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Aristocratic beauty from the series Genji emaki, 1979 by Okada Yoshio (born 1934)

This only happens once a year! Tomorrow at 3 PM, the Japanese Embassy will perform the traditional lantern lighting on the Tidal Basin.

The Japanese Lantern was gifted to the city of Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1954 and is older than the United States itself! Originally carved in 1651, the granite lantern stands eight and a half feet tall and weighs 4,000 pounds. It is the oldest free-standing, man-made stone structure standing outdoors in our nation's capital. Learn more: https://nationalmall.org/content/japanese-lantern

Once located on Independence Avenue, the Trust helped move the lantern to the Tidal Basin’s edge to create a new home for this storied artifact. In 2013, we led the construction of the Stone Lantern Plaza to implement paved walkways, plantings and large weathered boulders that create sense of place for the centuries old lantern. Constructed to be ecologically friendly, the plaza was built to protect the nearby cherry trees from soil erosion and compaction. The lantern was also relocated to make it more accessible to visitors — including the millions who come to see the cherry blossoms each spring.

Photo by: Mike Lurie

Ikuharu Kawash*ta

Born February 4th 1950 in Ozuki, Japan.
Died August 23rd 2023 in Washington, DC.

'The Woman from Kōbe', 1979, by Italian artist Amleto Dalla Costa (born 1929).

Art: https://www.iamfy.co/shop/desiree-feldmann

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Tokyo, Japan
Photo credit: Hosokawa Ryohei.

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Photo credit: Hosokawa Ryohei.

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