Okiyoko Landscape

In Thomas Cole’s The Oxbow he depicts a landscape in the aftermath of a storm. Contrasting darkness into light a clear view is given of the remnants of the storm shown by dark clouds and gnarled trees and metamorphoses into the bright and sunny New England countryside. In comparison Hokusai’s Ejira in Suruga Province, also a landscape but shown in a different perspective. Where The Oxbow is seemingly calm and contained, Ejira In Suruga Province is a flurry of motion its’ inhabitants scurrying for shelter from the powerful gusts of wind.

Nature both in art and in real life has been shown to make people feel more relaxed. As the piece is of a nature scene, it induces these feelings of relaxation and serenity in the viewer. The sign in the upper left of the painting can lead the viewer to interpret the scene as taking place in a public attraction or landmark, as it shows that there would be strangers learning information about the trees from the sign. The Japanese calligraphy can cause the viewers of the artwork to interpret the piece as taking place in a Japanese setting or of being created by someone with a Japanese

It was a short drive to the hotel, and the scenery was pretty cool, but I was really waiting for arrival time. I couldn't wait to see the hotel, and I had no clue what to expect. I eyes drifted out the window at all the tall trees on the hilly landscape. The trees filled the hill, and there was on sight of the forest floor. Birds of all sizes flew in and out of the forest, keeping a person looking at them and their home forever. But then the landscape began to change.

Setting is an extremely important element in stories and understanding it adds more depth in the overall comprehension an author’s intentions. In the pastoral romance novel The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima, the author uses the beautiful scenery as an important element to the story. The main protagonist, Shinji, has many connections to nature and the ocean throughout the story. Yukio Mishima uses the setting to provide a better understanding of his characters and to express the power of nature.

The appreciation of nature is illustrated through imagery ‘and now the country bursts open on the sea-across a calico beach unfurling’. The use of personification in the phrase ‘and the water sways’ is symbolic for life and nature, giving that water has human qualities. In contrast, ‘silver basin’ is a representation of a material creation and blends in with natural world. The poem is dominated by light and pure images of ‘sunlight rotating’ which emphasizes the emotional concept of this journey. The use of first person ‘I see from where I’m bent one of those bright crockery days that belong to so much I remember’ shapes the diverse range of imagery and mood within the poem. The poet appears to be emotional about his past considering his thoughts are stimulated by different landscapes through physical journey.

Like walking through a barren street in a crumbling ghost town, isolation can feel melancholy and hopeless. Yet, all it takes is an ordinary flower bud amidst the desolation to show life really can exist anywhere. This is similar to Stephen’s journey in The Samurai’s Garden. This novel is about an ailing Chinese boy named Stephen who goes to a Japanese village during a time of war between Japan and China to recover from his disease. By forming bonds with several locals and listening to their stories, he quickly matures into a young adult. Throughout the novel, Gail Tsukiyama shows how disease forces Stephen into isolation; however, Matsu’s garden and Sachi lead him out of solitude.

She became accustomed to the perception of a desert being portrayed as dull and lifeless (Being raised in Kentucky) until this trip. Throughout this scene, she expresses her fascination for nature, and uses a tone of awe and allurement while describing the attributes about the land with metaphors. This narration occurred following the first rainfall, when Mattie and Taylor decided to go to the desert. This passage which is distinctive of Kingsolver’s portrayal of the natural landscape shows her sudden awareness diverse atmospheres. By linking to the scenery to “the palm of a human hand”, the author uses the literary device of personification with the mountains and the town. Her phrase “resting in its cradle of mountains” associates the basin to a child, and the phrases “city like a palm”and“life lines and heart lines hints a grown-up. The terrain exemplifies a life from the beginning to end. Taylor describes the land my linking each attribute with lots of metaphors, which then confirms that the tone is “wonder and allurement” because it demonstrates that she is emotionally connected to the

Secrets fill the garden. In Gail Tsukiyama’s novel “The Samurai’s Garden”, she uses metaphors to show the audience the garden and its’ curator in a mysterious light. Tsukiyama’s character Stephen gazes upon Matsu’s garden with wonder and amazement. He compares it to another world, “The garden is a world filled with secrets… Matsu’s garden whispers at you, never shouts; it leads you down a path hoping for more, as if everything is seen, yet hidden” (Samurai 31). Tsukiyama creates another world within the fences of the garden. She integrates the secrets of its’ caretaker into the aura of the garden. The metaphor to another world impacts the reader by allowing the reader to see the mystery and beauty that shrouds it. The cloak of beauty shows

The path, hard-packed from thousands of bare feet that had trod on it for decades, was flanked on both sides by fat, fruit-laden mango trees, the sweet smell of which always seemed to welcome her home.” (Chapter 1, p.2).The narrator speaks on amari who loves enjoying things she never afraid of anything.Amari loves her home and she thinks its so sweet.The narrator wanna show how Amari she is, the way she appreciate things in her life.Even though their whites in her village she still shows how to put a smile on her face.The narrator wants to readers to show how she so grateful for things.Also how she grateful for her family and

The role of gardens play a much more important role in Japan than here in the United States. This is due primarily to the fact the Japanese garden embodies native values, cultural beliefs and religious principles. Perhaps this is why there is no one prototype for the Japanese garden, just as there is no one native philosophy or aesthetic. In this way, similar to other forms of Japanese art, landscape design is constantly evolving due to exposure to outside influences, mainly Chinese, that effect not only changing aesthetic tastes but also the values of patrons. In observing a Japanese garden, it is important to remember that the line between the garden and the landscape that surrounds it is not separate. Instead,

Some of the most beautiful places on Earth originate from East Asia. Many authors have found a way to capture this beauty in their works. From Mongolia to Taiwan, the theme of nature has become more prominent and is used to promote the deeper meaning of many writings. In East Asian literature many authors use literary devices such as loaded words, imagery, and tone to develop the theme of nature.

In every walk with nature one receives far more than one seeks. The Samurai’s Garden is a book that encompasses the beauty and importance of the natural world through many individuals’ experiences. Tsukiyama expresses the belief that humans need help from an outside force, so that they can be relieved from their grief and misery. In the novel, The Samurai’s Garden, Gail Tsukiyama conveys the theme that in order to heal, people need nature; she accomplishes this through her use of Sachi, Matsu, and Stephen.

When children need their mother’s help, she promises and prioritizes to be there for them. Shuntaro Tanikawa, author of the poem “River,” is a passionate poet and writer, although he despised schooling or attending college. Tanikawa’s poetic imagination revolves around western influence, but he writes his works as a search for “universal consciousness.” The “universal consciousness” emphasizes values, such as ones for money, family, or life, and Tanikawa focuses this poem with the value of relationships. Tanikawa utilizes symbolism and imagery to emphasize the significance of community bonds by comparing them with the river and the things around it.

The first landscape feature that is described are, “the tops of trees” (Chopin 203). Trees are commonly attributed to nature and the symbol of life. Although the author has attributed the trees in this story with the literary term personification, as the trees, “were all aquiver with the new spring life” (Chopin 203). The author has attributed the trees to movement as the protagonist begins to desire to be in the cycle of nature. The protagonist relates to the trees because the trees are no longer weighed down by the heavy snow, thus allowing the trees to grow again, which is similar to the protagonist, as she is no longer confined by her husband, but she desires to be rebirthed (Lucas). Consequently, the protagonist was learning her desires to participate in life as an independent individual and to have restrictions a memory in the past. Therefore, the protagonist is beginning to participate down the path of becoming

Just like in the rest of the works, Sharon Olds’ poem, Still Life in Landscape, is presented on a confessional note. The speaker, who is the author, is a child. This child narrates about her experience as a witness of an accident caused by recklessness due to drunk driving. It is easy to tell from the line 1, “It was night, it had rained, there were pieces of cars and half-cars strewn,” that a terrible accident had happened on the road during that night. The poem presents a truthful meaning of how real reality is, and it can be elucidated and viewed via varying viewpoints by the audience, the child and the reader. The interpretation of the poem by the child is that it is a traumatic exposure to the raw life reality that likely cannot be undone nor can he forget the happenings of the night.