Inspiration from Japan
The lists in the next section are here to help you get to know Japan better and to give you useful keywords for finding example images and references as you begin learning the art of Sumi-e.
Mountains of Japan
Mount Fuji
Mount Hotaka
Mount Kita
Mount Yari
Mount Aino
Mount Akaishi
Mount Tate
Mount Warusawa
Mount Ontake
Obamidake
Mount Haku
Mount Karasawa
Mount Norikura
Daisen
Asahi-dake
Mount Ishizuchi
Mount Shiomi
Mount Tsurugi
Mount Iwaki
Mount Nikkō-Shirane
Mount Chōkai
Mount Miyanoura
Mount Hijiri
Mount Kumotori
Mount Iwate
Mount Yakushi
Mount Yōtei
Mount Gassan
Mount Hayachine
Mount Rausu
Mount Hiuchi
Mount Ōdaigahara
Mount Ibuki
Mount Poroshiri
Mount Rishiri
Mount Karakuni
Mount Asama
Kaimondake (volcano)
Mount Senjō
Mount Kaikoma
Mount Aso
Mount Nakadake
Mount Nōtori
Mount Minami
Mount Shari
Mount Ena
Mount Meakan
Mount Washiba
Mount Suisho
Common Bird Species in Japan
Japanese green woodpecker
Common kingfisher
Blakiston's fish owl
Brown-eared bulbul
Black kite
Grey heron
Red-crowned crane
Ural owl
Black woodpecker
Black-browed reed warbler
Blue rock thrush
Bull-headed shrike
Chestnut-cheeked starling
Common cuckoo
Eastern spot-billed duck
Eurasian coot
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
Eurasian wryneck
Great spotted woodpecker
Green pheasant
Indian cuckoo
Japanese wagtail
Japanese white-eye
Large-billed crow
Trees of Japan
Japanese Maple
Hinoki
Japanese Cherry
Sugi
Japanese Camellia
Camphor
Japanese Laurel
Bloodgood Japanese Maple
Japanese Chinquapin
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Japanese Red Cedar
Japanese Zelkova
Katsura
Kousa Dogwood
Maple
Tamukeyama Japanese Maple
Cryptomeria japonica
Flowers in Japan
Japanese Wisteria
Sakura
Tsubaki
Ume
Ajisai
Kiku (Chrysanthemum)
Asagao
Himawari
Bara (Rose)
Iris
Japanese Iris
Kosumosu (Cosmos)
Momo
Sumire
Hasu (Lotus)
Hydrangea
Moss Phlox
Devilwood
Yuri
Azalea
Christmas Rose
Chrysanthemums
Daffodil
Gems and Minerals of Japan
Andradite
Apophyllite
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Baryte
Bismuth
Bournonite
Brochantite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Danburite
Enargite
Ferberite (Pseudomorphs after Scheelite)
Ferroaxinite
Fluorite
Gold
Henmilite
Molybdenite
Nambulite
Osumilite
Pyrite
Pyrosmalite
Pyroxmangite
Quartz
Quartz (Pseudomorphs after Barite)
Rhodochrosite
Scheelite
Scorodite
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Famous Torii Gates in Japan
Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima
Shitenno-ji Temple, Osaka
Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto
Meiji Shrine, Tokyo
Futami Okitama Shrine, Mie
Kinpusenji Temple, Nara
Kumano Hongū Taisha, Wakayama
Hakone Shrine, Kanagawa
Arakura Sengen Shrine, Yamanashi
Motonosumi Shrine, Yamaguchi
