Gallery of Musashino

Satoyama of The Great Tokyo Area


by oil painting

2019-04 "Cinabar rhododendron about to bloom" Musashi-kyuryou National Government Park	2019-04 "Spring celebrates a village by cherry blossom" Musashi-kyuryou National Government Park	2019-03 "Spring of fort relic" Musashi-kyuryou National Government Park	2019-03 "It's an auspicious month in early spring" Musashi-kyuryou National Government Park
2018-12 "Autumn of forest floor" Simomatubara, Kawagoe City	2017-05 "The Field of Organic Farming" Shimosato, Ogawa Town	2017-03 "Spring has come" Ranzan Town	2015-03 "Looking for signs of spring along the woods" Ranzan Town
2015-09 Autumn Field of Musashino, Tokigawa Town	2013-03 Spring in Early Evening, Kodaira City	2009-05 Saint Mt.Hakuba from Northern Azumino Valley	2007-04 Swamp of magnolia kobus, Northern Karuizawa
2004-03 Spring of Ancient kamakura Road	2003-12 Zelkova Street, Miyoshi Town	2003-11 Woods of Akasaka, Sayama City	2002-10 The Autumn of Fukuhara, Kawagoe city
2002-05 Cottage in Early Summer, North Karuizawa	2002-05 Farmes Village in Miyashiro Towmn	2002-04 Spring of Nakatome Field, Tokorozawa City	2002-08 Norikura Height
2002-04 Tafuku Temple "Budding Oaks of Santome-Yama"	2002-03 Early Spring of Yoshimi Hill	2002-02 Plum Blossom along Ancient Kamakura Road	2001-11 Musashi-Kyuryou Natinal Government Park "Autumn Leaves over the pond
2001-12 Autmn Wood in Tomioka, Tokorozawa City	2001-11 Wood of Kamitome, Miyoshi Town	2001-10 Stone Sculptures with Cluster Amaryllis , Kawajima Town	2001-09 Wood around Azamikubo Pond
2001-08 Kawataya Village with Safflowers,Okegawa City	2001-07 Tocchimoto Village along Karisaka Road	2001-06 Early Summer with Plane Trees	2001-05 Spring of North Karuizawa
2001-04 Spring of Ancient Kamakura Road	2001-03 Wood along Nobidome Canal	2001-02 Red Plum Blossoms	2001-01 Snows in the Wood of Kamigou, Ageo City
2000-08 Ancient Kamakura Road through Winter Wood	2000-07 Autumn Street along the Wood in Nakadai, Kawagoe City	2000-06 Autumn Wood in Horikane, Sayama City	2000-05 Summar Wood in Tonoyama, Okegawa City
2000-04 Oak Wood in Sakata, Okegawa City	2000-03 Wood in Kamihira Park, Ageo City	2000-02 Budding Wood in Simoakasaka, Kawagoe City	2000-01 Oak Wood in Kamigou, Ageo City

All pictures and articles here were drawn by the author

Musashino is the name to address the field of nature, the habitats of deciduous oak woods with traditional farmers' cultural lives located north west of Tokyo. It was a hundred years ago that a Japanese man of literary "Doppo" said “ The beauty of Musashino is still unchanged yet compared with that of ancient time”. However, even though we should repeat his question “ What about present Musashino? How such Musashino is well enough as ever now? " ,--- it can not be the same as it used to be when he was fascinated by its beauty. The urban sprawl of the center of Tokyo has been swallowing Musashino with it having retreated far behind in remote distance. They are left behind mostly in the state of the worm-eaten spots. Can the original scenery of Musashino be found out as ever there? Probably, there are those who think the nature of Musashino as drawn by "Doppo" is still sighing there, or those who are not conscious of that even inhabiting Musashino. Now, Musashino is one reality for some people or a virtual one for some others and people begin to look for Musashino after having met with its scenery of oaks.

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