A Japanese handmade with Japanese bind book. Each page has hand embroidered cherry blossom tree pages that open to reveal the hidden images that lay beneath. The illustrations highlight the old and new traditions of Japan today.
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The hand embroidered pages that open to reveal images below.
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Shinkansen meets the old Samurai and family travelling in old traditional carriage.
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Sumo. Geisha and a modern high rises of today.
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Tokyo tower. Shibuya crossing. Old Japanese crossing a busy modern road. I blurred out their faces with water to give them a ghost appearance.