散らかった池 the scattered pond

^{“A New Dawn”}

^{花緑青が明ける日に}

<sup>Screenings from March 6th
Last year, I had the opportunity to work as an additional artist, drawing firework animation sequences and firework shells for the first feature film directed by Yoshitoshi Shinomiya. It was a marvellous and rare experience to witness—and contribute to—a project in which the sensibilities of a Nihonga painter are brought into the process of Japanese animation production.

昨年、私は四宮義俊監督による初の長編作品に、インターンとして特殊作画に参加する機会をいただき、花火のアニメーションシークエンスおよび花火玉の作画に携わりました。日本画家としての感性が日本のアニメーション制作のプロセスへと取り込まれていく現場を目の当たりにし、さらにその制作に関わることができたのは、非常に貴重で素晴らしい経験でした。

The film will begin screening in cinemas across Japan from March 6th, at venues such as:

本作は3月6日より、日本全国の映画館にて上映が開始されます。上映劇場の一例として：

https://www.cinequinto.com/shibuya/</sup>

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“Macrocosmos”

^{マクロコスモス}

<sup>April 26th- Spril 27th 2025









Studio Kura, Fukuoka</sup>

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^{散らかった池}

^{the scattered pond}

I created a myth about the ‘Nekodake’, a term in Japan that describes bottles that sit aligned near walls to dissuade cats from marking their territories. At the time I found this peculiar and never had I seen this practice before. The lantern work was in collaboration with Watanabe-san, where we created the bamboo frame together, and shadow-youkai (made from pieces of tin). I was inspired by my trip to Kyoto where I spoke with a youkai researcher on the theories of youkai conception. Youkai are deeply rooted in the dark edges of rural Japan and became more abundant during the Edo period, where the development of lit cities and towns furthered the fears towards the surrounding dark mountainous regions and what lay within them disappeared.

I created a myth about the ‘Nekodake’, a term in Japan that describes bottles that sit aligned near walls to dissuade cats from marking their territories. At the time I found this peculiar and never had I seen this practice before. The lantern work was in collaboration with Watanabe-san, where we created the bamboo frame together, and shadow-youkai (made from pieces of tin). I was inspired by my trip to Kyoto where I spoke with a youkai researcher on the theories of youkai conception. Youkai are deeply rooted in the dark edges of rural Japan and became more abundant during the Edo period, where the development of lit cities and towns furthered the fears towards the surrounding dark mountainous regions and what lay within them disappeared.  
<sub>March-April 2024;
A 1 week group exhibition with Artists from Wada KS Terrace. 

I created a myth about the ‘Nekodake’, a term in Japan that describes bottles that sit aligned near walls to dissuade cats from marking their territories. At the time I found this peculiar and never had I seen this practice before. The lantern work was in collaboration with Watanabe-san, where we created the bamboo frame together, and shadow-youkai (made from pieces of tin). I was inspired by my trip to Kyoto where I spoke with a youkai researcher on the theories of youkai conception. Youkai are deeply rooted in the dark edges of rural Japan and became more abundant during the Edo period, where the development of lit cities and towns furthered the fears towards the surrounding dark mountainous regions and what lay within them disappeared.</sub>

 

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• ^{肘折灯籠祭り}

• ^{Hijiori lantern festival}

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• ^{And with that, my participation in the Hijiori Lantern Festival}
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

^{The Drawing Year 2021}

 
^{End of Year exhibition, London}




<sub>My drawings were presented alongside my peers in the End of year show at the Royal Drawing school.



Date: April 7, 2022 – April 14, 2022
Venue: Royal Drawing School, 19-22 Charlotte Road, London, EC2A 3SG</sub>

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^{“Monsters of Misawa”}

^{1 day Pop-up Exhibition in Yamagata city}

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  Date: December 13, 2015 
  Venue: Yamagata-shi, Misawa class, 1-7-24

  
  

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