Echoes of Spring

From around 2010 to 2018, I mainly created fantasy paintings rooted in the admiration for the West that I had carried since childhood.
I was drawn to the appearance of Western figures, landscapes far removed from my everyday life, and the sense of mystery I found in religion. At times, I built series inspired by Greek mythology, and at others, by the world of tarot cards.

However, through holding solo exhibitions abroad between 2015 and 2019 and spending an extended period of time in the UK, Western culture gradually shifted in my mind from something “extraordinary” into something more “ordinary.”

At the same time, I came to realize more strongly that my own roots in Japanese culture could appear deeply mysterious and distinctive when seen from a global perspective.
Around 2020, I began to center my practice on Japanese culture, especially the aesthetics and motifs related to pre-Taisho kimono culture.

Since 2025, I have been continuing a series of paintings connected by a single line of thought.

Echoes of Spring is the first work in that cherry blossom series.

As I continue creating with the hope of exhibiting in overseas luxury hotels, automobile showrooms, and Japanese restaurants, I have repeatedly felt how often cherry blossoms are sought after as a theme.

At the same time, the boundaries between Japan’s four seasons seem to grow more blurred each year, and spring itself feels increasingly short.
Perhaps one day, even “a spring in which cherry blossoms bloom” may become something almost unreal.

With that feeling in mind, I present Echoes of Spring as my own vision of beauty at this moment.