=\"1\"\/>\n\n\n<div class='ic'><big>Exiting the Forest onto the Hidoko (fire-burning area), Mt. Daimonji\n<br\/>with North-Eastern Kyoto as the backdrop<\/big>\n<br\/>(centered on Imadegawa \/ Shirakawa)\n<br\/>\n<a href=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_12:18.35__280028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_12:18.35__280028__2.jpg\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\"\nalt=\"Exiting the Forest onto the Hidokoro (fire-burning area) of Mt. Daimonji, Kyoto Japan. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\nid=\"i2005_11_28_12_18_35__280028__2\"\nstyle=\"margin-top:5px\"\ntitle=\"Exiting the Forest onto the Hidokoro (fire-burning area) of Mt. Daimonji, Kyoto Japan. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr align=\"center\" width=\"5%\" size=\"1\"\/>\n\n\n<div class='ic'><big>Dizzying Colors<\/big>\n<br\/>\n<a href=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_13:29.17__280057.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/pic\/2005-11-28_13:29.17__280057__2.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\"\nalt=\"Kyoto Leaves. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\nid=\"i2005_11_28_13_29_17__280057__2\"\nstyle=\"margin-top:5px\"\ntitle=\"Kyoto Leaves. Photo by Katsunori Shimada\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> I've known Katsunori Shimada (\u5cf6\u7530\u52dd\u529f) for many years, but didn't know how good a photographer he was until recently. Last week, Shimada-san, Nils Ferry, my mother-in-law, and I all walked to and hiked up Mt. Daimonji in eastern Kyoto. It's the mountain on which that the huge \"\u5927\" character appears in flames during the Daimonji Festival each year in August. <\/p><p> Nils has posted some shots, as will I later. In this post I'll feature some of the photos that Shimada-san took during that trip. Many would make spectacular desktop backgrounds. <\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}