Kyoto Journal 104号のテーマは「Flora & Kyoto」。京都の庭園、御神木、花かんざし、七十二候、お花見、祭り、盆栽、京野菜、料理など、時代を超えて京都の暮らしに息づく文化を紹介します。
This special print issue explores the ubiquitous role of flora as an essential subtheme in Kyoto’s timeless culture through essays, interviews, and poetry, illuminated by superb photography and artworks.

季節の花や樹木などをモチーフとして取り入れる文化は、時代を超えて京都の暮らしに息づいています。今号の『Kyoto Journal』では、「フローラ (Flora)」をテーマに、京都の豊かな文化をさまざまな側面から洗練された写真やアートワークとともに紹介します。
Contents :
・The Sacred Trees of Kyoto
Codi Hauka
・Sakura
Abe Naoko
・The 72 Japanese Micro-Seasons
Mark Hovane
・Hiougi 檜扇
Susan Pavloska
・Flower Atlas Calendar
Miya Ando
・The Suppression of Color
Stephen Mansfield
・Sano Tõemon, 16th Generation Gardener
Ian Perlman
・The Poetry of Plants
Marc Peter Keane
・Meditation on Sarasoju
Magaret Chula
・Yosano Akiko + Chiyo-ni
・Issa + Ryokan
・Sakura
Ken Rodgers
・Sei Shonagon
・Shinnyodo, Yoshidayama, Graveyards
　The Trees
Edith Shiffert
・Pleasure, Gratitude
Patricia Donegan
・Visions of Myõe Shõnin in the Forest of the World
Chris Goto-Jones
・Kyoto Etude
Edith Shiffert
・Lessons from the Lotus
Hikaru Hirata-Miyakawa
・Flora at Hõnen-in
Marc Peter Keane
・Flowers of Sentience, Roots of Consciousness
M. Cody Poulton
・Cyanotypes of Kyoto Plants 2022
Tomas Svab
・Flora in Chanoyu Tea Culture: A Chaji for Spring
Bruce Hamana
・Subtle Brilliance: Floral Embellishments in Maki-e
Lewis Miesen
・Marking Seasons in “the Flower and Willow World”
　+ A Hana-kanzashi Almanac
Peter MacIntosh
・Kyoto’s Ancient Floral Extravaganza: Aoi Matsuri
・Painting Camellias, Evoking the Emergence of Spring
Matt Larking
・The Flowers of Daio-in Temple
Allan Mandell
・Street Garden
Paul van der Veer
・Notes on Ikebana
Mark Hovane ・Ikebana and the Fragility of Life: Encountering Kadõ Master Hagiwara Ryota
Izawa Masataka
・Reborn Ikebana
Anothermountainman
・Shimekazari
・Bonsai and the Magic of Scale
Ken Rodgers
・A Day in the Life of a Cobra Lily
Brian Turner
・The Poem in the Tree: Japanese Maples and the Art of Bonsai
Robert Weis
・Origami Washi Flowers
Maeda Asami + Iwaza Masataka
・Kyoyasai and Kyoto Culture
Bruce Hamana
・A Fascination with Fungi
John Ashburne
・Space Colonies
Marc Peter Keane
・Discovering Native Plants in the Kyoto Botanical Gardens
Rebecca Arthur
・4 Seasons in Miniature
Rachel Rasfeld
・Ransetsu + Bashõ
・The Camellia, Queen of Winter Flowers
Elena Karina Byrne
・Overlooked
Lane Diko
・Contributors
・More on Japanese Gardens
・In the Realm of Jinchoge
Robert Brady