Tea Ceremony Bowl on Tatami with Hanging Scroll in in a quiet tearoom with shoji screens in Kyoto

Tea Ceremony Bowl on Tatami with Hanging Scroll

by Hassan MacDonald

North-window sidelight floods the quiet tearoom, casting soft, diffuse illumination across rough-hewn tatami mats. A hand-thrown tea bowl with a weathered, earth-toned glaze rests near the edge of the woven floor, its surface catching faint highlights. Behind it, a hanging scroll with faded ink calligraphy hangs against a shoji screen, its paper translucent against the gray monsoon light filtering through the slats. The room recedes into layers of depth, where the texture of aged wood frames the background. Rain streaks the glass of the shoji, blurring the green garden beyond into a wash of soft greens and grays. A small water droplet rests on the lower corner of the scroll's silk mount, mirroring the damp atmosphere outside.

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Camera Minolta SR-T 101*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Minolta SR-T 101 photos, grab one online.
Lens 24mm f/2.8
Focal Length 24mm
Aperture f/2.8
Shutter Speed 1/1000
ISO 100
Film Ilford Delta 3200 grain
Location in a quiet tearoom with shoji screens in Kyoto
Date 1974-01-27
Credit VEETER
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