ニューヨークは温かった。。花粉もなく、いい時期でした。
泊まったSofitel Hotel。高いっす。。。
セントラルパークはまだ雪
メトロポリタン美術館の日本コーナー
水墨画がたくさん
Plum in Sumi-e, drawing technique
Hi, there.
We are having great blooming days. Plum is my favorite 😀
Painting Tips:
Drawing in order: To depict the strength of each of stamen, it is good idea to draw the stamen first. Then petal is followed.
Stamen: Plum has strong straight stamen. Most of those are longer than the petal. That’s the symbol of plum and differentiate plum from cherry blossom. If you draw stamen very softly, people would think it of cherry 🙂
Petal: Plum petal is small in real. I draw little bigger than what it is. Five pieces of petal are in a package.
Branch: Flower roots directly on the branch.
Complete one
Plum on pot in the Metropolitan museum in NYC
Matsu no Midori – Japanese Dance Groove –
I was on the stage 🙂 at Noh Gaku Doh, Celurean tower in Shibuya, Tokyo.
It was the yearly exhibition of Aoi school where I learn the Japanese traditional dance, Nihon Buyou (Nichi bu).
My dance is along with the 18 century song called ‘Matsu no Midori’. My friend, Rei Hasegawa took photos of me, so if you’d like click here
Matsu no Midori got tasty lyrics.
It talks about the girl or kamuro, named Midori in the red district. Matsu is the name of tytle of the queen in Oiran, Tayuu and generally matsu means the pain tree and Midori means green, the name of color.
Midori is expected to grow up nicely and turn out to be Tayuu, or Matsu. To get idea of oiran world, here is the great examle "Sakuran ", the 2008 Japanese film.
The below is my try of translation
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It was thousands times of the Spring that this pine tree got thick green.
My girl Midori will turn out to be Matsu in the future.
I imagine Midori dresses up with beautiful kimono and walking in the red district.
Some good guy would redeem her from yoshiwara?
There is the reality in the living.
Wish she may capture the happiness
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The most meaningful choreography is the part of the imagination of her future. By pointing with the fun, I, or someone, would spend the night with her. wow.
It is supposed that the pine tree locates on the right side from the audience. So, I point to that side with the fun when the phrase of Matsu comes. I will upload video later 🙂
anyway, old Japanese life is good…
日本舞踊 松の緑
日舞のおさらい会 in 能楽堂 セルリアン
松の緑、踊ってみました・・ REI HASEGAWA先生が撮ってくれた写真はこちら
舞台は立派で格好ええ。。
松の緑の歌詞はこんな感じ
「今年より 千度迎ふる 春ごとに なおも深めに松の緑か 禿の名ある 双葉の色に
大夫の風の吹き通ふ 松の位の 外八文字 派手を見せたる 蹴出し妻 よふ似た松の根上がりも 一つ囲いの籬にもるる 廓は根引きの 別世界 世々の誠と 裏表 比べごしなる 筒井筒 振分け髪もいつしかに 老いとなるまで末広を 開き初めたる 名こそ祝せめ」
この歌詞がなんと、松の成長と廓の遊女（映画さくらんの世界でありんす）の成長をかけたダブルミーニング！艶っぽい。
「松の位」てのが、遊女の最高位。横綱。さくらんの土屋アンナ。「禿」は、「かむろ」って読んで、廓にいる幼ない女の子。さくらんで言えば、きく葉。成長して「松の位」＝「太夫」になれたら。。
一番艶ぽい歌詞は、「一つの囲いの籬にもるる」だそうですぅ。振りでは、扇子で松？＝みどり？を指すんですね。一緒に寝ようっていう。。。お江戸はいいなぁ。
蹴出し妻・・・よく浮世絵見ると着物の裾がはだけて（肌蹴て、って書くんすね（奮）、中の派手な下着（とでもいう感じの）が見えてますよね。あれらしいっす。
松の根上がり・・・浜松の根上がり松の写真 。これを太夫の着物姿に例えて言うならわしがあったかは不明どす。
根引き・・・身請けすることでありんす。
踊りながら、なに言ってんのかなぁと思ってた・・・
Dance Exhibition 日本舞踊の発表会
明日の土曜、舞いまする。自分の出番は、11時から。松の緑という演目です。
入場無料なので、よかったらお越しください。17時頃までやってます。ボクが習ってる流派の人が出ます。なんか、花持っていかなきゃならんとか、着物じゃなきゃダメとか、ぜんぜん無し。お気軽に。フラッと来て、好きなだけ見て、帰れます。。。
場所： 渋谷セルリアンタワー 能楽堂 日本舞踊葵流発表会
時間： 11時から17時半頃まで
場所： http://www.ceruleantower-hotel.com/map/
Here’s great chance to experience for Japanese classic. Our school has exhibition for Japanese traditional dance, Nihon-Buyou (Buyou means dance, Nihon is Japan….) on this coming Saturday.
It will be free of charge, and free to in and out. Just come and join the Japanese tradition atmosphere.
Map: http://www.ceruleantower-hotel.com/map/
Aoi ryu school: http://www.nichibu.com/
One Night in Kyoto
Went to Kyoto. wow :)) Painted sumi-e one of the shrine I visited..
Leave Tokyo station at 6:43 a.m., the bullet train takes me out there in only two hours.
Too early in the morning, but the Kyoto station is already working hard to welcome the tourists. The green tea cafe has nice modern breakfast.
Gion (Ghi-on) district gets you a the old Japanese beautiful life. It is quiet.Only the walking sound that maiko (Mah-i-ko) san makes on the road.
I found a restaurant in the end of the Gion street. An old lady is so kind that she took us to the upper room where we can enjoy the tatami.
Plum is already blooming 🙂 at Nishiki Ten-man-gu
Pickles at Nishiki market. Vegetables in Kyoto is really yammy.
30 minutes from Kyoto, Uji city used to be the summer houses town in 10th century. Byo-do-in Phoenix hall is built to depict the heaven in real, by Fujiwara Yorimichi. Can you see two phoenix on the roof?? that is named after.
Uji-gami shrine is the oldest shrine. wow
Moth is gathered :)) no rolling stone was there.
サンフランシスコの日々
ラスベガスの日々
お正月4日からアメリカ、ラスベガスに行ってきました。ロサンゼルスで乗り換え、16時間もかかってしまいました。ロスの空港（通称ＬＡＸ）で、6時間待ち。。。挨拶代わりに、ファーストフード屋（Chillys）でハンバーガーとコーラ。メニューに、「Bottomless」と書いてあります。底が無い⇒お代わり自由ってことだそうです。アメリカでは、コーラは水より安い。マックでもコーラは飲み放題っす。お代わりは、「Refil」。マックとブリトーで2ドルくらい。。
ラスベガスはカジノの街。セブンイレブンにもカジノがあります。カジノのスロットは1セントから賭けられるので、時間潰しにはもってこい。ベガスはカジノが主役。ホテルは通常は40ドルくらいで泊まれます。その分カジノでお金を使うことになってる。部屋も冷蔵庫、ポットとかあまりない。飲み物はカジノで無料。そこで、まずはコンビニで水買います。１ガロン（約４リットル）2.37ドル。ドでかいポテトチップスは、１つ買うともう１つオマケでついてくる。
ベガスは砂漠の町。夜はとても寒いっす。空調もあまりきかない・・・昼は２０度くらいになります。そして、ホテルが巨大。地図で隣のホテルだ、とか言って歩いていくと、なかなか着かなかったりします。移動は基本タクシー。
空港からのタクシーは大体20ドル前後。運が悪いとボられます。過大なチップ要求されたり。今回乗ったタクシーはとてもいいアジア系の人、「韓国の人？」って話しかけられました。今まで大抵「ジャパニーズ」と聞かれてきたのですが、最近は「コリアン？」って訊かれることが多いです。日本のプレゼンスは確実に落ちてますなぁ。
滞在中、エルビス・プレスリーの誕生日。銅像に花束が飾ってありました。ラスベガスHiltonといえば、プレスリーショウの聖地。その日カジノあたるかなぁ、と思いましたが、2万円スリました。わずか10分。。。１セントでできます。パチンコは1球4円？
アメリカ人といえば、床に座って・・汚くない？っていう雰囲気あります。しかし、結構綺麗好き。アメリカのトイレは最近清潔。ほぼ全員、用を済ますと手を洗います。レバーで押し出す紙ナプキンが必ずついてます。そのレバー、洗った手で下ろす人、絶対いない。100%、手の甲とか肘との間とかで。洗った手でレバーに触るのがイヤなんでしょうね。自分はイヤだけど。こっちでもそうだとは思わなかった・・・
展示会で、面白いものを見つけました。OLEDという最先端の画面に伝統的な絵をあしらったインテリア。小鳥や魚が左から右へ動きます。OLEDは、紙のように薄くてグニャグニャ曲がる次世代の技術です。テレビもこれを使うとポスターのようになる？
1回だけ行ったいいとこのレストラン。TAO。ベラージオ？TAOって「道」ってことですね。チャーハン16ドルくらい。
いつも食べてたハンバーガー。11ドル。ポテトはおいしい。太い。
下は、電子白板。水墨画の教室もこういうのでやれば、YouTube動画を見ながらできて、面白い
Happy New Year – The year of tiger –
Diamond Dog with Tarashikomi Technique, featured in YouTube on the Day of the Dog
Sumi-e Kazu Shimura Tarashikomi
November 1st is the day of the dog in Japan. There is some twists trick.. I am going to unbundle it.
November 1st is depicted by the numbers of three in a row "1". so we got three one.
The dog barks ‘wan, wan, wan’ in Japan. What about your place??
Then, now you got it. The combination with English pronounciation of 1 to dog barking in Japanese have mixed and someone sets the dog of the day on Nov. 1. I didn’t know it was the day, though. YouTube featured some of dog related video in associated with the dog day including my vid.
■ たらしこみ Tarashi-komi ■
I used ‘tarashi-komi’ technique in drawing dog in this video. Trashi-komi technique originated Sotasu Tawaraya, 17 century’s painter. He painted a dog with this technique. My try in this video is inspired with him. ‘Tarashi’ means ‘drop’ or ‘weep’ in English and the conjugation of ‘tarasu’. ‘Hana-tarashi’ boy is a kid with always nose running.(hana is nose) 🙂
‘Komi’ is used for emphasis.
So, What I drop emphasisly, or so much is water. ‘Tarashi-komi’ technique use the water a lot. Fisrt, you put only water directly on the paper. Then, put sumi-ink on the water teritory. The sumi-ink will diffuse until the boader line of the water penetration area.
In tarashi-komi technique, you need to controll the uncontrollable water movement. The water spreads out in slow. So, drop the water then take a breathing, relaxing. It goes forward step by step in watching the water drop pervasive.
The volume of water is necessary to take care. That affect not only on the water itself penetration area, but also on the sumi-ink soaking which decides the tatste of painting. The part where you drop the water a lot would be the veichle which carries and spreads out the sumi-ink around. The light water area would be the slow car. The speed of the move is faseter than you might expect. Your dog will be growing to the cow.. It is no use craying over spilled milk ::)
Now you might know you have to watch out the volume of sumi-ink drop. Yes. It would be better that the first sumi-ink drop make it a small portion and observe the spread speed of it.
I guess I put too much attention note.
The joy of the tarashikomi is on the unpredictable sumi-ink spread. The exuding of sumi-ink enable to depict the fluffy hair of dog, like toy poodle. Overglaze sumi-ink with the water can express uncountable things.
It is no necessarry to draw the accurate line in order to get what is real. The tarashikomi technique gives you the cuteness of what you saw. It is 2 dimentional manga way of thinking. 2D can express much more than 3D can sometime.
so, please enjoy the tarashi-komi.
Tips:
1. Water job
■ Draw the shape with the water only brush. Drawing line will dissapear when dried. The line will become the dizzy Long Wall when the tarashikomi sumi-ink spread. Sumi-ink invasion is supposed to stop on the line.
■ Put only water in the brush, then paint the water on the far away point from the line. That avoids the water going beyond the line.
■ Please remember the area wet becomes the drawing shape in the tarashikomi technique. The sumi-ink won’t go beyond where the water carried it away.
■ Now you got the water job done.
2. Sumi-ink Job
Then we are in the sumi-ink process.
■ Please don’t drop or paint the sumi-ink near the water boader. Sumi-ink spread power is huge. It is more than you think. So, you need to handle the sumi-ink process with care. Otherwise, your sumi-e will grow like balloon.
■ Put sumi-ink and take a breath until it stops diffusing. The next sumi-ink drop will be done, then. Need patience. Be calm.
■ The edge of exuding sumi-ink might be the good expression of fluffy hair. You can levarage it.
Enjoy 🙂