Japanese Stone Lantern is a photograph by Lois Bryan which was uploaded on March 20th, 2014.
Japanese Stone Lantern
The Japanese Stone Lantern located on the Tidal Basin, among the glorious blossoming cherry blossoms in Washington DC, is the site of a beautiful... more
by Lois Bryan
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Japanese Stone Lantern
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Lois Bryan
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Photograph - Photography / Digital Art
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The Japanese Stone Lantern located on the Tidal Basin, among the glorious blossoming cherry blossoms in Washington DC, is the site of a beautiful ceremony every year.
The Lighting Ceremony is a formal ceremonial lighting of the Japanese Stone Lantern beneath the cherry blossom trees on the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. The lantern itself was carved 360 years ago and was first lit in 1651 to honor the Third Shogun of the Tokugawa period. It was given to the City of Washington as a gift in 1954 and symbolizes friendship and peace between Japan and the United States. The lantern is lit only once each year during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. The ceremony is free and open to the public. My thanks to the About.com Washington DC website for this information.
Image captured with the Nikon D300 and the 18-200mm vr Nikon lens March 27, 2011.
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GJ Glorijean
Lois, Thank You for sharing your beautiful and soft capture of the Lantern, as well as posting the official information brief about its significance. I took the NPS Ranger Walk in DC was so incredibly amazed how these were gifts to the USA from Japan after WWI. Then we destroyed all Japan's beautiful native trees in WWII. But someone had the ingenuity to graft our trees and return them in the 1950s to repopulate Japan's beauty. In my muse over Fukushimo disaster I can't help but try to cover with a see of cherry blossoms. I Voted for and Tweeter your art. GJ glorijean
Kathi Mirto
This is a glorious presentation with the afternoon light and the high def brings out the textures of those amazing twisted tree trunks! Love it!! fl
Martin Davey
Very gentle and pleasing use of colours and filters. Very subtle and beautifully effective! L
Sally Bauer
Beautiful Spring image Lois! Congrats on all your features of this magnificent capture! ~L/F
Sandi OReilly
Beautiful capture, light and work, Lois, and hoping for the cherry blossoms up there soon, a treasure, F/L
Lois Bryan replied:
Hi Sandi!! Thank you ... it should be an interesting festival this year with all this crazy weather we've had ...
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