View of Nature in Japan

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Monthly Wallpapers

Collaboration with the 7-5 Rhythm

The wallpapers on this page represent an experiment, synthesizing photographic imagery with short Japanese phrases in both concept and design.

All wallpapers here are free to download for personal use. Please click on your favorite image.

AUG

SEP

OCT

JAN

A lapis-lazuli kingfisher perching on a withered twig in winter.

暫し留まる瑠璃の冬

Tall bare trees and the blue sky with their mirror reflections on a pond.

二つの空に冬木立

A red gradient of a translucent double plum blossom against the sunlight.

新年の陽を背に浴びる

Paperwhite flowers illuminated by a beam of sunlight, with dark green leaves.

白い結晶、冬の花

FEB

The reflection of an egret swaying on the pond’s surface.

凍らぬ池に影揺れる

A white half moon in the blue sky, far above bare poplar trees.

枯れ枝伸びて白い月

White plum blossoms lined up vertically on twigs.

和音奏でる梅の花

White flowers and pinkish round buds of plum trees under the blue sky.

梅ふふむ空、緩歩する

MAR

A twig with pink double plum flowers, bowing with a Japanese white-eye.

小鳥にしなる春の枝

A white magnolia canopy under the blue sky.

白木蓮の空仰ぐ

菜の花畑の懐かしさ

The slightly rippling water of a pond reflecting trees and white blooms of the forest.

森も溶けこむ春の水

The sunlight filtering through cherry blossoms of soft pink.

今日の光はさくら色

An akebi vine with purple blooms and fresh green, drooping and curving upward.

弾んで昇る春のつる

APR

A white egret stalking through the shallow water of a pond.

鷺の歩みも夏隣

Fluffy clouds drifting far above the still trees of fresh green.

遥か彼方に春の風

Cherry blossoms, a light blue sky, and dark blue moats along the stonewalls of Osaka Castle.

幾百年の春来る

A yamazakura blossom, showing five white petals and five green sepals in the sun.

二つの星がつくる花

Japanese maple with fresh yellow-green leaves and tiny wine-red flowers.

ワインレッドに萌黄の葉

MAY

Ripples of green reflections, spreading across a pond.

翠緑の池に初夏の揺れ

Coarsely toothed edges of fresh green leaves, filling the sky.

若葉のエッジに満ちた空

White clover patches scattered across the green grass.

夢中で編んだ白詰草

Virginia plantains growing upright in the sun.

穂が立ち並び五月晴れ

JUN

Two juvenile little grebes rushing across a green-tinted pond, leaving white trails.

鳰の子急ぐおやつ時

Leaf silhouettes and white roll clouds after the rain.

梅雨の晴れ間に影映る

Rain droplets along edges of fresh-green burnet leaves after the rain.

若葉に残る今朝の雨

Silk tree blossoms with white to pink gradients in the evening sunlight.

おぼろ染の花、夏至の夕

JUL

A wild duck swimming on a pond with a V-shaped wake crossing ripples.

波立てながら夏進む

Green leaves of a Japanese pagoda tree, overlapping each other against the blue sky.

まぶしくもあり梅雨の明け

Red flowers of crape myrtles reflected on the surface of a greenish pond.

水のカンバスに百日紅

AUG

A wild duck preening on a thick perch behind Japanese loosestrife flowers.

みそ萩揺れる風の息

Blue gradients of the sea and the sky, converging to a light blue at the horizon, with distant views of a two-colored ship, a white contrail, and a whitish half moon.

宇宙へ続く夏の青

Red flowers, green leaves, and dark-purple fruits of crape myrtles, standing tall under intense sunlight.

炎暑も糧にする生命

Sunlit green leaves of a plane tree, white cumulus clouds in the lower sky, and white cirrus clouds in the higher sky.

夏の向こうに絹の雲

Three tanzaku-style wallpapers in the background of a rippling pond.

葉月（立秋、処暑）

SEP

A white egret stretching its long neck in the sunlight.

白露の候に首伸ばす

A drooping ivy of translucent yellow leaves, swaying in the sunlight.

忽然と秋が吹き抜ける

Red spider lily flowers in full bloom, standing without leaves.

彼岸花咲く里帰り

The shaded side of the trunks and roots with the translucent green leaves in the sunlight.

樹陰の夕に秋を待つ

Three tanzaku-style wallpapers in the background of shaded maple leaves against the blue sky.

長月（白露、秋分）

OCT

White ripples covering a pond, with the wake of a wild duck.

秋風涼しく渡りゆく

A bank of white altocumulus clouds in the blue sky after the rain.

秋雨去って雲の群れ

Translucent white and pink cosmos in the field under the sun.

陽も柔らかな秋日和

A color-changing canopy of green, yellowish green, yellow, and brownish yellow leaves under the blue sky.

一葉ひと葉に秋の綾

Three tanzaku-style wallpapers in the background of coral-red feathery clouds above the city skyline in the sunset.

神無月（寒露、霜降）

NOV

Trident maple leaves fallen and scattered on a pond, almost without drifting.

微かに揺れる唐楓

A Japanese zelkova tree on a pond islet, framed by plane trees on the bank.

スズカケノキの落葉踏む

Full-blooming sasanqua camellias on the opposite bank, reflected on the calm pond water along with the blue sky.

山茶花ひらく向こう岸

The sunlight filtering through crimson leaves of Japanese maples against the blue sky.

秋の陽射しは紅に

DEC

A kingfisher gripping a bare twig in the sun.

小春日和の枝つかむ

White cirrus clouds making nearly parallel lines in the blue sky.

気流の紡ぐ冬の糸

Plumes of Japanese silver grass shining in the afterglow.

残照の穂に年の暮れ

Bare branches of Japanese hackberry trees, dotted with tiny fruits under the blue sky.

冬鳥誘うにぎやかし

The Harmony of Imagery and Japanese Phrases

The short Japanese phrases adhere to the traditional "Shichigo-cho" (seven-and-five-syllable meter) to expand the imaginative depth of each photograph. They function as extended titles for the wallpapers. In addition, the meter introduces a traditional Japanese rhythm to the imagery, even without music. Written in flowing and cursive calligraphy ("Sosho"), these short phrases are positioned to balance the overall visual composition.

✦ Notes

• At present, the previous wallpapers with grayish phrases are not downloadable, and will be redesigned, .

• Aspect Ratios: 9:20 optimized for smartphones (1080 x 2400 px).

• Aspect Ratios: 16:9 optimized for monitors (3840 x 2160 px).

• Terms of Use: Free of charge, for personal use only.

• The cursive calligraphy featured on these wallpapers utilizes "Kozan Brush Font Sosho".

• UD: Photo flipped Upside Down (indicated by a small "UD" mark)

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