Keizan

Keizan

Mt.Ibuki in winter

sumi ink on paper
20.87 x 16.15 inches
2020
$100 (with frame)

Keizan

Traces of water and light

sumi ink on paper
18.51 x 19.69 inches
2020
$100 (with frame)

Keizan

Misty rain on Mt.Mikami

sumi ink on paper
23.23 x 18.51 inches
2020
$100 (with frame)

Keizan was born and raised in a region rich in nature in Japan. He learned calligraphy from an early age, and after acquiring the title of Shihan (Master Calligrapher), he learned about sumi-ink painting and tenkoku (seal-engraving) and became familiar with the world of Japanese washi paper and sumi-ink. Since he was born and raised in a region rich in nature, and lived close to Kyoto, which is full of history and culture, he was blessed with the beautiful sceneries of temple gardens, shrines, and fusuma (Japanese door) paintings.
However, he felt the limits of the closed traditional art of Japan and began his attempts to introduce the Japanese culture to the world. One is currently being exhibited in a separate exhibition. It is the world of calligraphy that fuses calligraphy and sumi-ink painting and expressed with a brush and ink, in order to return to its original oriental art form. His motifs are also more modern and are tested to be of interest to the younger generation. Second is to express popular modern art through calligraphy.
By believing that tradition can be developed rather than adhered, he aims to revitalize Japan with the soft power that moves the current century of the world.

Keizanは日本の自然豊かな地方に生まれ育った。幼少より書道を習い師範を取得してからは水墨画や篆刻も習って和紙と墨の世界に親しんできた。自然豊かな地方に生まれ育ち、また歴史や文化に溢れた京都にも近かったため寺社の庭園や襖絵などの鑑賞にも恵まれた。
 しかしこれら伝統的芸術の現在における閉鎖性に限界を感じ日本文化を世界に発信する試みを続けている。一つには現在日本で個別の展開を見せている書と水墨画を融合させる書画の世界を筆墨で表現して本来の東洋芸術に立ち返ることである。モチーフもより現代的で若い世代が興味を持てるものを試みる。二つ目は注目を集めている現代アートを書で表現することである。
 伝統とは固守することでなくて発展させることで継承できるものと考え、今世紀の世界を動かすソフトパワーによって日本を再び元気にすることが目標である。

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