Rinko Kawauchi

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ligaya Mishan |Rinko Kawauchi

T's Culture IssuePeriods including "fish emerge from the ice" in mid-February and "rainbows hide" in late November offer a framework for eating, gathering and celebrating. A budding plum blossom, photographed on Feb. 15 in Futtsu, in Chiba Prefecture, during one of the 72 microseasons that mark the traditional Japanese calendar: this period, between Feb. 14 and 18, is called "fish emerge from the ice." Credit...

Nov 14, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jess McHugh |Rinko Kawauchi

Azaleas, a more compact member of the rhododendron family, grow throughout the Japanese archipelago. The shrub, with its often fuzzy evergreen leaves and funnel-shaped flowers, is a fixture of private gardens, shrines and national parks. In spring, when the blossoms are at their most vivid - in saturated shades of pink, purple or orange, striped or speckled - dozens of azalea festivals crop up, from subtropical Fukuoka to temples in the middle of Tokyo to the mountains of Hokkaido. Credit Credit...

Mar 25, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Ayurella Horn-Muller |Rinko Kawauchi

First, the green bud appears, sprouting from a tree branch like a fledgling peering skyward from its mother’s nest. The florets show up next, extending from the branch’s center like a petal unfurling to bask in the sun. This is followed by the elongation of a smattering of flower stalks, from which a handful of puffy cherry blossoms finally open in a dazzling bloom.

Feb 14, 2024 | all-about-photo.com | Rinko Kawauchi

By Rinko KawauchiPublisher : Publisher : Aperture2017 | 80 pagesIn recent years, Rinko Kawauchi's exploration of the cadences of the every day has begun to swing farther afield from her earlier photographs focusing on tender details of day-to-day living. In her series and resulting book Ametsuchi (Aperture, 2013), she concentrated mainly on the volcanic landscape of Japan's Mount Aso, using a historic site of Shinto rituals as an anchor for a larger exploration of spirituality.