Hat tip to Matt Mattus for his post about rice field art near the village of Inakadate. Designs are ‘painted’ into fields using rice varieties with different leaf colors. (Here’s what the plants look like up close.)
I was pleased to see one inspired by one of my favorite woodblock prints of Mt. Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai.
More rice field art images here. Or google image search.
Oh my gosh, these are extraordinary. This would be difficult to do on paper let alone in a field of rice.
Thanks for the link, amazing stuff. This is also one of my favorite images, love those seascapes.
Wow! I can’t even imagine the planning that goes into these… but then again, I’m not a planner. 🙂 I like the Mt. Fuji one you posted, Craig, but I think that my favorite is the two Japanese oni on either side of the road. They’re fun!
Wow–thanks for sharing.