Madame Butterfly

"She's like a porcelain doll. She sets me on fire." ~~Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton

Martial Arts
"To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant" ~ Taisen Deshimaru

Memoirs of a Geisha

"I loved that it celebrated all things woman - hair, makeup, perfume, grace. So what if all of these things were seemingly to please a man. Truth is, it is the wise woman that can use her perceived vulnerabilities as her strength." ~ntashapierre-1

Miako

"The geisha is a symbol of the power of woman."

~Author Unknown

Japanese Daughter

"My son is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life."
~Japanese Proverb

Bonzai Tree

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come."
~ Chinese proverb

Modern Asia

"On the other hand, the culture of modern Japan, which implied being thoroughly open to the West or at least that impeded understanding by the West."
~Kenzaburo Oe

Ming's Portrait

~Author Unknown

Mistress of the Orient
"Make tea not war." ~ Eleanor An Stu

Happiness

“What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.”
~Shinichi Suzuki

Asian Elegance

“Art is not in some far-off place. A work of Art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability.”
~Shinichi Suzuki

China Doll

"All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents."
~Joan Chen

The Fan

"A fog cannot be dispelled by a fan."
~Japanese Proverb

Hanamachi

“There are no fans in hell.”
~East Asian Proverb