mono no aware ukiyo-e

Sakura blossom, Edinburgh. Picture of the floating world (ukiyo-e).

From Wikipedia : "In Japan, Cherry Blossoms symbolise clouds due to their nature of blooming en masse and because of the blossom's short life span, an enduring metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life which is embodied in the concept of 'mono no aware'."

Hat tips to Utagawa Hiroshige, Basho, Susumu Yokata and Doreen Kennedy

Part of the North Star Garden series