VOLUME 32
SHIMANE
Izumo Grand Shrine, Matsue Castle & Adachi Museum Garden
The massive shimenawa at Izumo Taisha, thicker than a man's reach. The black plover-wing roof of Matsue Castle. The moss skinning the smelting walls of Iwami Ginzan's silver shafts. A carp drifting through a white-walled canal in Tsuwano. The framed garden seen through a window at the Adachi Museum. The lacquered scales of an Iwami kagura serpent mask, jaw still ajar from the night's performance. Shimane is a prefecture that keeps its history in rope. This is the coast the old chronicles call the land of the gods, where Izumo gathers the kami each October and the Oki Islands sit offshore like a punctuation. Inland, terraced paddies fold around mine adits and persimmon trees. The Sea of Japan presses cold against the northern edge, silvering tile and basalt alike. South, in Tsuwano's valley, white plaster meets running water. Forty pages here. A magatama bead in an open palm. Peonies adrift at Yuushien. The straw still falling from the rope.
“Forty pages of rope, water, and silver.”
- 40 original Shimane Prefecture illustrations
- Single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through
- 8.5 x 8.5 inch square format
- A mix of detailed and breathable compositions
- Brief editorial introduction to Shimane
- Anyone with an interest in Japan, its shrines, and its coastal landscapes
- Adults who use coloring for relaxation and quiet focus
- A considered gift for friends and family with a love of Japan
The Shimane coloring book is Volume 32 of Sora Mikami's Prefectures of Japan series, a 47-volume collection that explores Japan one prefecture at a time. It gathers 40 original black-line illustrations of Shimane. It draws on Izumo Grand Shrine, Matsue Castle, and Adachi Museum Garden, alongside the everyday scenes Shimane considers its own.
You will find Izumo Grand Shrine, Matsue Castle, and Adachi Museum Garden, together with the landmarks, food, and quiet corners that give Shimane its character. The compositions move between detailed, intricate pages and calmer, more breathable ones, so there is something for every mood.
Yes. The book mixes detailed illustrations with more open, breathable designs, so beginners and experienced colorists alike can settle in. The large 8.5 x 8.5 inch square pages give you plenty of room to work, and every page is printed single-sided.
Colored pencils, markers, and gel pens all work beautifully. Because every illustration is printed single-sided on white paper, you can use heavier media without bleed-through onto another design. Slip a sheet of card behind the page if you want to be sure.
It is Volume 32 of a planned 47, one book for every Japanese prefecture. The volumes can be coloured in any order, and together they sketch the whole country one place at a time. Shimane sits in the Chugoku region of Japan.
