About the Book
About Sakura Trees
Sakura are the flowers of the cherry trees known as (桜 or 櫻; さくら?). In English, "sakura" refers to the Japanese flowering cherry.
The custom was originally limited to the elite of the Imperial Court, but soon spread to samurai society and, by the Edo period, to the common people as well. Tokugawa Yoshimune planted areas of cherry blossom trees to encourage this. Under the sakura trees, people had lunch and drank sake in cheerful feasts.
Today world wide, people flock to the cities every spring to view sakura in bloom.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
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Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
# of Pages: 134 -
Isbn
- Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9781320020855
- Softcover: 9781320020848
- Publish Date: May 23, 2014
- Language English
- Keywords Washington DC, photography, sakura
About the Creator
Shashinka Ichiban's interest in to photography goes back to his childhood, with his first camera, a Kodak Instamatic X25 in the late 70's. Aaron started series pursuit in to imaging with a Pentax K1000. His photographic career started in the early 90s with his high school yearbook department. Later that year, with an apprenticeship with the Glade Times Mirror, Aaron entered the world as a press photographer. In the late 1990's Ichiban would go on to shoot for the Gazette, a multi-city edition community newspaper owned by the Washington Post Corporation. During the early turn of the millennium, Ichiban worked as freelance photojournalist, and travel photographer who has shot for USA Today, the Washington Post, and Reuters. He shoots exclusively with Nikon equipment for various newspapers, and magazines. His 9/11 images at the Pentagon were acquired by the AP and are still in circulation today. Today, Ichiban focuses his work on street photography, specializing in Japanese society.