<i>Ryuuyou Kannon</i> (柳葉観音) is one of the thirty-three forms of <i>Kannon bosatsu</i> (Guanyin), holding a leaf of the willow tree (Salix spp.), which naturally yields salicylic acid (cf. aspirin) and used as medicine. Being gorgeousRosesThe left counterpart of a pair of folding screens. lily<i>Botan</i> flower (<i>Paeonia suffruticosa</i>)<i>Botan</i> flower (<i>Paeonia suffruticosa</i>)Tremor of WingsAngelique<i>Kawadzu-zakura</i> (Cherry blossom)A thin robe IIIThe valley of soaring flowers of hopeThe right counterpart of a pair of folding screens. Orchid cactusRed-and-white <i>botan</i> flowers (<i>Paeonia suffruticosa</i>)A flowerGrapeInspired by magnificent trees of <i>byakuhshin</i>, or <i>ibuki</i> (Chinese juniper) at old temples in Kamakura. GladiolusA sister work of "<a href="https://hiromimiura.art/1017-180x90x6_tennyo-raizu/" class="internal">Emergence of <i>tennyo</i> (celestial maidens)</a>", drawn after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011, which also hit the hometown of the author. The image depicts <i>tennyo</i>, or angels, with different backgrounds around the world holding flowers of hope. An red-and-white attired camelliaGerminal Fear VIA cat and a flowerLILYEmergence of <i>tennyo</i>, or angels, in contemporary fashionGrey-budded snake-bark-maple (<i>Acer rufinerve</i>), or <i>urihada</i> [melon skin] mapleTo cherish<i>Sasa</i>, or bamboo grass, is said to bloom only once in every sixty years to a century. <i>Kanreki</i> (還暦), a term derived from the Chinese sexagenary cycle, is often used for the anniversary of 60th birthday in Japan, to which the title of this image of <b>sasa flowers</b> is attributed. Invitation for solo exhibition at Keio D.S. in 2023Orchids