Golden Week, the longest national holiday of the year* is
about to finish. Just came back to Tokyo from a
trip to Shikoku, which, despite being one of the four main islands of Japan, is an
oasis free from tourists. Beautiful desolate nature, warm and welcoming people
and heart-filling food! Being easily accessible from the tourist hotspots, I
would definitely recommend you to visit Shikoku to get a true sense of what
‘rural’ Japan
is.
But here is an artist from Ehime prefecture, Shikoku, whom I
discovered at the Bansuisou,
in Matsuyama
city. TCHINAI Kyousuke’s (智内・兄助）paintings have me mesmerised. The profane and the traditional
are beautifully entwined with dazzling touches of gold leaves.
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| 北の火祭 咲きのぼる葵 |
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| 因果 （１９９３） |
* Nine days for lucky me, but five for most people
Beautiful! Title made me smile too, I recently finished reading Dance Dance Dance. Oh, I do miss you. Post coming to you soon, I promise (including veg stock cubes). xo
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