Ukiyo-e
No matter how deep
They did that
Prints on my wall
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| The 1794 print of Kabuki actor Otani Onji II in the role of Edobe |
Matsumoto Yonesaburo
as Shosho of Kewaizaka
I can’t remember when it started but I did fell in love with the Zen arts…long, too long time ago was the time when I realized how beautiful the simple can be.
The short poetry form haiku, the green, silent and perfect tea ceremony (the chadō), the Noh theater and its masks, the Kabuki theater and its facial and body expressions, the woodblock prints called Ukiyo-e showing this eastern “floating world”...little by little the Japanese art called my attention and the focus of my taste pointed to that without the westernization way of judging the beauty.
The craziness of the daily life in Japan didn’t destroy my wish to touch its culture even when they (the Japanese people) are proud to be so modern and organized. How contrasting is this society…I just hope that one day someone or everybody here realizes how good it is to be still.
Katsushika Hokusai Red Mount Fuji
Ando Hiroshige
winter in Hamamatsu
