IMAGES click on the image thumbnails to get a larger copy in a new window. View from a Katsura interior to rice field landscape beyond. Photo: Robert Cheetham Round, bamboo-screened windows above a sliding door. Photo: Robert Cheetham Arched, earthen bridge at Katsura. Photo: Robert Cheetham Building on Katsura grounds. Photo: Robert Cheetham View across pond at Katsura. Photo: Robert Cheetham Checkered screens in Katsura building. Photo: Robert Cheetham View across pond at Katsura. Photo: Robert Cheetham Katsura structure. Photo: Robert Cheetham Cleaning a pond at Katsura. Photo: Robert Cheetham Bamboo screen over window in mud wall. Photo: Robert Cheetham An arrow-shaped, iron handle on a wooden screen. Photo: Robert Cheetham Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Photo: Lynn Perry Katsura Fence Photo: Robert Cheetham Katsura Photo: Alan Tarver

Since I have not climbed The mountains of Yoshino, I can do nothing But listen to others talk Of the cherry blossoms there.   Ki no Tsurayuki (866-946)   Kokin Wakashû   trans. by Charles Terry (?)